Answering the age old question

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A Falx my man. Dat leverage

shits gonna get stuck, and you will get tired.

Considering all it would take is a spatter of zombie blood in your eye or mouth to turn you, They're all pretty retarded.

That said, get a kaiser blade.

>>33913174
Ideally something blunt that requires very little upkeep and will hold it's shape, and won't rust under normal conditions.

So the tried and true metal baseball bat, make sure it's a well made one.

>>33913174
Obviously the Katana.

With glorious Nippon steel which has been folded over 1000 times, it will easily slice through zombies without getting stuck like that hatchet would.

>>33913238
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>>33913208
All fair points, but really using that reach is gonna be damn hard in a tight space

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>>33913174
like guns, one isn't perfect because everyone is different. your body and experience matter so much we can't agree on an ideal weapon until we agree on an ideal person. but i'd go with a ball peen hammer. meets most criteria listed so far and won't get stuck or cut you.

>>33913290
For CQC you can easily jab with a baseball bat, or turn it sideways and bulldoze with it. You know, if you're a big guy.

>>33913174
It would help to know what kind of zombie they are...

Still alive mindless killing machines?

Undead have to destroy brain to stop? How much brain or other vital organ/body structure?

Animate undead machinery so chopped off limbs still try to kill you?

>>33914049
Classic definition, shambling corpses with limited motor functions and skulls that give in a little more than the living when force is applied. Killed when brain is destroyed and massive in numbers naturally

>>33914094

Yea thanks forgot to ask about speed...

The fast zombies in 28 days bad news IMHO

Quick list Fireaxe (use spike end), Maul, Hammer , Maul, Pickaxe possibly.
Blunt weapons: Unless skulls are soft you would run into a Z you could not kill and that would be it.

Good brain smasher... can knock back a zombie if you don't "kill" it. Useful for camp chores, can help go thru doors. Readily available.
I would hope I only had to face one at a time. No melee weapon would save you if you had 3-4 attack at the same time. All the normal use of weapons utilizing injury to defend yourself would not work with zombies. Forget light piercing or most edged weapons.

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>>33913174

>>33913174
Check out these guys: https://www.zombietools.net/

>>33914826
>partisan is a big middle finger
Kek

>>33915063
Woops forgot to turn the sagety off

>>33915045
okay, those are sexy, if just a touch expensive. i wonder if they do discounts for bulk orders...

>>33913174
Antibacterial hand soap and warm water.

>>33915153
They're handmade and tough as fuck, so yeah, they're expensive.
https://youtu.be/itE3_p7Fxwg

Cold steel baseball bat. I've tried with all my might for the last year to break mine but it just keeps going

A diverse group of weapons like this would prove very effective at handling multiple situations. My personal choice is the humble and classic fireaxe. Not just because I'm used to chopping wood, but because it can be used as a pry bar, a climbing aid, a lock breaker, and a breaching tool.

>>33913174
Baseball bat. Its light, fairly strong, and if you're talented enough, you can use it as a projectile launcher by just hitting fungo with it. Plus you have the added bonus of looking cool as fuck carrying it.

>>33913174
A wall. A yuge wall. Bigly wall. Zombies are slow, mindless and rot. Build a wall and wait for them rot. In temperate countries, about 1 month.

>>33915366
In one zombie apoc game my group played using nWoD I was a CNC op/metalworker who used a giant crowbar as his weapon.

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Poleaxe of course,.

>>33913174
Titanium Crowbar, 12 inch model.

It can shift. It can bash, It can stab. It can open, and it can pry. It's light. It's strong. It's useful. Because you'll be doing far more work than just bashing skulls in.

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Anything that can do the job, hit hard, minimal maintenance, and also be useful doing something else.

I'd go for the crowbar

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Any sort of pole arm would be great, especially a spear, you have great reach, replaceable handle incase it breaks, for finer work such as carving wood etc you could remove the head.

This is if you can only choose one weapon/knife/axe to take with you

Crowbar.
Wont break on skulls, will break skulls.

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>>33915623
>12 inch
Weak.

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A Nax

>>33913174
A war hammer with pick. The pick is designed to penetrate rigid material without getting stuck and the hammer face is small enough to cause brain damage as well. It's small and light enough to be carried and wielded for extended periods without overly tiring the user, or causing muscle strain. The method of swing is also pretty diverse and still lethal, so you can avoid developing muscle tears or RSI like you would from something like a crowbar or axe.

It also gets my pick because it can allow for a range of activities, since the pick can be used as a lever and a crude axe in the case of destroying wooden structures.

>>33913174
>Dearest /k/, what is the single, definitive, all time best zombie apocalypse undead disposing melee weapon? please leave your weapon of choice and brief reasons why.


Spear is king.

>>33915254

Ive got the escrima stick, its bent AF and if you hit anything that might scrap it, itll take a huge chunk out.

>>33918969
This.

Crowbars for days against zombie hordes.

>>33913174
You want range. Hatches aren't great because you're too close. Anything short is dumb.

