Something that just may give you a chance at hand to hand.

by **-Jason-** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:32 am

This is useless information.

by **DeepSix** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:41 am

those are for climbing a trench spike is a better idea

by **Jonas** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:28 am

What would scratching a zombie do? Though you could use them like uncomfortable brass knuckles.

by **kyle** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:39 am

I don't want to get close enough to touch a zombie.

You know you have to destroy the brain, right? I don't think those would pierce deep enough.

by **-Jason-** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:48 pm

Its certainly better then bare hands.

by **kyle** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:58 pm

Zombie Sergeant wrote:Its certainly better then bare hands.

Not really. I can't pick up a bat or fire a weapon with them on.

by **Joe Ghoul** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:10 pm

Sorry, man. The only thing I see those things doing is catching in a zombie's flesh or cloths and tangling you up. If your hands get stuck, there's going to be a nice, meaty treat a few inches from the zombie's mouth.

I think the majority of martial arts weapons are going to be pretty useless against zombies. Some of the impact weapons might work, but they won't do anything a good bat wouldn't.

I will await the comments about the 'Shaolin Spade' to begin.

by **Bingo** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:37 pm

Hey did you know there is this thing call the shaolin...damn well im pritty sure you have heard of it...

i dont think those would be too usefull in rock climbing, they might slip off

by **jamoni** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:48 pm

Yeah, those climbing claws are fun, but as a weapon against zombies I'd rather have a rock. I've been thinking, though. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a small grappling hook and line on your belt, in case you got cornered in an alley or something? It would be risky, but I'd rather try and reach the fire escape than be eaten and reanimated.

by **DeepSix** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:05 pm

ok let me be the one to cast the first stone

as someone who acctualy trains with weapons of the shoalin temple i would not recomend useing the spade it is a very slow and heavy weapon a zombatoe would be better but not by much

by **michelle** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:28 pm

DeepSix wrote:a zombatoe would be better but not by much

uh, is that some fucked up cross between a zombie and a tomato? cuz as much as i like tomatoes that sounds gross. (and i'm too lazy to google at the moment. mebbe later.)

by **minengr** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:26 pm

I’d like to state for the record that anyone who engages a zombie in hand to hand combat for any other reason than a LAST RESORT is absolutely, positively, fucking nuts. I don’t care if you have a shaolin spade, katana, axe, bat, trench spike, whatever, it won’t go down like it does in the movies. I don’t care if you trained 20 years under Master Icankickyourass it’s going to end badly for you. BUY a gun, if you can’t afford one, start a good physical training regiment, learn to run, you’ll live a lot longer.

by **jamoni** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:30 pm

Master Icankickyourass.

"I want my money back!"
"So solly, no refunds to zombies!"

by **ProZombieHunter** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:59 am

::Frowns an Asian frown, the worst kind::

Also: I wouldn't even use a Shaolin spade to dig a freaking hole. The thing is probably handy in combat (at least against a big slow guy or a cow), but... COME ON!

Big, heavy, hard to carry, when I can just get a ColdSteel "entrenching tool"... WHICH, by the way, I recently discovered can be used like a 'hawk for throwing.

Throwing shovels? Hell yes.

by **-Jason-** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:04 am

As a last resort with nothing to pick up I would use these. Putting them on only when needed.

by **Ivan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:24 am

For the type of situation where those would be my only option, I dont think I would have time to get them from my pack and put them on. I think the space that they would take up could be used for something more practical. Like ammo.

by **kyle** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:25 am

Ivan wrote:I think the space that they would take up could be used for something more practical. Like ammo.

Or nothing.

by **Horatio_Tyllis** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:37 am

how about bocci balls? those would be useful...

by **Joe Ghoul** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:03 pm

Sergeant,

Maybe we're missing something. How would you use these to kill a zombie? I don't see how the curved spikes would penetrate a skull. Please explain.

by **agnsmt** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:05 pm

well, u could use them to climb away from a zombie i suppose.

by **ZETFleader** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:04 pm

Honestly I don't know what a trench spike is or what one looks like.

by **Ivan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:12 pm

by **ZETFleader** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:14 pm

Oh I see I'd probably have the claw in one hand and just have that or a normal knife like a Glock knife.

by **-Jason-** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:16 pm

Or maybe they would make good tools..no rope is lighter. maybe they are useless and this is a waste of space. Yeah that's it.

Something that just may give you a chance at hand to hand.

Something that just may give you a chance at hand to hand.

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