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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:43:17 AM EDT
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Close quarters beatdown stick?
20-22 ounce T-ball bat. Something stickier or stabbier or slicier will get you noticed. Of course, if that doesn't matter, Zombie Tools. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:43:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:46:53 AM EDT
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I see no beads, how is the head held in place? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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<a href="http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/BoxofRox873/media/image.jpg1_zpsoc3xeq4k.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/BoxofRox873/image.jpg1_zpsoc3xeq4k.jpg</a> <a href="http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/BoxofRox873/media/image.jpg2_zpsgxalk7mm.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/BoxofRox873/image.jpg2_zpsgxalk7mm.jpg</a> <a href="http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/BoxofRox873/media/image.jpg3_zpsv3phfxut.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/BoxofRox873/image.jpg3_zpsv3phfxut.jpg</a> This one is 30" OAL, but I can make them whatever I want, it's got decent weight to it but not overly heavy. The gear is out of a Valley sprinkler gearbox, and the bottom of the handle is made from some of the worm gear that I cut off. I made one for my buddy that has the bottom shaped more like a baseball bat. This one comes to a point at the bottom. I see no beads, how is the head held in place? Drilled holes, filled them with weld then spun it on the lathe and ran emory cloth to smooth it up. There's 4 holding the head to the shaft, no homo. But I think if I do another one I want to make the shaft the female part and turn the head down to press inside of the tubing and weld it in place so everything is covered by the hockey tape wrap. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:49:28 AM EDT
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a machete
or a length of heavy chain |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:51:04 AM EDT
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I always kinda liked the maces, myself... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vr06GwI1fs/Ue7M7i0UgZI/AAAAAAAABX8/EaPVPerdldA/s1600/weapons.jpg 
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:52:34 AM EDT
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Your suggestions please. In anticipation of questions: 1. Q: Why not swords? A: Because Gladius. I don't need a suggestion when I already know the answer. 2. Q: Why not knives? A: We have a million threads. 3. Q: What application or circumstances? A: Melee and smiting of enemies in general. Scractched my tomahaw itch recently. but would consider another one. Toying with the idea of making a WWI trench mace http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/wp-content/mcme-uploads/2014/07/196200071-013.jpg I have an old worn out camshaft out of my XJ. That pic gave me some ideas. LC |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:54:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI was issued one of these pieces of shit. Ditched it almost immediately. Unless you're willing to train with it regularly it's worse than useless. You're far better off with a straight stick. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:54:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2016 11:56:05 AM EDT
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Skip the mace collar, just get a pattern of 1908 helve. The collar was a novelty, everyone carried a helve. I've got two of the helve heads, one stamped 1916 and one stamped 1944. The '44 is crisp and sharp at the edges. Wouldn't take a superman to put the narrow end through a helmet.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:00:51 PM EDT
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Quote Historyyep. or 
or 
Naturally, "all three" is also an option 
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:02:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always kinda liked the maces, myself... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vr06GwI1fs/Ue7M7i0UgZI/AAAAAAAABX8/EaPVPerdldA/s1600/weapons.jpg |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:03:18 PM EDT
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I have a 21 oz Vaughn drywall hatchet for that purpose.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:05:00 PM EDT
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Tom Anderson makes some cool stuff out of titanium.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:09:15 PM EDT
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Can't believe we've gone this long without mention
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:14:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThis guy knows.... 
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:30:47 PM EDT
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I have cqb sticks, 28 inch Natural Rattan Escrima Sticks, and a pick handle for dishing out pain, if needed.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:37:46 PM EDT
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how effective are flails ? i dont recall ever seeing one in action in a movie.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:43:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryPOS |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:44:38 PM EDT
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Short is better
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:47:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:47:08 PM EDT
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how effective are flails ? i dont recall ever seeing one in action in a movie. Braveheart, in the following two scenes: 1) After his wife is murdered when Mel Gibson pretends to surrender, I believe it was a flail (with nubs instead of spikes) concealed under his hair that he used to kick off the whole uprising. 2) After his red-haired buddy's dad got his hand cut off he went into the next battle with a chain flail attached to the nub here his hand used to be. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:47:17 PM EDT
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how effective are flails ? i dont recall ever seeing one in action in a movie. They were used extensively in the Hussite wars. First picture in this thread shows a couple of them. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:48:59 PM EDT
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I would think a visit to the junkyard for an axle shaft would be cheap and effective.
Cold Steel Gothic Mace  |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:58:49 PM EDT
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What you desire is the Z-Hawk. I got mine when the last big thread popped up and it is a no joke tool/killing instrument/conversation starter.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 12:59:49 PM EDT
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I would think a visit to the junkyard for an axle shaft would be cheap and effective. Cold Steel Gothic Mace http://www.coldsteel.com/images/products/90mflm_gothic_mace_medium.jpg Ehh it's cold steel. Great for beating up toasters and melons will probably fall apart in the heat of battle. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:00:54 PM EDT
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War hammer.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:03:43 PM EDT
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Tomahawk hean on 30-36 inch haft is awesome...
