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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:42:10 AM EDT
Okay. Your ammo is gone, you reach for your sword.
Which would you rather grab and why? I am talking real sword here. Not a cheap replica wall hanger. You are reaching for a sword you have bought specifically for fighting in the event of zombies. That is built to be used. Hand and a half Bastard sword.   Weight: 49 oz. Blade Thickness: 1/5" Blade Length: 33 1/2" Handle: 9 1/8" long. Leather Wrapped Overall Length: 42 5/8" Thick, strong, You can lop off heads, you can skewer heads, heck you can hack a body in two. Has a handle you can use to bludgeon with. Katana sword.  Weight: 46.5 oz. Blade Thick: 5/16" Blade Length: 29 5/8" Handle: 11 1/4" Samé (Ray Skin). black braid cord with brass Menuki Overall Length: 40 7/8" Thinner, lighter, quicker. Not as brute force as the Bastard sword, but may be better suited to slicing off heads. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:43:30 AM EDT
[#1]
none of the above. gladius+scutum (big rectangle shield)-conquered the known world, good enough for me.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:47:55 AM EDT
[#2]
If you can get close enough to a zombie to use a sword, you are already dead. Buy more ammo.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:49:18 AM EDT
[#3]
22-24" Machete
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:50:20 AM EDT
[#4]
Nerf
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:52:20 AM EDT
[#5]
Lopping off heads would be very hard without a hell of a lot of practice. A bow and a big club would be much better, bash the fuckers brains in, or try to shoot them in head with a bow, at least until they get really close.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:52:58 AM EDT
[#6]
Light Saber!
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:53:19 AM EDT
[#7]
katana.
That trash will slice and dice a zombie. Also you can skewer the zombie and make sushi. Max |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:54:20 AM EDT
[#8]
I voted other, because I was thinking keep it simple. A Machete
 It worked for the biker dude in Dawn of the Dead |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:54:44 AM EDT
[#9]
Have to agree decapitation is going to be extremely hard.
But if you want to atempt it, I'd say a good machette would be best. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:55:24 AM EDT
[#10]
I would go for something with a good Oakeshott type X blade and a round shield. The shield would give me a bit of a barrier to fight behind while I lined up good cuts. A proper European sword will be lighter and more durable than a Japanese blade but you have to hit right since the best cuts are made at the COP.
If I had to pick a brand for zombie work I would go with Angus Trim. http://angustrimswords.net/emshs.html “Albion” makes some wonderful stuff as does “Arms and Armor” If I wanted a fully functional replica I would probably buy from them. But Angus Trim has a reputation for making great cutting blades. For serious zombie work that’s probably the way to go. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 7:56:01 AM EDT
[#11]
+1 we are talking about zombies, so why not go all the way. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:01:44 AM EDT
[#12]
I always wanted a katana. where can I get a good functional one (can cut stuff) that doesn't cost 500$??
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:03:08 AM EDT
[#13]
Katana.
In japan they would test a sword after making it by cutting off a corpse's head. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:09:23 AM EDT
[#14]
You've never used a bastard/longsword before, have you. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:11:00 AM EDT
[#15]
I highly approve of your post.  I too would use a similar sword. Lopping off heads would be easy, and a longsword is very durable so long as you don't try to use it to chop down trees like an axe. I would personally lean towards the Oakeshott Type: XVIIIe. http://angustrimswords.net/longswords.html I like the longer reach and the ability to switch from one to two handed use at will. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:11:28 AM EDT
[#16]
i would go with a katana
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:15:05 AM EDT
[#17]
I'll take that bastard sword.
I'm building a rough facsimile of an Oakeshott XVa/16a right now. Probably not the best for zombies though,as it's more of a thrusting sword. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:16:22 AM EDT
[#18]
Busse AK-47 (American kensei)
If I can chop down trees with it, no not in one slice  , I can chop through zombiez 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:16:36 AM EDT
[#19]
you would get tired faster with the bastard.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:16:36 AM EDT
[#20]
Katana, hands down. Lightweight but durable, well-balanced, and it is made to perform either a slashing attack or a thrust equally well.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:17:11 AM EDT
[#21]
No, but I take it you have lots of experience decapitating zombies? |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:17:29 AM EDT
[#22]
got a link to those Busse's
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:41:51 AM EDT
[#23]
+1. Those same Roman tactics are used to this day to deal with melee combat:   Roman legions and modern riot cops use almost the same tactics and shields, the only real difference is the gladius has been replaced by the baton. Nowadays I'd use a clear riot shield instead of a wooden scutum, but the gladius is still every bit as effective today as it was two thousand years ago. 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:44:51 AM EDT
[#24]
I would dual wield daggers. Big daggers.. With poison on them.. Just to be sure!
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:44:53 AM EDT
[#25]
No such thing as zombies.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:44:55 AM EDT
[#26]
The gladius was designed for stabbing into the torso to kill your live opponent. No good for zombies which have to have their heads lopped off to make them stay dead.
