Reproduction of an Antique African Axe, and New Stuff from Purpleheart Armoury

Pommel aside, that's a very cool axe.

WTF YOUTUBE HOW DID I MISS THIS

Skalla needs a round mace with the ball unscrewable, so it'd be an extremely lsrge pommel.

according to mexicolore.com "it was one weapon that caught the Spanish’s imagination, the Maquahuitl. The Spanish called it a broadsword, “They have swords that are like broadswords, but their hilts are not quite so long and are three fingers wide; they are made of wood with grooves into which they fit hard stones blades which cut like a Toledo blade" – The Unknown Conquistador." there were multiple versions of the macuahuitl, it's just wood after all but I believe the standard issue was three fingers wide, NOT a cricket bat, and a short handle for one hand. A double handle might be unnecessary when your left arm is carrying a chimalli shield, I'll let you decide whether the shield hand could also grip a double handle at the same time, and trust me if you know you're going to war against obsidian blades, you're most likely going to bring a chimalli with you.

Heres what Mexico lore has to say about variations, "Other kinds of Maquahuitl just had blades down one side, not both. There was also the mighty two handed Maquahuitl which resembled a pole arm, and the miniature Maquahuilzoctli. Blades on Maquahuitl could be many shapes: triangular, straight and rounded were common. A Maquahuitl could have just 2 or 3 long blades making up one edge or more than 20 tiny blades. Maquahuitl could be made of plane wood, or elaborately decorated, with carved patterns, feathers, paint and precious jewels. The Maquahuitl is often confused with another Aztec weapon, the Bladed Club.(proto Gunstock warclub?) Bladed clubs were heavy clubs with one or more blades inserted in them. Because they were a crushing weapon the blades had to be very big and strong to withstand the blow, making the club even more heavy and unwieldy. What makes the Maquhuitl different is that it is made from a paddle not a club.

macuahuitl were used in conjunction with a chimalli shield and therefor probably one handed. blades were probably fit tightly together and cuts probably split the flesh rather than the pull-drag serrated scenario everyone mentions. macuahuitl should be swung like an arming sword. pulling and dragging might not be primary cut but instead relying on the woods weight to bisect the flesh into an open gushing gash and leaving it at that. THREE FINGERS WIDE, hold up three fingers! I don't think the Spanish would refer to it as a broadsword If it looked like a paddle… Heres a picture of the last authentic one. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Macuahuitl_Armeria_Real_Higher_Definition.png/640px-Macuahuitl_Armeria_Real_Higher_Definition.png long handle but it's not a cricket bat and there are no spaces between blades!

Macahuitl? Are you sure that's not just a HEMA based sex toy? O.o

I love how the pommel has become a meme.

CANNOT. STOP. LAUGHING. End him rightly! Quake in fear at the sound of my squeaking pommel!

Next…a gun with a pummel

Skallagrim just got some hilarious fans

To be honest the thing that made me laugh the most was your face after you showed the pommel, i understand the feel xD

About the mulberry wood. It should be pretty tough. But mainly used as wood for barrels as it gives the brandy special taste.

skallagrim macuahuitl were thinner than cricket bats or paddles. reproductions of macuahuitl are too wide. they're supposed to be more sword like and less cricket bat. the sketch of the last macuahuitl that was destroyed in a museum fire in Europe is on Wikipedia. it's not paddle like and has no spaces between the blades.

ma-cua-weet for Anglicanization, or ma-cua-huite for hispanization, the -tl is pronounced like you're
going to click your tongue with it pressed against your two front teeth except you're breathing out the left and right side of your cheeks, around the two sides of your tongue. like the suffix a nerdy person with braces adds to the end of words when they're excited. I gotta get me that trainer!

……but does it take glock mags?

You could try steam heating ot to straighten ths handle

Jojo is a good documentary for Aztec fighting techniques

Finally ordered one of your T-Shirts, Hope it helps =)

+Skallagrim
1:02 Oh come on, lose the sigh. 🙂
It was definitely a nice gesture, and just remember that you're very probably the only one in the world with such an axe with an unscrewable pommel. 😉

It's pronounced Macaw-itl and it was used with a large round shield. They also wore thick wooden helmets, bambraces and greaves, and layered cloth armor. The spanish called them Eagle/Jaguar knights because they pretty much were horse-less knights with stone-age materials.

