Melee/Hand to Hand Combat

[Dante Faust]

Old Lord Brocktree

i have an actual reproduction of one, but the blade is a piece of shot, I want to find a knifesmith to make a blade for it.

price would be high though.

I've seen a few of those. Only reason I didn't get one is because of the blade. That is a good idea though.

Fresnel: I call it love on a stick. Bad for sound, good for range. Used for cutting tree limbs from the ground, as well as zombies from a distance.

Feldwebel: That type does seem like a solid one to use. Only thing I'm concerned about is how you may need to exert a large amount of force to penetrate and the fear that the point may slip upon contact and just graze across the head of the zombie, ending up behind it(Assuming that there isn't anything to catch the zombie like a wall, fence, ect.). Just a thought though. Otherwise, it has good potential against a zombie in my opinion. 3nodding  

[Fresnel]

Dante Faust

Fresnel: I call it love on a stick. Bad for sound, good for range. Used for cutting tree limbs from the ground, as well as zombies from a distance.

Oh good god no. You might be able to jab with it, but the sheer amount of torque required to actually cut something with that... unless you're spinning, don't expect to take out any zombies that way.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

Dante Faust

Fresnel: I call it love on a stick. Bad for sound, good for range. Used for cutting tree limbs from the ground, as well as zombies from a distance.

Oh good god no. You might be able to jab with it, but the sheer amount of torque required to actually cut something with that... unless you're spinning, don't expect to take out any zombies that way.

You might have a better effect attaching two chain saws or more together and throwing them into a crowd of zombies on full power.  

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Fresnel

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Kalani Lu

My ideal melee weapon would be a crowbar. Ok, so the crowbar in and to itself isn't all that ideal, as it was never designed to be a weapon. It isn't balanced, but it is heavy enough to split some skulls and it is a very versatile tool, especially when it comes to getting past obsticles when on the run from the undead like sifting through debree and getting in/out of a boarded up house.

id probably take a heavy baseball bat along with that.
the crowbar would be more usefull in actually trying to kill something (you ARE going to have to deal with other people, and eventually kill a zombie in melle) and a baseball bat for "hit and run" tatics.
also i think chainsaws WOULD be usefull for gaurding a doorway for extended periods of time with minimal effort.

If you mount the chainsaw, maybe. If you're holding it... no way.

i was thinking about monting it horisontaly.  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

Dante Faust

Fresnel: I call it love on a stick. Bad for sound, good for range. Used for cutting tree limbs from the ground, as well as zombies from a distance.

Oh good god no. You might be able to jab with it, but the sheer amount of torque required to actually cut something with that... unless you're spinning, don't expect to take out any zombies that way.

You might have a better effect attaching two chain saws or more together and throwing them into a crowd of zombies on full power.

Like this?  

[Dante Faust]

Fresnel

Dante Faust

Fresnel: I call it love on a stick. Bad for sound, good for range. Used for cutting tree limbs from the ground, as well as zombies from a distance.

Oh good god no. You might be able to jab with it, but the sheer amount of torque required to actually cut something with that... unless you're spinning, don't expect to take out any zombies that way.

Hmmm... Seemed like a good idea, but thinking about it, I think you're right.

Chainsaw Nunchaku ********' saved.  

[RedNeckJuggernaut]

36in automatic telescope baton  

[Fresnel]

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

That's a pain weapon, you'll never cause any fatal damage with that. It's like pepper-spraying a zombie. It don't give a s**t.

On a side note, I hope we all realize here that hand to hand combat with zombies is likely to get you killed. Avoid it at all costs, and finish it quickly if you have to do it at all.  

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Fresnel

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

That's a pain weapon, you'll never cause any fatal damage with that. It's like pepper-spraying a zombie. It don't give a s**t.

On a side note, I hope we all realize here that hand to hand combat with zombies is likely to get you killed. Avoid it at all costs, and finish it quickly if you have to do it at all.

agreed.
no matter what max brooks says, its better to use a gun than a machete.
if i could only bring one item into a small zombie infested area it would be the shotgun, for its sheer blowback power.
a semi auto spas 12 would be perfect.  

[Dante Faust]

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

I think you'd be better off with just something like a machete.

While it's always best to avoid melee, it's bound to be inevitable at one point of an infestation. Using nonlethal weapons, or trying something new/you read about or saw in a movie will just make you dinner chances are. I'd rather be at a distance with a rifle. xp  

[RedNeckJuggernaut]

Fresnel

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

That's a pain weapon, you'll never cause any fatal damage with that. It's like pepper-spraying a zombie. It don't give a s**t.

On a side note, I hope we all realize here that hand to hand combat with zombies is likely to get you killed. Avoid it at all costs, and finish it quickly if you have to do it at all.

you catch them in the head with the steel tip I think that would be considered Brain damage  

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Drako1413

Fresnel

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

That's a pain weapon, you'll never cause any fatal damage with that. It's like pepper-spraying a zombie. It don't give a s**t.

On a side note, I hope we all realize here that hand to hand combat with zombies is likely to get you killed. Avoid it at all costs, and finish it quickly if you have to do it at all.

you catch them in the head with the steel tip I think that would be considered Brain damage

trauma it best.
besides the human brain is a lot more delicate than a zombie brain.
the only way to truly destroy zombie brain is to crush it (such as with an axe) or burn it. decapitation leaves a biting skull.  

[Fresnel]

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Drako1413

Fresnel

Drako1413

36in automatic telescope baton

That's a pain weapon, you'll never cause any fatal damage with that. It's like pepper-spraying a zombie. It don't give a s**t.

On a side note, I hope we all realize here that hand to hand combat with zombies is likely to get you killed. Avoid it at all costs, and finish it quickly if you have to do it at all.

you catch them in the head with the steel tip I think that would be considered Brain damage

trauma it best.
besides the human brain is a lot more delicate than a zombie brain.
the only way to truly destroy zombie brain is to crush it (such as with an axe) or burn it. decapitation leaves a biting skull.

Well, that depends on what kind of zombie you're looking at. The only really feasible zombie is vulnerable to the same kinds of things a human is, but it doesn't feel pain. A heart shot will stop it, but it could take 15 or 20 seconds to drop. A head shot will drop it instantly. Minor dain bramage wouldn't do much of anything.  

[RedNeckJuggernaut]

ya'll have never seen Dawn of the Dead or resident evil have you  

[Fresnel]

Drako1413

ya'll have never seen Dawn of the Dead or resident evil have you

Mmmhm. And how does one raise the dead as an army of flesh-eating minions? Then again, I suppose the question once again falls back to "what kind of zombies are these"? Are we talking Hollywood zombies or zombies that might actually be knocking on your door tomorrow morning?