*I have decapitated all of your page 2!* |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:45:08 AM EDT
[#27]
This SWORD 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:46:32 AM EDT
[#28]
You need a new shtick. 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:51:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:51:35 AM EDT
[#30]
 Me likey! Must have....... boy the missus is gonna get pissed!
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:55:12 AM EDT
[#31]
Where's the pic of the fat kid with the swords attached to his forearms?
I KNOW someone has it....... 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 8:59:27 AM EDT
[#32]
blunt longword cut blunt bastard sword through bamboo more blunt cutting If a longsword/bastard sword will do that blunt, it can do a lot better once sharpened. www.thearma.org/spotlight/TestCutting/TestCuttingEvent2.htm |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:01:15 AM EDT
[#33]
 Flanged mace. I'd want a sword (either bastard or katana, get both!) against living opponents, but when you HAVE TO DESTROY THE BRAIN get a mace. When zombies come, you won't have physical room to execute the sword stroke needed to decapitate a zombie or penetrate the skull with a sword and do enough damage. Both swords are two-handed weapons, and you need that free hand to defend yourself. With a mace, you just throw wrapshots over your shield or fence or corner or garbage-can lid, and just aim for the head. Anything that hits will shatter the skull and disrupt the braincase. Anything else is wasted effort. Plus a mace is short and handy, and you can use it in a hallway or stairwell or closet. No sharp edges to accidentally cut yourself on, so less risk of infections or self-evisceration because you trip on a grasping green hand. Never underestimate the potential for panic, or even simply having the blade pushed into you by an onrushing zombie. He won't care - believe me, you will care. A typical mace is almost 100% idiot-proof. If you want more reach, get a pollaxe. Better to get a rifle, but your scenario specifies archaic hand weapons. 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:01:26 AM EDT
[#34]
Swiss army knife
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:03:02 AM EDT
[#35]
You made me want the bastard a little more now. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:04:08 AM EDT
[#36]
Hmmm...mace doesn't seem like such a bad idea against zombies. Good suggestion. 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:04:15 AM EDT
[#37]
Nothing like sending virus filled blood splattering in every direction. Not that a sword does not do that too. But not as much as the mace. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:07:53 AM EDT
[#38]
Zombie brains don't spatter much, and zombie blood is usually congealed anyway. If your immune system wasn't tiptop, you aren't long for the world of the Pockyclypse anyhow.
Get a mace, and if you are that worried, get a splashmask. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:08:51 AM EDT
[#39]
I'd have to say a good Forged steel Rapier with 35" to 39" blade... Pappenheimer style hilt, or a modern custom hilt.
Gets you longer striking range than either the Katana/Samurai as well as a bastard sword, etc... You don't have to get so close. A quick thrust to the zombie skull is all you'll need.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:09:20 AM EDT
[#40]
$587.00 for the base model !!!!  
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:11:29 AM EDT
[#41]
Leatherman. Wave model. Does everything.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:12:06 AM EDT
[#42]
Harder to thrust than to swing when you are skeered. A thrust, though superior against a living opponent, requires technique, while a swing requires only adrenaline - we've been hurting each other that way since Primate Days, and it comes naturally.
Plus what if your rapier gets stuck, even if only for a moment? 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:18:18 AM EDT
[#43]
Yeah, you bastard. I just ordered the bastard sword. I'll post pics when I get it. |
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:20:02 AM EDT
[#44]
I would have to go with a battle axe one good whack to the head and thats it
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:24:28 AM EDT
[#45]
Heretic! Burn him!
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:28:04 AM EDT
[#46]
The committee has determined that a battleaxe or properly designed tomahawk is an acceptable substitute for a flanged mace, trading the ability to attack in any direction (mace) for superior penetration (axe).
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:38:47 AM EDT
[#47]
Will the committee aprove a war hammer also? 
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:47:27 AM EDT
[#48]
That depends. There are a number of weapons called "warhammers", and some are better than others for zombies. The committee recommends shorter, blunter weapons as being superior for the specific task of engaging the undead in the most common circumstances encountered by a typical American survivor. We suggest avoiding the following: - Weapons requiring extensive training to use effectively - Weapons which are unwieldy in confined quarters - Weapons which require "windup" time, making for slow followup shots - Weapons which are designed for piercing armor, or inflicting wounds with would be mortal for a living human, but have little to no effect on zombies. Any wound other than destruction of the brain is wasted effort, so keep this in mind when selecting your CQB zombie melee option. We recognize that firearms are nearly always a superior choice, but melee weapons have their applications, specifically the relative silence and lack of ammunition.  =
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:50:19 AM EDT
[#49]
I'll go with a Katana and a wakizashi. Both can also be used to fight off vampires and ninjas should the need arise.
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Posted: 8/8/2007 9:55:21 AM EDT
[#50]
A crowbar. And maybe a gravity gun.
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