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This is Jonathan Ferguson the keeper of firearms and artilleries at the Royal Armouries museum
edit: This isn't him on the video btw
Updated thanks!
It's not him on the video though! That is someone else
Oh did he write the script?
That sounds like such a cool job. When I was younger, I used to binge-watch so many videos on Forgotten Weapons, even the really obscure ones like the lecture about firearm markings from 1880 to 1945. Then I lost my interest in the subject because I had other things to do, but if I had had the time and opportunities to keep following it, this would've been my dream job. Getting paid to nerd out about your favourite niche hobby. There's probably also a lot of boring stuff he needs to do, paperwork and such, but that'd be worth it.