Tods Gothic mace - hitting armour

you couldn't hit a little harder? mid battle and under adrenaline, you would be swinging like ur life depended on it

You forgot to mention that its a solid mace shaft

Lets be honest, with the Gothic Mace you're not aiming for the chest, you're going straight for head shots and killing him in 1 hit.

Magic Maces weigh whatever the magic decides they weigh. 😉

Ya know one thing I never thought about was how mail might actually make a mace hit WORSE if it has spikes like any of the maces on the table, due to the fact the mail would grip the spikes of the mace and help in the transfer of energy into the person. Vs a gambeson I don’t thing would grip quite as much as the mail did. Obviously the spikes help the mace grip armor but I think a hit on mail+gambeson would be worse than just a gambeson due to the grip change.

What is the girth of the shaft?

Did you not see him wield that thing? Dont think he needed more speed

A strong man hitting the helmet side or face will have effect on the fight rhytm of a knight. Several hits banging in rapid succession...

ouch. quit tickling me.😂😂😂😂😂😂

I really wouldn’t be surprised if you could break a rib even if the guy was in plate. You could rupture organs too. Blunt weapons are scarier than pointed weapons in my opinion.

The scariest weapon was infection.

Love the video todd.
But get a new hat mate.

I have always been fascinated by maces. I was absolutely thrilled to watch Brian Blessed swinging one as Exeter in Kenneth Branagh's 'Henry V.'

Imagine having this in your car when the police pull you over. That would be an interesting conversation, wouldn't it ?

Like to see how a horsemen's Warhammer with a Back spike or Warpick vs armour. I used a peace of 3/4 of a inch bar stock with 4 blades mace head years ago put it on a chain punch into a 205L steel Drum like a hot knife.

Tod swings like a little girl . 😅

lets call this thing "the egg cracker" 😄

Mace is a nobleman's weapon, presumably to be used on horseback and often striking down to unmounted men ... where you would not be hitting the breastplate.

Tod, wouldn't you make this with a heat expansion fit around the collar, the rest would be cold, then you wouldn't need to do the tack weld.

I heard that the points on a mace also help to keep it from deflecting off armor. Seems plausible.
A mace against mail always makes me think of using a kitchen tenderizer to pound cutlets flat. You really don't want to be a bag full of meat and get hit with one of these.

damn how does your hoodie and clothes get so mangled, do you let others swing that mace at you for practice lol

Yo, do this test with a ballistic dummy underneath.

Such a beautiful weapon.

That thing scarry me more then a gun!

"Hold on."

Thunk

Every single one of those hits would have a man’s ribs broken…. I don’t care what anyone says… you may have armor but that mace would hurt and 3-5 hits from that mace that armor is only hiding the internal damage hahaha

Quite the Nutcracker.

Don't forget, those maces may not have damaged the padded nor chain armor, but that guys ribs and breastbone are shattered.

Nah your missing something. Hammerheads also often have Spikes. When your hitting a rounded surface with a flat or a round surface it can defekt. So with spikes, even if it rotates after deflection the spikes "bite"into the material therefor the force remains guided in the intended Target not beeing deflected.

I still prefer a 2 handed mace

Tod, can we buy you a new hoody please? Yours looks like its about to fall apart while you're wearing it. 😄

Amazing Thanks !

That's pretty cool, as an American I always tote a piece, usually a Smith and Wesson but I collect knives, I'll have to checkout some of these blades you make.

Tod’s hoodie looks like it has many stories to tell.

And this is why I love Battle Brothers. 🤣

correct me if I'm wrong BUT wouldn't be the concussion the point of such weapons? as in: the gambeson might've been unpunctured - but how would the ribcage look like, afterwards?

I think it’s the best zombie weapon.

That has to be the best advertisement video.

dont what to tell you how to use a mace, but its much more useful on a helm!

In this armor configuration, when using the mace, Todd should aim at: the head, arms, thighs and pelvis. Hitting the center makes no sense because it is the best protected and easiest place to armor.
A broken head or concussion eliminates you from the fight. A fracture of the long bones in the arms or legs deprives the opponent of the ability to fight and move. The broken pelvis completely prevents movement.

Thats alot of talk for someone within the All Seeing Eye distance.

This is much more entertaining than Warcraft or LOTR.

🌴praise God 🐕 thank you Jesus Christ for being our savior 🚬

"Still straight, still hard, still what it's meant to be!"

byzantine cataphrats used maces as a cavalry weapon

mace hit to a helmet would be effective-knock you right out

Subdural Hematoma

The thing is if at the time they were common, it means they must have been an effective weapon. No one is going into a battle of any kind with a shonky weapon, are they? It wasn't just theory but their lives on the line. Maybe we don't know who were the main users of this weapon or when it was used most.

Sauron, the Mayar who's single most defining feature was that he was one of the greatest smiths to ever exist, yeah, that's a guy to take on.

concentrated force is usually called pressure. Quite interesting that the gun had already been invented and people were still running around with metal sticks in the late 15th century