Mace.. Warhammer Spear... I'll post some pictures in a while... |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:09:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Braveheart, in the following two scenes: 1) After his wife is murdered when Mel Gibson pretends to surrender, I believe it was a flail (with nubs instead of spikes) concealed under his hair that he used to kick off the whole uprising. 2) After his red-haired buddy's dad got his hand cut off he went into the next battle with a chain flail attached to the nub here his hand used to be. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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how effective are flails ? i dont recall ever seeing one in action in a movie. Braveheart, in the following two scenes: 1) After his wife is murdered when Mel Gibson pretends to surrender, I believe it was a flail (with nubs instead of spikes) concealed under his hair that he used to kick off the whole uprising. 2) After his red-haired buddy's dad got his hand cut off he went into the next battle with a chain flail attached to the nub here his hand used to be. 3) When Wallace goes after the ruling class Scotts, he rides his horse into one of their bedrooms and smashes his head in like it was a watermelon. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:09:59 PM EDT
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Halberd
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:11:03 PM EDT
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Rebar ???
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:13:56 PM EDT
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Ignore the pretty and yet useless toys people are suggesting here. Get thyself a Maglite 6 cell flashlight...
Maglite 6 cell flashlight on Amazon ...replace the anemic bulb with this 1000 lumen LED assembly... Terralux LED conversion kit ...and you will have a light weapon that will blind and disorient an attacker, and with the weight of the six D cell batteries it has more mass than a baseball bat and it can crack a skull open. Plus, it's completely legal to carry in your vehicle. There is no such thing as an illegal flashlight. 
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:13:58 PM EDT
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I use a BFG.
No need for CQB or a melee weapon. BFG or go home! |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:17:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOK, I have a welder and some scrap plate steel about that thick. Time to break out the grinder. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:20:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:21:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat looks cool. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:21:54 PM EDT
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Try a crowbar
Sturdy, easy to obtain, heavy enough to be used as clubs but not heavy enough to impair movement, and they have two bladed points too. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:22:59 PM EDT
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War hammer. I know it's from a fantasy type movie, but in reality, who has the strength, stamina and agility to wield a 50 + lbs weapon in a combat situation? 
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:22:59 PM EDT
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If you want concealed melee carry, get yourself a blackjack.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:23:24 PM EDT
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The answer is always Bombaata's Mace. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:26:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: how effective are flails ? i dont recall ever seeing one in action in a movie. But it's hard to teach actors and extras to use them. It's real easy to smash your own knees and knuckles or the back of your own head with them. (Just like Nunchucks.) With a good swing, the speed will maximize the impact for the weight. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:26:22 PM EDT
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Board with a nail in it.
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:27:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tom Anderson makes some cool stuff out of titanium. http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q194/Tinysd/TI-MACE-IV-OAL.jpg |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:28:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That looks cool. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:30:03 PM EDT
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Ignore the pretty and yet useless toys people are suggesting here. Get thyself a Maglite 6 cell flashlight... Maglite 6 cell flashlight on Amazon ...replace the anemic bulb with this 1000 lumen LED assembly... Terralux LED conversion kit ...and you will have a light weapon that will blind and disorient an attacker, and with the weight of the six D cell batteries it has more mass than a baseball bat and it can crack a skull open. Plus, it's completely legal to carry in your vehicle. There is no such thing as an illegal flashlight. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615LIQwcFOL._SY355_.jpg Hit someone with that in Texas and you'll do jail time. It's considered a lead lined pipe and is/was listed as a no no in our laws. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:30:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHaha, that's crazy similar to what I built. Looks like godrilla's picture too. Pretty neat. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:33:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Ignore the pretty and yet useless toys people are suggesting here. Get thyself a Maglite 6 cell flashlight... Maglite 6 cell flashlight on Amazon ...replace the anemic bulb with this 1000 lumen LED assembly... Terralux LED conversion kit ...and you will have a light weapon that will blind and disorient an attacker, and with the weight of the six D cell batteries it has more mass than a baseball bat and it can crack a skull open. Plus, it's completely legal to carry in your vehicle. There is no such thing as an illegal flashlight. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615LIQwcFOL._SY355_.jpg damnit arfcom, stop showing me things I didn't even realize I wanted but now have a compulsion to buy |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:36:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Haha, that's crazy similar to what I built. Looks like godrilla's picture too. Pretty neat. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:44:42 PM EDT
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I believe it is his store on etsy. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Haha, that's crazy similar to what I built. Looks like godrilla's picture too. Pretty neat. Nice, his blades look amazing. Pretty neat skill to have. |
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:46:32 PM EDT
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i would just buy one of these(lawn tractor steering shaft $25)and put duct tape around the handle
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Posted: 4/30/2016 1:52:20 PM EDT
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A Noggenlopper. It is a heart shaped pole axe about the weight of a shovel head, in which the vee is just the right width to find the neck. The outside edges are sharp as well, and gently taper to the shaft. There is a lightly spring loaded sliding "handle" that has grooves which allow it to slide up the blades. The "handle" is an enticing feature to the enemy, where a sharp jerk on your part will remove fingers and badly damage the hand.
The humps are also rather pointed and can stab if you miss centering on the neck or limb. The return stroke cuts quite nicely as well if you miss on the thrust. There is a sharp point on the other end of the shaft with a flange to prevent over penetration. |
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