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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2010 22:59:25 GMT
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Post by shadowhowler on Mar 31, 2010 3:01:27 GMT
That thing is right up Chris's alley...  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2010 11:51:04 GMT
If I had money I might ask him about one, but I'll have to plead broke again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2010 13:30:12 GMT
That's an easy one to make. Simple style, nothin' complex. Essentially a big tac knife. I'd go with Brenno or any higher end smith if you want nice distal taper. Archerout makes his swords without. That's why they are so cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2010 16:22:24 GMT
No zombies. Just demented cannibals. Awww... thats not as fun. The only good reason to turn cannibal is because your a Zombie, damnit!  oh, I dunno about that... survival skill deficient suburbanites running out of food after the total collapse of our technological infrastructure is a pretty decent reason (sorry, still reading emberverse)... (keep in mind that fewer than 1 in 10 people in North America survived the first year of this) and then there are the kids... damn... it seems every zombie thread in every forum eventually just turns into a generic post-apocalypse thread... even when it started off about some fantasy machetes...  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 3:13:07 GMT
Sorry, but i need to chime in here. My sugguestion would be a stage sword. Not because that's what i use, but they are blunt, thick, & well balanced most of the time. And, they're made more like hammers, not so much like a normal sword- they're made to just beat on a target. Blunt is good, i say, because it will be hard to constantly remove heads & cutting into the head will prove difficult since it would likely get stuck. A nice thick, well tempered steel bar would deliver enough power to destroy the brain without it getting lodged (atleast in theory, never tested it ). You lose the utility of the cutting instrument, though. Just my thoughts D a grenade taped to the head is always a good failsafe too 'there's no future/the world is dead/so save the last/bullet for your head!' - Slayer, Fleshstorm from Christ Illusion |
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Post by genocideseth on Apr 2, 2010 5:36:59 GMT
That's an easy one to make. Simple style, nothin' complex. Essentially a big tac knife. I'd go with Brenno or any higher end smith if you want nice distal taper. Archerout makes his swords without. That's why they are so cheap. Well on a machete, you may not need distil taper. ;D But I would go with Brenno if I could as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 14:40:11 GMT
Sorry, but i need to chime in here. My sugguestion would be a stage sword. Not because that's what i use, but they are blunt, thick, & well balanced most of the time. And, they're made more like hammers, not so much like a normal sword- they're made to just beat on a target. Blunt is good, i say, because it will be hard to constantly remove heads & cutting into the head will prove difficult since it would likely get stuck. A nice thick, well tempered steel bar would deliver enough power to destroy the brain without it getting lodged (atleast in theory, never tested it ). You lose the utility of the cutting instrument, though. Just my thoughts D a grenade taped to the head is always a good failsafe too 'there's no future/the world is dead/so save the last/bullet for your head!' - Slayer, Fleshstorm from Christ Illusion Stage sword seems like a bad Idea if we're gunna be bludgeoning them Id rather be bludgeoning them with a bar mace or a crow bar not a sword that handles like one |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 16:14:07 GMT
That's an easy one to make. Simple style, nothin' complex. Essentially a big tac knife. I'd go with Brenno or any higher end smith if you want nice distal taper. Archerout makes his swords without. That's why they are so cheap. Well on a machete, you may not need distil taper. ;D Every good blade needs distal taper, a knife without distal taper is not a good knife, at least not well-handling most of the time. Same goes for machetes. Especially considering Mike's standarts (for a guy used to ATrims, any not high end blade will feel like crap), it'd be a waste of money to have anyone but Gus, Brenno, etc make that blade. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 16:41:24 GMT
Actually chenessfan, most machetes are thin enough stock (2-3mm) that trying to give them too distal taper would overly weaken them. This is why most machetes are made without it. Starting from thicker stock and then applying distal taper doesn't give you a thin, flexible machete but a rigid short sword.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 17:29:39 GMT
Stage sword seems like a bad Idea if we're gunna be bludgeoning them Id rather be bludgeoning them with a bar mace or a crow bar not a sword that handles like one True. i think more in terms of what i have on hand. You're more thinking about what you'd like to have on hand. The main difference between a bar mace & a stage blade is the handling. A decent stage blade will be well balanced, which to me would be critical in that kind of situation. That & not having to extract it from the skull after most killing blows. A large knife would be more handy in general though. It's not too practical to have to carry a different tool for every situation. D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2010 1:45:32 GMT
If your swingin a mace right theres gunna be no head to be extracting from
remember its rotting flesh
and thats why I always make sure I have something on hand or know where to quickly obtain these things for the zombie apocalypse
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2010 17:33:02 GMT
If your swingin a mace right theres gunna be no head to be extracting from remember its rotting flesh and thats why I always make sure I have something on hand or know where to quickly obtain these things for the zombie apocalypse Ah.. When speculating about zombies, i always default to the newly dead. i find it easier than trying to factor the numerous variables that result from post mortem activities (literal in this case). You're right though, the longer they presist, the weaker they'd be. D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2010 5:55:56 GMT
....look at the weights on those things. Do you really want a blade of that shape to weigh that much considering that without a pommel they'll be EXTREMELY blade-heavy?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2010 15:40:06 GMT
Isn't a blade heavy sword a good thing in a decapitate/crush the skull situation" (my god i hope that does not ring automated cyber security bells) a zombie uprising presents? Though this may just be another "cut vs thrust" debate, *shudder*
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2010 23:52:58 GMT
I'd go with my Cold Steel "Spear Point" machetes as my primary melee weapon even though I love my swords. It combines the best aspects of the thrusting and cutting worlds into one light and tough practical 18" or 12" blade depending on which you get (I got the 18" because of having the next blade I mention). After that I'd probably go with my 8" leuku, which is the Finnish/Sami version of a mini-machete, which is paired with a small 3 3/4 puukko when I bought it. Very useful combo. www.kellamknives.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_33_73&products_id=189If I had to go with a sword, it would be my H/T Viking due to it being light and having a good blade or my Hedemark due to being excellent at chopping blows with its far PoB and being easy to do work on with the hex nut. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2010 20:33:47 GMT
Im going with my kukri all the way
but I think the optimal would be a slightly modified dae dao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 6:06:38 GMT
I'd go with my wraith, if it can cut through a frozen turkey leg, bone and all, a zombie should be no problem.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 13:33:35 GMT
Oh Nuts! You mean to say my regular old sword won't work on Zombies? ......Drat! I've wasted a lot of money!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 13:36:47 GMT
Maybe I should have been stocking up on these.
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