KATANA is USELESS against Medieval ARMOR?!

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#armor #armoredclothing #test #sword #jacket

[RobintheW]

That reminds me: There is a boss fight In the Videogame Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice that is literally a guy in full plate armor, and he's just invincible to all your attacks.
The only way to defeat him is by pushing him off a cliff.

[jadonpratt]

Your katana must have been defective. I can tell because it didn't immediately cut through space and create a wormhole as soon as you swung it.

[silverswordsmith]

Wow, it's almost like people *didn't* want to die and *specifically* designed their armor to prevent that from happening.

[queteimporta]

A good stick will break arms and collar bones too lol

[reverendbernfriedaxewielde]

There's a reason why the late knights didn't use a sword against other knights.

[seranonable]

The reason samurai armor was so good for archery was that the samurai's main form of combat was... archery 🏹
Much like in European history, the sword in Japanese history gets a lot of cultural bonus points just for being cool.

[xyrthor]

Once I attended a discussion with a Japanese sword master at some anime con and one of the questions was whether he thinks he could defeat a European knight in full armor. First he said: "You Europeans are big." (with a bit of chuckle) and followed it up with: "The only chance I would have is if I somehow got him on the ground and stuck my katana through an opening in his armor."

[somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

A real samurai sees the video: WHY WOULD I USE MY KATANA?! I would use my Yoroidoshi or my Kanabo or tetsubo! Im not an idiot! If it tried to fight an armored opponent with a Katana the other samurai would laugh shortly before having me commit sepuku. *Walks away cursing in Japanese*

[HorizonOfHope]

What do we say to the people who brought a katana to a duel?

Knight knight.

[AncestorEmpire]

A slashing weapon useless against European armor?
Imagine my shock!
Next thing you’ll tell me is that the Samurai used firearms
Update: Apple IOS autocorrect is the worst.

[MothyEmms]

Nice try feds, i still aint paying my taxes

[Sightbain.]

This test is so bunk! The Katana would cut through space time and kill them before they even donned the armour. This is just common sense I cannot believe they didn't take that into account in the test.

[impressivestory]

I love katanas, for the same reason I love longswords, rapiers, black powder rifles and the colt single action - they feature in some of the coolest stories ever. Fiction and non-fiction. They don’t have to be good in all time periods and in all situations to be awesome.
That said, great test. Really hits home that European armour was really amazing.

[oneparticularlysmartape]

Once you get Tyranth going at it, not even the nit-pickiest weebs will be able to say that they weren't hitting hard enough.

There was smoke, sparks and dust with every hit.

[embee]

The attention and conversation around safety is so wonderful. Thank you for mentioning the throat protection specifically. Nate really is one of my heroes.

Mid Edit: Omg! NEVER fire Nate!

[Rogue_Zero]

Just remembered an anime called drifters
The samurai were looking for dwarfs to make muskets...
Also their leader was beating a knight with a pummel considering that siad knight was not wearing any helmet but was wearing full plate

[haleyschreiter]

Poor Boromir...he just stands there and takes it, video after video ☺️

[thelittleal]

Literally any sword is useless against armor lol

I know you will address this anyways, but yeah, just wanted to say it

[ForestX]

The show was called Deadliest Warrior here in America and yeah the show was fun and totally awesome growing up when it aired back when I was in highschool and now looking back knowing a lot more now yeah the show got a ton of stuff wrong.

First thing that comes to mind is funny enough is samurai vs viking when they tested viking chainmail and they were able to tear it apart barehanded. Just makes me go “bruh” thinking back about it now knowing that chainmail is riveted closed and actually pretty hard to penetrate deep enough to kill as you guys have tested before.

[GuidoMosquito]

I love that idea of testing to see if a strike would break bones through chain mail and gambeson!!!