Swords: It is NOT a 'blood groove'!

Featured in this video is an Albion Crecy that I am sharpening for a friend.

[Skallagrim]

Ah yes, the silly vacuum argument, I've had people throw that at me too.

[christosvoskresye]

And, of course, it can be filled with peanut butter for a handy snack on a long march.

[MisterKisk]

It's even worse that some people would think that the human body is pressurized to the point that it would create a vacuum around the blade that would make it impossible to remove without this feature.

[thecritc]

" when you stab someone with a sword you usually use the pointey end."


The line that made me subscribe

[nystagmushorizontalis]

And here I thought that fuller is used to collect the blood of your victim to imprison his soul and therefore strenghtening the sword and it's wielder
Curses!

[Psiberzerker]

Fuller is also the tools you use to thin out steel. (In sets of 2) You also use it to produce a "Hollow grind" which is another colloquialism. A hollow edge is Fullered, instead of ground out by stock removal.

[jpf]

hahaha I rlly like the brutaly honest way you have to said things; "imaginary vacuum or other crap" lol

[JaredClaunch]

still laughing at  "it was usually done with the pointy end"

[ganjamcninja]

Was that Man At Arms?
I bet it was Man At Arms.

[GraupeLie]

"When you thrust a sword into someone, it's usually with the pointy end" - okay, now I'm in a fit of laughter trying to imagine all the unusual alternatives :D

[Ignonym]

I've heard both the "relieves vacuum" and "holds poison" misconceptions. Luckily, I learned the fuller's actual use before I learned the myths.

[christosvoskresye]

Of course, in the modern era, we can do much more to let the air in. State-of-the-art modern blades are actually hollow, like big hypodermic needles. Purists simply build large syringes into the hilts, which is fine if you only want to pump a few cc's of air into the wound, but I prefer to carry an air compressor on my back and really do it right.

[TheNIX]

"Hey Sir what, you are doing there?"
"Just releasing air of this dude"

[TheOrros]

"..it's usually with the pointing end.." i love it!

[shurdi]

"Only a kid or an idiot would call it a blood groove" 

Heh, as soon as you said that I noticed that a Greg Medford video was in the related/suggested videos

[fukyomammason]

I just watched that video and immediately dashed to the comments to see people thrashing him for his mistake. I wasn't disappointed.

[sixtoramos]

It would be quite funny if it wasn't so sad. I mean, the fact that was said by a "sword maker".
It amazes me that people keep talking about that. The body doesn't have or produce a vacuum. Just the opposite. It has pressure (blood, gas...).
Anyway, it makes much more sense that a fuller was made so the sword could be lighter while maintaining its mechanical properties (and thus saving precious and scarce good steel)...

[Theduckwebcomics]

The function of the fuller was something I worked out myself as a child after looking at how corrugations function in steel. The blood groove idea always sounded moronic to me.

[Bald_Monkey]

00:50 - ''Uhm, just - NO, Just NO!'' 
I can't even.. :'D

[MaxWellenstein]

Thank you for putting the sword's maker and type in the description! Often when I watch your videos, I admire a particular weapon and wonder, 'where can I get one of those?" A direct link would be even better - maybe you could charge commission!