Is Arya Stark’s sword realistic? (Game of Thrones weapon evaluation)

Am I really first??!!!
Damb it! I am not.

oops, i think you forgot about the rapier?

They probably weren't thinking much in the candle scene

Theory: The Needle was made for Arya, when she was younger, from a shortend spadroon, to make a weapon suitable for a girl. It's fast and nimble, perfect for finding small openings in the armor of her opponent.

I'm not a sword expert, though I'd be willing to debate that Needle is a very basic design for a rapier, as rapiers were primary thrusting weapons, though they were double edged and sharpened(from time to time).

Seeing her fight with Brienne , I would say that she can use it quite well 😉

one little quibble, the way you describe a parry it sounds like you are talking about stopping the other blade. With a parry you are redirecting the momentum of an opponents blade which does not take nearly as much force as a straight up block.

Its a ucking TV show it can be anything they want it to be

Have you seen Joachim Meyer rapier text and illustrations? Cut and thrust system with a rather similar weapon. Just no knuckle bow.

Awesome channel, man. I subbed.

"What kind of sword is Arya's sword, Needle!?", the people ask.

It's a sword idea thought up by a teenager for his little sister and made by his castle swordsmith. Probably with some modifications to make it "better" based on the smith's knowledge of sword design, which seems to be based on early medieval double-edged swords.

So, he made the forte thicker, either with a triangular or heavily fullered cross-section, and flattened that out into a cutting edge along the foible.

"But that's not a real world period sword design!"

We're talking about a one-off sword made for a 9 year old girl. Who doesn't actually exist. Get a grip.

Hers is a small sword. It isn't actually edged.

Except the fact some people will have custom weapons.

Can you do a video about the 1981 movie the movie excalibur

The needle isn t a sword to fight with, but to kill fast and easy.. She didn t cut through the candle with her needle but just hit the candle so it felt.

To be fair she is an assassin. As a sword for stabbing people in the back when they are not looking, it works fine.

can you review "the legend of Zelda breath of the wild" swords? that would be so cool

The thing comes from Bravos and their people, specially the Jaques, people that like to fight at the night, wearing rapiers. I think, in my humble opinion, this is the same concept than is Spanish culture at S XVI finals. People use to wear in their ropes a "ropera" and a dagger or even a "broquel" a small shield to parry with. Without no armor or having a good aim they can kill a guy in one single stroke, hiting in the sapces with less protection, and they use a very famous art called "verdadera destreza" a study of geometric and even filosofal techniques in order to train a perfect swordsman. That knowledge were transported to the famous spanish legions called "Los Tercios" that at their time was the best Infantry for more than one and a half century.

Why do you own so many spadroons?! o
Even one is one too many…

ciao, sorry to ask an OT question. I was wondering if you could talk about sword designs in hisory and what were the main changes (either in technology or tactics) that required the 'current' design to change. many thanks and have a lovely day

If I understood correctly, the small swords ans spadrons were used during the time when guns were allready invented and widely used? So the question is also whether or not it is realistic to have Needle in the world of arming swords and long swords. Besides in the first season of GoT Arya trains with a wooden sword that doesn't resemble Needle at all. Not very smart?

you can ask matt easton for his opinion on spadroons.