All swords are dumb. You want to penetrate the brain, that's it. Sword is not great at getting to the brain.

You'd want a polearm. You, again, don't want anything that gets stuck.

You want a pike point. Basically a very thin spear. You want a wooden haft to save weight, but reinforced with metal for strength. You want the tip to slide in and out easily.

If you're feeling crazy, you'd want another pike point coming out at 90 degrees from the main point. One for stabbing straight on, one for hooking or stabbing on the horizontal swing.

>>33913174
a square mouthed spade with a 4 foot handle. Sharpened with a flat file.

>>33915623
holy shit i never knew they made titanium crowbars!

>>33913237

Only if some thing like a face mask was invented.

>>33924309
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Stiletto-8-oz-12-in-Titanium-Clawbar-Nail-Puller-with-Dimpler-TiCLW12/203527239

>8 oz
Probably pretty awful about being a weapon. 36/42" steel Wrecking bars are both cheaper and can actually get some energy into the swing while giving you some reach.

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I'll take my Estwing

>>33913174
Ford Superduty

>>33913174
A bunch of sharp pointy sticks and a chain link fence.

A long sharp blade with a nice grip made of extreme quality stainless steel.

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>>33925056
this desu. pic related is in my toolbox.

>>33913174
Why don't people in zombie media ever use explosives on a large scale?
All you have to do is destroy the brain.
Most zombies are attracted to noise, lure them with a boom box that's loaded with c4 and take out a few hundred at at time!

>>33925488

there's a weapon that works on these principles in Dying Light.

>>33914826

I'll take a halberd.

>>33913174

Typical answer would be an axe, but since you specified just for meleeing zs I'd say a good length steel baton would be great. Roughly baseball bat weight, small striking area good for cracking skulls, but won't get stuck. Not too heavy, good in tight quarters, and collapsible for space conservation.

>>33925320

>have estwing 16oz claw and 3lb mini sledge
>can't decide which would be better

bowie
>fast
>penetrating skull shouldn't be hard
>light
>versatile
>you should have one anyway

I'd go with a double-bladed axe with a handle of at least 20 inches. Somewhat long reach without being overly long/unwieldy, has dual blades for easy re-engaging, and since it's an axe you can cut trees and shit with it

>>33925843
>bowie
You just described a lot more than just a bowie knife, more like every knife with a blade over 4". Go to /ktg/ and educate yourself about knives.

>>33915074

sage goes in options, not name

>>33925137
>long blade
>stainless steel

Nice bait.

>>33926389
but muh cowboyy audio books

>>33919448
Who makes these?

I'm looking for a pretty lightweight camp axe that can double duty as a tactical axe. Needs to have a hammer end. Primary usage will be for chopping for firewood and nailing things in.

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My camp axe/tac hawk. I wrapped traction tape around it to make the grip stronger

made by Hardcore Hardware Australia

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>>33913174
This
You'd be completely immune

>>33913174
A machete and body armour.

>>33924583
you can get 'em bigger, i have one of this style and it's sturdy while being light and handling really well.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Titanium-crowbar_143574703.html

>>33928498
Not sure I'd trust a Russian-made bar off of chinese ebay.

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>>33913174
Zombies still need intact organs in order to function, so bleeding kills them.
A Gramlich Saufeder II would be good.
Mount that thing on a stick and puncture those fuckers while keeping your distance.
If you hit any of the major arteries/veins or a vital organ the zombie is KO immediatly.
It can still be used for normal cutting tasks too and is made of german 440C which doesn't rust that easily.
Making fire is not a concern. It is a myth that you need to chop down trees. Even in hard wet conditions, twigs and small branches will always be there and you can dry them by stuffing them under your clothes.

>>33928641
i got mine pretty cheaply right after the wall came down and the soviets were scrounging for cash, 20 or 30. there was some mention that they may have originally been ti rods for some nuclear science application, and might be a little "warm"

>>33913237
Some folk call it a sling blade.

>>33925548
>good night and good luck

>>33913174
There are a few things you want out of an anti-zombie weapon.

>reach
This is most important. All zombie fiction shows infection as happening very easily, even from a single drop of bodily fluid. So your #1 concern with survivability is not even getting close.

>flexibility
You will be fighting indoors and outside. You will be on the run. You will also fight humans as well as zombies. You will most likely encounter wildlife. You will have to use your weapon as a tool.

>impact
The only surefire way to "kill" a zombie is to destroy the brain. You will want a weapon that can pass through the skull, and possible skull-covering, and destroy the brain in one go.

These things point to the pollaxe, or any similar polearm. They're not so long as to be useless indoors, and can be used (albeit clumsily) as a shorter weapon. They still provide the reach you want to keep away from zombies. Their anti-armour hammerhead makes for a potent skullcrusher.

Another good option would be a cavalry warhammer. You get a reduction in potential reach and killing power, but it's one-handed and well suited for indoor use.

>>33928905
Also, I forgot to add: One thing any anti-zombie polearm needs is something to prevent the zombie from sliding up the pole and biting you. Like a boar spear.