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Why Some Rapiers are "Too" Flexible... (Are They?)

Get 20% off on watches and cool rings handmade from unique materials with coupon code SKALL at https://www.thorum.com/ Some sword blades on the reproduction market seem sort of "floppy" in tests against resistant targets (be it armor or even just ballistic gel). Particularly rapiers with narrow blades. But how fair and reasonable is it really to criticize their flexibility? The swords in this video: Saxony German rapier by LK Chen https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... Munich Town Guard sword by LK Chen https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... Tizona - 17th century Spanish cup-hilt rapier by LK Chen https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... Pappenheimer by Darkwood Armory https://rapiers.darkwoodarmory.com/pr... Testing them against riveted mail    • Can a Rapier Defeat Mail Armor? - Let's Te...   ** Sources and credits ** "How FLEXIBLE are Real Antique RAPIERS? From Renaissance to Industrial Revolution" by @scholagladiatoria    • How FLEXIBLE are Real Antique RAPIERS? Fro...   German Estoc, early 1500s https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916... French smallsword, ca. 1720 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... Music: Outtakes "Little People At Work" by Horrorpen https://opengameart.org/content/littl... Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0) “Imminent Threat” by Matthew Pablo https://opengameart.org/content/immin... Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Outro "Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records https://theslantedroom.github.io/stev... Used with artist's permission ** Merch ** https://www.bonfire.com/store/skallswag/ If you want to join Bonfire to start selling your own merch: https://www.bonfire.com/welcome/07bb1... ** Support the channel ** Help fund future videos, get bonus content and access to an exclusive Discord server:   / skallagrim      / @skallagrim   Other ways to support the channel by shopping through affiliate links: Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: https://www.kultofathena.com/?koa=259 Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 Want to treat your face fluff? I highly recommend the balms and oils from Beard Sorcery: https://beardsorcery.com/?ref=0UEFtHW... Books about history, martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend: US - https://www.amazon.com/shop/skallagri... Canada - https://amzn.to/2HeOCMA ** Second channel / other social media **    / @skallhalla     / _skallagrim_     / skallagrimyt     / skallagrim_yt   #skallagrim #sword #rapier #history #renaissance #weapons #hema