Has anyone mentioned that the shape may be useful for pulling a shield down before thrusting? That's the only reason I can imagine it would be advantageous.

I love the macuahuitl trainer <3

that raplica is ugly !! it's not even close to the real thing in my opinion…………

end him rightly memes will never die, its already been hundreds of years, no reason for them to die now

Oh wow those aztec swords are weird that's so cool to see a practice version of it

Damn, am I the only one who loves the way you talk, like how you pronounce works and how you emphasize certain parts of sentences?
Really enjoy listening 😅

thing is a fucking love purpleheart armory the weapons they make are fucking amazing and very cheap only problem is…im in the uk and the shipping cost more then the sword itself would cost

i think the handle from the og axe is so thin to make it slide in the hand better. Like a viking belt axe. This helps to reach over the shield and increases the power of the blow.

I wish I could make love with Skall's sexy ginger beard

What is your opinion on theTanto style blade shape?
I am aware of only two of your videos that have this kind of knife.

I'm not a big fan of them but from what I have researched it is said that they are good for penitrating (if they have a flat spine) and that the angeled corner on the cutting edge is good for hacking. what are your thoughts?

That pommel thing won't end….ever….

Is that shirt the black one or the green?

It doesn't look bright enough to be the green, but has a green tint in the video. I can't tell if it's just lighting.

I noticed the green logo on the store images is lower on the green than on the black shirt. I was curious to compare positioning on an actual person. The one on you looks higher like the black, but I still see green tint and can't tell if it's the video.
Unfortunately I like the green, but think I want the logo higher like the black

Checkout The Poor Historian, he is a small channel but has a video talking about the Macuahuitl & then states that he will recreate a manual for the Macuahuitl based on historical depictions of Aztec warriors using them.
I guess instead of HEMA it would be called HAMA.

Oh, to live inside a gigantic, ancient, Aztec sword that could be pulled around by motor car… would make quite a mess of the road, I'd imagine. Back of the vehicle, too, probably.

Mulberry is not a ideal wood for a haft does have a tendency to split, you could wrap it with sinew, rawhide or something similar to reinforce it till you need to rehaft it. great looking weapon though should do a number on soft targets.

what song is playing at the end of the video?

Hey Skall, can you make a video on the armors in The Witcher 3 and if they make sense to you?

Hey, Skallagrim I got a question for you. Would a giant pair of scissors really be an effective weapon? Specifically I'm asking if it would be good in a duel (but I'm also interested how I'd hold up in a full on battle). I know its kind of a silly question but I've seen so many different instances in multiple mediums where scissors are used in battle scenarios so my curiosity is over flowing wondering how it'd actually hold up.

"Pommel throw" seems legit XD

The African ax was not intended to be used like an ax as much as it was expected to be used as a katar and rotated in the hand by the joint like a tonfa which is why the handel is so thin and the original "ax" has that small knuckle grip point.

Okay. ENOUGH WITH THE "END HIM RIGHTLY" BULLSHIT ALREADY!!!!!!!!!! That has got to be the STUPIDEST battlefield tactic of ALL TIME!!!!!!! Whoever thought of that idea needs to take a Morningstar to their head and have some sense knocked into them!

last great african invention

the macuahuitl , in codexs and from the books, is know it was uset to cut the arms, legs and head of the oponent, why? because they it the fallen warriors legs, and arms, and it was very esay with the macuahuitl , in fact in one of the figth of Tlaxcalans againts spanish, xicotencatl Axacatzin cut the head of a spanish horse with one blow, it will be interesting see you sparring it( sorry for my english but i m from mexico, i i have read a lot abuot that)

Welcome to my shopping list GTG-T Tactical Ginunting!!!!

without the pommel, it would be completely ineffective in fight

A neat reproduction. It is an interesting axe/sword thing. I look forward to seeing how it performs.

As for Aztec martial arts, it is rather hard to recreate. There was very little the Aztec left us in order to really know about how that worked. We have a bit more information from descriptions written by the Spanish that invaded the area a long time ago, but not much. They did say they saw one decapitate a horse though, so that is impressive. I have seen cutting tests of reproductions and I find that very believable.

OH YEAH MEME AXE COMING BOIS

Did anyone notice that Skall looks like jesus?

Holy crap! There's another me! I'm a Steven, I run a forge, but I only have a history degree not anthropology.

How does that not break the first time it hits anything?