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CmonMiracle:
Can't I buy a three foot wide laser?

Alex C:
A lot of swords are designed for stabbing, which is pretty useless against zombies. Viking swords are good at hacking, but still, if you really just want to split something open, an axehead with some weight behind it is the way to go. Besides, I'd rather train with an axe since they're easier to find and replace. After all, they may not be designed as carefully balanced weapons of war, but I'd sure as hell rather rely on a good log splitter or hatchet with a fiber glass handle I found at Ace Hardware than some novelty wallhanger sword from some goofy catalog. If you can find a good sword, more power to you, but I myself won't be betting on it.

sean:
@ Nodashio - Dude, you're doing it wrong. He, in matter of fact, offered his plan earlier in the thread (which is kinda shitty, and he acknowledges that). If you actually cared enough, maybe you should read the topic before saying shit like that.

Plus, your plan of going into the mountains forces you to stay in one spot. That is very bad.

Not that my plan is much better though. I have to get out of a highly populated suburban area, which is gonna be impossible unless I can sneak out by some unknown force of nature or get a motorcycle and high-tail it the fuck outta there. Even if I accomplished that though, I'd still be fucked since I have no survival skills whatsoever. Also, the only weapon I have access to is an old (probably dull) camping ax in my basement. Basically, I'll be the fucker trying to eat your brains out if/when the zombie apocalypse happens.

LordNagash:
@Whipstitch
Most swords were designed for cutting and thrusting. I can only think of the rapier and its ilk as used mainly for thrusting. As for axes, a hatched or other wood axe is very different than a war axe. They would be like hunting with a handgun, its possible, but not very practical. War axes were very carefully designed weapons of war.

Boro_Bandito:
larger swords are slashing weapons, really intended for body/arm/leg hits. Short swords are stabbing weapons which are useless. Both are extremely hard to just hack into the top of a skull, which is what's required in the shield wall. Axes are heavy hacking weapons designed for this. You can separate the head from the body using a longer sword, but it takes a wide and powerful side arch that just isn't possible in the shield wall. He is better off with an axe.

Also, unless you're like me and have spent hundreds of dollars on a properly made sword (mine is a 160x folded steel katana, perfectly combat worthy, not the best quality by any means though, master swordsmiths would fold swords thousands of times for the wealthy/generals ) by some blacksmith somewhere who does it the proper traditional way, you're going to get crap for quality. Most of the "swords" you see in kinfe stores and display cases are pressed or molded steel, which while not weak could be shattered by a powerful swing from mine, they would chip quickly and wouldn't hold up to long combat stresses.

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