What is your melee weapon of choice?

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May 24, 2019, 07:00 PM

Oz_Shadow

How about that Klingon bat’leth

Not sure I’ve seen a sharpened version but I know they sell them.

May 24, 2019, 07:01 PM

sig operator

6 to 8 lb wood splitting maul. Kind of an axe and sledge hammer combined. Got a lot of practice this winter and built up some endurance.

May 24, 2019, 07:06 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by Bytes:
I use a 3' x 3/4" dowel with 3" grabber screws drilled though it. After viewing this thread I can see that I need to go a bit more "hi tech" and spend a little more money.

I'd say it's too sharp and pointy.

Spikes and sharp axes should be carefully evaluated, because really sharp things are easily broken or stuck, and points are similarly cumbersome.

If that 3/4 dowel were hickory, it doesn't need the screws.

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May 24, 2019, 07:06 PM

tigereye313

quote:
Originally posted by asonie:
I like the idea of a bat, does it have to be off the shelf? A Louisville slugger with a bunch of huge fargin’ nails hammered through it like in Stranger Things.

May 24, 2019, 07:06 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
How about that Klingon bat’leth

Not sure I’ve seen a sharpened version but I know they sell them.

No.

May 24, 2019, 07:06 PM

Pale Horse

I always like the tire buddy.

May 24, 2019, 07:09 PM

FenderBender

I'd go for something like a boar hunting spear.

May 24, 2019, 07:10 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by FenderBender:
I'd go for something like a boar hunting spear.

Don't you think that's a little too single use?

May 24, 2019, 07:12 PM

tigereye313

quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:

I'd say it's too sharp and pointy.

Spikes and sharp axes should be carefully evaluated, because really sharp things are easily broken or stuck, and points are similarly cumbersome.

If that 3/4 dowel were hickory, it doesn't need the screws.

May 24, 2019, 07:13 PM

FenderBender

quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
quote:
Originally posted by FenderBender:
I'd go for something like a boar hunting spear.

Don't you think that's a little too single use?

not if I'm fighting, keeps all the fight pretty far away, and pig is pretty close to human so I'm sure it'd be plenty effective.

May 24, 2019, 07:15 PM

darthfuster

Anyone with kids knows that Legos on the floor in the dark is the universal melee weapon of choice.....

May 24, 2019, 07:15 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by tigereye313:
quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:

I'd say it's too sharp and pointy.

Spikes and sharp axes should be carefully evaluated, because really sharp things are easily broken or stuck, and points are similarly cumbersome.

If that 3/4 dowel were hickory, it doesn't need the screws.

Precisely.

quote:
Originally posted by FenderBender:
quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
quote:
Originally posted by FenderBender:
I'd go for something like a boar hunting spear.

Don't you think that's a little too single use?

not if I'm fighting, keeps all the fight pretty far away, and pig is pretty close to human so I'm sure it'd be plenty effective.

I doubt your logic.

May 24, 2019, 07:16 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Anyone with kids knows that Legos on the floor in the dark is the universal melee weapon of choice.....

Caltrops are not a melee weapon, they are an area denial tactic.

May 24, 2019, 07:17 PM

nhtagmember

I kind of like the Fiskars Super Splitting Axe - it can be used around the yard when not involved in a melee

and it seems like it would be easy to clean

May 24, 2019, 07:18 PM

roberth

quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
quote:
Originally posted by Bytes:
I use a 3' x 3/4" dowel with 3" grabber screws drilled though it. After viewing this thread I can see that I need to go a bit more "hi tech" and spend a little more money.

I'd say it's too sharp and pointy.

Spikes and sharp axes should be carefully evaluated, because really sharp things are easily broken or stuck, and points are similarly cumbersome.

If that 3/4 dowel were hickory, it doesn't need the screws.

Yeah, I was looking at my choices and they're too sharp. What I really want is something easy to swing that won't get hung up, like a blunt mace. What about a wood baseball bat with a couple of lag bolts screwed into it, it might have to have a thicker handle to make it more durable.

May 24, 2019, 07:24 PM

rpm2010

35" - 36" Axe Handle (Hickory).

May 24, 2019, 07:26 PM

tigereye313

quote:
Originally posted by rpm2010:
35" - 36" Axe Handle (Hickory).

May 24, 2019, 07:26 PM

arcwelder

quote:
Originally posted by roberth:

Yeah, I was looking at my choices and they're too sharp. What I really want is something easy to swing that won't get hung up, like a blunt mace. What about a wood baseball bat with a couple of lag bolts screwed into it, it might have to have a thicker handle to make it more durable.

The lag bolts are unnecessary.