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Ever wondered what happens when you gather swords from all over the globe and put them to the ultimate test? Join us as we slice, dice, and even battle pineapples and watermelons with epic blades from every region! Which sword will reign supreme? Watch till the end for all the juicy action, hit subscribe, and let us know in the comments which sword test blew your mind! #swords #testing #fun #challenge #weapons
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0:00 - Introduction and Overview of Swords
0:25 - Testing the Thai Krabi Sword
2:53 - Testing the US Marine Corps Sword
4:44 - Roman Gladius Sword Experience
7:02 - Testing the Medieval Two-Handed Sword
8:54 - Japanese Swords: Katana and Wakizashi Tests
11:34 - Conclusion and Farewell
👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@gabrielmmanfredi
0:00 - Introduction and Overview of Swords
0:25 - Testing the Thai Krabi Sword
2:53 - Testing the US Marine Corps Sword
4:44 - Roman Gladius Sword Experience
7:02 - Testing the Medieval Two-Handed Sword
8:54 - Japanese Swords: Katana and Wakizashi Tests
11:34 - Conclusion and Farewell
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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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