Do Swords Really SCHWING like they do in movies? #history #blade #martialarts #gaming

Do swords really make that metallic sound when you pull them out of a scabbard?

[lancecorporalveteran]

They only do that sound when a sword is dragged across another hard smooth surface so if the opening of your scabbard has a metal liner inside the opening it can make that sound

[bruhboi]

I think that sound comes from sabres with steel scabbards.

[brucereutens]

Loud enough that it's obvious someone is drawing a weapon, but not to the point that people several blocks down the street can hear it.

[richard]

The answer: Yes, some blades do and some don’t, but it’s relatively common. The sound is often emphasized for movies for dramatic effect, similar to how Hollywood makes every pistol make a cocking sound whenever someone just brings it up to the ready position.

[darkhobo]

In real life, swords only makes that sound after you get a rage power boost because the big bad burned your orphanage down.

[KODIAK-GAMES]

Metal scabbard = Schwing
No metal scabbard = no schwing.

[RantingDireWolf]

Theres a sword known as a La'Tene sword, hundreds were found in a sunken ship, inside metal scabbards, no remnants of leather, and their desighn wouldent allow it, and i have a modern recreation of the sword and scabbard, and even with both being metal, its not as pronnounced as in fiction, more dull and fades fast

[raymondbrasuell]

I think the Sting replica did it the best

[rocconatale]

The “schwing” sound only occurs with hard sheaths (metal, or hard polymer) and usually means that your blades get a little duller every time you hear it, although i suppose it would be possible to design a sword that made the sound most of the time based off the vibration of a draw moving down a shaped blade. But that would be a lot of math and effort just for a sword design to have a cool sound effect

[deathpyre]

US military sabers from the 1800s had metal sheathes. So when radio started to become popular, the scraping noise of a sword being drawn from a metal sheathe made sense as a sound effect.

[adonoghuea]

I know where this comes from, late era cavalry savers usually had brass collars on the scabbard and the blade dragging across it would make that *schwing* sound.

[El_Bellota]

For a sound to be made in this case, there has to be friction on metal piece, no sound means little friction, less wear in the long run.

[brookelord]

It's the scabbard. Something hard has to be touching the sword to create the tone.

[jameshoward]

I think “Sting” has the best schwing sound

[youtubersdigest]

I love the sound of a sword schwinging out of a scabbard. Thanks

[johnfischer]

Traditional machetes with leather sheathes do in fact make the shwing sound, this mostly comes from the thinner blade rubbing against the end of the sheathe on the draw. It’s awesome. Source: my father owned a handful of traditional machetes from his travels, and although the actual machete has since been lost while moving, we still have the sheathe(hard leather scabbard) as a momento/decoration :) I adore it
Edit; it actually inspired me, along with fiction and later history, to have a rather unhealthy obsession with swords and traditional armaments. The sheathe/scabbard is still my favourite item in my collection 😁

[kevinanton]

The blade has to scratch the scabbard I believe

*God bless beetles

[micahhodge]

It really just goes to show how well we have become at adapting the smallest sounds for the greatest effects

[LD_]

FROM THE SCREEN TO THE RING TO THE PEN TO THE *sword sound*

[johndarksoul]

The trick to exaggerate it is to drag the flat of the blade along the scabbard as you pull it out and bend the blade so the tip reverberates and makes a sound