00:00I assembled an arsenal with a sword from each region of the world.
00:04I have a medieval sword, a spartan sword, a samurai sword, a ninja sword, a thai sword,
00:10and a sword from the United States Marine Corps.
00:13And this whole arsenal I put together cost me 10,000 rees.
00:17So buckle up, smash that like button, subscribe to the channel, and let's start testing all these swords.
00:25The first one we're going to test is the so-called crab.
00:28Crab cabrong here, crabby, crab from crabong.
00:31I've never handled this brutal sword here, and I actually think it's quite different,
00:35especially because of this gigantic handle.
00:37Because the strike won't be the same, for example, as with a machete that you hold like this and all.
00:42We have to coordinate our hands here to be able to strike with a certain precision and strength at the
00:47same time.
00:47It's going to be an interesting experience.
00:50And of course, the tests here couldn't be simple things.
00:53So for each sword, we're going to have a sequence of objects.
00:56For this one here, we'll have this sequence of pineapples.
00:59And let's see if this crazy sword here can slice all three at once.
01:03I did some tests in the air to see which side the movement worked better from.
01:07Whether it was like this or like this.
01:09I came to no conclusion.
01:10Two, three, and...
01:19Wow, crowns. Only the crown. Dethroned the king.
01:22I went from one side, now the other.
01:24Two, three, and...
01:37Isn't this thing really tough?
01:39Now I understand why this is the main weapon of Thai martial arts.
01:43Because it's just really cool to handle.
01:46All the strikes here on the pineapple made really smooth and very precise cuts.
01:51That means this thing is extremely sharp.
01:53This is just a piece, right? Because if you look here, the destruction was so much that pineapple got scattered
01:58all over the whole area here.
02:00But this weapon here, it's actually a bit strange to handle, mainly because of this giant handle.
02:05I found it easiest to grab the middle, like holding a machete with this part as the blade.
02:09That's how I'll hit the watermelon.
02:11Sometimes to figure it out, you really do have to go to Thailand.
02:14So learn a bit, right?
02:15I don't know why, but this sword here, it looks like a sword from some character.
02:19I can't remember any though.
02:21Two, three, and...
02:38Man, it's really cool to experience testing a sword from the other side of the world.
02:42It's something really rare that we've never tried here before, and it basically turned a watermelon into a tray.
02:48You could even serve something on it.
02:50Look, the first sword we tested here is more than approved.
02:53Let's put this blade away now, pack our bags, get on the plane, and now feel what it's like on
02:58the other side of the world,
02:59because the next sword is of American origin.
03:01More precisely, from the United States Marine Corps.
03:05And the coolest thing about this weapon is this right here.
03:07Look.
03:08We get to hold and handle a weapon like this.
03:10It's something really nostalgic for me, because my whole life I like to play with swords like this.
03:15Like those little toy swords.
03:17Especially swords in this shape, inspired by a pirate sword.
03:21Oh, damn.
03:23Damn.
03:24Well, I stepped on an anthill and got stung 50 times by fire ants.
03:27But anyway, unlike the other one, this one you hold with just one hand.
03:30It has a really long blade.
03:32So the strike is going to be a completely different movement from the first one,
03:35which will be interesting for us to figure out in practice.
03:40Surrender, pirate.
03:41You're not going to, are you?
03:43All right then.
03:45Take that!
03:47Take that!
03:51Take that!
03:52Take that!
03:53Take that!
03:53Oh!
03:54Hey!
03:55Toma!
03:58And that's how a United States Marine back in 17-something-something used to deal with pirates at the time.
04:04And it was really simple to do the moves too.
04:07The result is right here.
04:09It was really different from the first sword.
04:11This one cut much better, but we have to give credit, because this one here is more of a ceremonial
04:16sword.
04:16But it's not over yet, because I want to do more tests with this one.
04:20On this here.
04:20Four pool noodles.
04:22Here they are.
04:22Let's give it a good whack here.
04:25Something happened here, but I'm not sure it worked out.
04:28It broke the pole.
04:29It broke off a piece, but didn't cut through.
04:33Well, it cut the pineapple pretty well, right?
04:35When it comes to cutting this pool thing, it's a great pineapple cutter.
04:38Right, exactly.
04:39But I really enjoyed testing it, because of the story behind this sword here.
04:44So now let's take a flight from the United States to Europe.
04:48More specifically, Rome.
04:50I've arrived.
04:51I landed in Italy, and here's my Gladius.
04:54And there's a video entirely dedicated to this sword.
04:57If you want to watch it, I'll leave it down here as well.
04:59Just check it out after this video is over.
05:01But let's do a little test too, to make this video even more complete.
05:05This time, the target will be this crazy green coconut here.
05:08This time, I want to test with the grain.
05:10And also, just to give you some context like I did with the other weapons.
05:14This one is also completely different to handle compared to the first two, because it's much heavier.
05:20So the strike is a lot easier for us, because we don't have to use so much force.
05:25Just this movement combined with its weight already creates a much stronger leverage here,
05:29and a much greater force in the strike.
05:31And I've been studying.
05:33I learned some tricks with the sword.
05:34It's like this.
05:35You turn it here.
05:37Spin.
05:38Uh-huh, uh-huh.
05:40Want to try one-handed?
05:41Here, like this.
05:43Now, huh?
05:44Let's go.
05:45Let's go.
05:52Man, I'll be honest.
05:53This thing is intense.
05:54I didn't even use any strength in my arm for the strike.
05:57It was just the weight of the sword.
05:59I just guided it, and bam.
06:01And the cut on the coconut here turned out extremely smooth.
06:04It doesn't even look like there are fibers.
06:06That's exactly because we cut along the fibers here.
06:09Every time we cut against the fibers, like in this case, these fibers create resistance in the coconut.
