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I'm having trouble deciding between an 8lb sledge and a fire axe, with a third choice being a mattock.

Your choices are limited to current commercially available tools and weapons that are within your personal budget and actual ability to wield.


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A halligan would also be tempting.


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Halligan bar here too.
 
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Getting the spike stuck in people may be a problem.


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3 D-cell Maglite. I might be a daywalker now, but you know I keep that MF thang on me. Adjust some attitudes, enlighten ne'er-do-wells to the error of their ways.



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Halligans are good tools but I don't know if I'd want to be swinging one around since they are single piece (usually) forged steel. An axe or a sledge would be better since all the weight is at the head. The benefit to the halligan though is that the handle isn't going to break.




 
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When I worked on a surveying crew I always felt medieval when we used these for clearing line...

 
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I'm going with the fire axe.

Heavy head, sturdy handle.


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Aluminum Baseball bat.

 
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Some people call it a Kaiser blade . . .

Seriously though, I keep a surplus Swedish entrenching tool and a 4-C Maglite in my vehicle. Both perfectly legal in PA.

 
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3 D-cell Maglite. I might be a daywalker now, but you know I keep that MF thang on me. Adjust some attitudes, enlighten ne'er-do-wells to the error of their ways.


I have 3 6 D-cell maglites kicking around the house as backup bludgeons. I always joke about getting big black dildos for the same purpose, but that's not practical.


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What am i fighting in this scenario?





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Aluminum Baseball bat.


Good choice, just for the likely "home run" sound.


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What am i fighting in this scenario?


Doors, Kevin. Doors.

... Everything and anything, jackwagon.


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Machete. A modern example of its effectiveness is unfortunately in the Rwanda genocide where 10% of their population was wiped out in 100 days.



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Aluminum Baseball bat.

Good choice, just for the likely "home run" sound.
Yeah, follow up attacks are quick too, no danger of burying a blade / spike into something you can't get it out of.
 
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I keep this tomahawk from Eastwing handy in my truck.



My home melee weapon is a short gladius.
 
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A trebuchet launching rotting cow carcasses, of course.

Todd


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What am i fighting in this scenario?


A baby golem. Not a small, infant, golem, but a golem made of babies.



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A trebuchet launching rotting cow carcasses, of course.

Todd


Todd, play by the rules or stay out of the thread. In case it's unclear, a trebuchet is not a melee weapon.


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"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
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