di Grassi's Issue with the Halberd

#polearm #hema #history #martialarts #shorts

[kiba_the_lucky]

"Okay now draw me holding a chad billhook pole while the cringefail halberds are thrown to the side"

[iamalaser]

Degrassi had a lot to say about growing up and being a teen too

[JP-]

"What kinda JRPG shit is this?"

- some guy I literally just learned about.

[AndrewJohnson-oyoj]

I don't think I've ever heard someone say "this shift" as carefully as this before.

[lancecorporalveteran]

The old ones were for fighting people in full armor
The new ones were created during the age of pikes, so less armor and more emphasis in the thrust

[TheOblivionMan]

Okay, so just taking a guess here, the "new" type was pretty much entirely focused on punching through armor, as opposed to the old one being made more for versatility and having an answer for a wide variety of situations?

[bluexalphatroop]

The last thing a burglar in this man’s house would see is the living embodiment of Sir Galahad charging at him with an 8ft blade.

[superrobotmonkeyhyperteamf]

Interesting that the military did not really seem to agree on his takes. However there was a difference in halberds for different purposes and the old and new ones were used in the same armies. Officers often tended to have the "new " type so you could better spot them. Also they were often much longer and used for thrusting which was apparently better. There are sources that do advice longer halberds with longer points against other short weapons.

At least the HRE never really made great use of bills as far as i know. Im also somewhat sceptical on some of di grassis takes as he was already eccentric for his time. One thing i wonder about the text where di grassi talks about the halberd he mentions the combat one on one and skirmishing. But later states that the skirmishing is not real combat. So its confusing imo.

[zillionstar]

Function over form! di Grassi had a good eye.

[swissarmyknight]

"Skill issue."-Niccolo Machiavelli, 1520 AD

[MaksimY_]

Cant get enough of historic figures smack talking weapons

[LordSplynter]

What I feel like would most likely be an error of design of the newer model is that, despite more uses, a type of weapon should specialize in something concrete and only have a couple other things it could be *good* (not specialized) in doing. For instance, the halbert was a good thrusting spear that could strike and slash with the axe + puncture the armor. But the newer version seems to want to do it all, making the thrusting aspect the only thing it's actually usable for, you could slash and strike but it's not as durable or reliable as the old version due to the lack of solid build.

[Maehlice]

"... he doesn't care too much for this shi--"
Video should've ended mid-syllable.😂

[billcutting]

Bannerlord gave me a new love for bills over halberds

[alexiacorbin]

i'll be real, i completely agree... kind of
if we could strike a nice middleground between "really cool design" and "not goimg to break after 2 swings" i'd take one

[drm.himself]

I thought you said "He doesn't care more for this shit" 😂😂😂😂

[dolphinboi-playmonsterranc]

I can imagine catching weapons in the new halberd

[dmey]

Bruh mans looking like a fookin Kingsman agent

[bowenmadden]

I am eternally torn between my love of halberds and my love of billhooked glaives. 😭

[greasysteak]

Home Invader VS trained drunk man with a billhook