06:14I don't know.
06:15It's like five times harder than cutting along the fibers.
06:18It makes the coconut seem like it's something soft.
06:20It seemed like the coconut turned into a watermelon.
06:23The next test I want to do with this sword here will be on a banana tree.
06:27I'm really curious to see how it's going to perform.
06:29Two, three, and...
06:35Done.
06:37Ah!
06:38As you could see, the banana tree was huge, this big.
06:42And we couldn't cut it with just one strike.
06:45We needed two.
06:46But on the second try, I felt much more confident cutting like this from top to bottom.
06:50Maybe a lot more strength.
06:51Now we're going to catch a bus in Italy and take a tour through some countries.
06:55Continuing in Europe.
06:57Because we're going to test this work of art here.
06:59The medieval sword.
07:02This time we're going to test it on these four water bottles.
07:05Look at the size.
07:06This thing here must be almost a meter long in total.
07:08The handle also ends up being bigger.
07:11Because this is a two-handed sword.
07:13It's sharp here and here.
07:14And it has this crazy little tip here.
07:16Which is used to stab anything.
07:19It's a ritual, right?
07:21This is it, huh?
07:23Yeah.
07:24I hit it right on top here.
07:26But it didn't cut the bottles.
07:27It burst at the bottom.
07:29Let's give this sword another chance.
07:30I'll try not to hit so close to the tip.
07:34Wow, man.
07:35This sword hit the bottles hard.
07:37Didn't cut any of them.
07:38My phone flew far away.
07:40It was there on the camera.
07:42Yeah, unfortunately we lost that footage.
07:44The slow motion would have looked amazing.
07:46Now let's test its tip by stabbing these two bottles.
07:49Two, three, and on the other hand, it was just like with the paper, nothing happened, man.
07:58I used a lot of force and nothing happened.
08:01It seems like I was just using it wrong.
08:04We're going to have to take those swordsmanship classes.
08:06For piercing, it was absolutely insane.
08:08But now we have more tests to do with this sword and the next one is on the watermelon.
08:13Now is the moment of truth, huh?
08:15I've learned to handle the sword well.
08:17Look, we do it like this.
08:18Like this.
08:19Spin, lock it here, focus.
08:24Wow.
08:33It's tip.
08:36It was impeccable.
08:37As for the swing, I thought it was a lot better than some of the other weapons for landing blows.
08:42The sword itself is also quite heavy.
08:44So that's the thing.
08:45You don't need to use so much strength.
08:47Just its weight already delivers a stronger blow.
08:49And even more, holding it here with both hands makes the movements a lot easier.
08:53Now from Europe, let's go straight to Japan where we will test the katanas.
08:59This is the Akato katana and also the wakizashi, which is basically the same as the katana, just in a
09:05smaller size.
09:06Since these are weapons that follow the same line, the same principle, very similar weapons, we're going to strike with
09:11one, then with the other.
09:12And the cool thing is that we're going to test two weapons that have a big rivalry between them.
09:16Because one was used by the samurai, who were like the Japanese army.
09:20And this one here was used by the ninjas, who were mercenaries.
09:24Let's start with the wakizashi, the ninja's weapon.
09:27It's just a little bit smaller, but it's pretty much the same thing as a katana.
09:31And the test I'm going to do with it will be on this mat here.
09:34It's not exactly the consistency of a tatami, but it's supposed to imitate it.
09:38Let's see if this time it's actually going to cut.
09:40Because unlike that one, which was a decorative weapon, this one is sharp.
09:43And man, it's razor sharp.
09:45You'll see.
09:45One, two, three, and...
09:53Man, chaos has taken over here.
09:55There are pieces of spaghetti everywhere.
09:58But the important thing is that it worked.
10:00What an amazing, magnificent weapon.
10:02And it's little strike man sliced through everything.
10:05Some a bit higher, others a bit lower.
10:07But it cut, and that's what matters.
10:08Look how cool.
10:09The first strike we made cut through all of them.
10:11And it made a straight line here with the strike.
10:14It's diagonal because I cut it diagonally.
10:16Which shows that this wakizashi is sharp.
10:18It's deadly.
10:19Now then, let's test the katana itself.
10:21Kito katana.
10:22And this time, the test will be on these water bottles here.
10:26And let's put it to the test to see if now the katana will be able to cut.
10:29Was it the blade or not?
10:30I think the katana wasn't really used for stabbing.
10:33It was really meant for cutting.
10:35So, I think its edge is supposed to be better, right?
10:43I don't know what happened, but water went everywhere.
10:45And it even started raining.
10:47Look at what happened.
10:48These were the three bottles that were here.
10:50The first one was cut cleanly.
10:51There's a really nice cut here.
10:53Now, the second one, it has a mark from the hit here.
10:56It didn't actually cut it.
10:57I think these bottles are tough.
10:59I don't think the problem is with the edge.
11:00The bottles are really tough.
11:02Because there's a mark from the strike here.
11:04And it didn't cut here, but rather at the bottom.
11:07With the force of the strike, the bottle exploded.
11:09And a part exploded here, which is usually.
11:11The base of the bottle is the toughest part.
11:13It's the part with the thickest plastic, and it burst.
11:16And consequently, when it hit this one, the sword didn't reach the last bottle.
11:20Because the one in the middle knocked it far away.
11:22In other words, it cut one and hit the other.
11:24And so there wouldn't be any bottles left.
11:26Take that.
11:29Man, it looked like some cartoon characters, you know?
11:31When you cut it, and suddenly the thing starts to fall apart.
11:34Like that.
11:35Yeah.
11:35It's because the hit was on one part.
11:37The bottom part stayed there, right?
11:38Exactly.
11:39It just stood still.
11:40That's it, guys.
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