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T-72 turret maybe??

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I would say a sword just because you might scare off your attackers when you draw it. That's what a friend of mine did overseas when people were trying to break into his place.



That's because they were cheap and worked better in ancient military formations.

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1917 naval cutlass would be handier than a spear inside houses or vehicles.

http://www.coldsteel.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/480x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/8/8/88cs.jpg

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Fuck that.

you are constantly getting hit from behind

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I was going off my continued assumption that Amazon Prime delivery will be severely limited post-apocalypse, and most people will be fighting with what's in their garden shed, rather than the exotic/esoteric weapons ya'll keep suggesting (though God knows I believe there's plenty of dorks enthusiasts on this site with broadswords and pikes). I mean, don't get me wrong, the Japanese did some fine work on metal folding and razor edges, but most of it seems more appropriate to stir fry than melee. Gransfors Bruk isn't exactly household either, got that, but the Scando's did do some pioneering work in chopping/clubbing people who had things they wanted at one point, and I figured their expertise shouldn't go to waste.

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No one has mentioned the Ulfbhert Viking sword? Crucible steel, thin flexible, light at <2 lb, hellaciously sharp. Swords should not be stiff, they should be springy.

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for 20 years I was a Supervisor as a Critical Care Blood Bank Technologist/Hematologist at 3 Trauma Centers in OKC and Tulsa.

I've seen alot of shit involving stuff you never think about till you see it. I'm never shocked at the wounds I've seen from butcher knives, axes, hatches....never doubt a humans ability to go savage.
one of the worst knifings I've ever seen was a mexican cook at a mexican restaurant who went Aztec on his co-workers, totally disembowling 1, trying to cut the heart out of another and trying to cut the neck thru and thru on the third.

when humans go savage.. they go in a way that defies imagination.
I could write a 300 page book on things I've seen done to a human body by accident or design and people lived thru it ( in varying degree's of life) or died.

from my experience working on people.
the Eastwing Camp Axe, big roofing hatchet or big straight claw hammers would be the best modern day war club that the average joe could get his hands on in the next 30 minutes in any large city and they would be beautiful to use.  the cold steel gladius would be one of my picks too. from what I have been able to tell the big straight claw hammers are easier to pull out after the deed is done and it has a vicious wound.

I've worked on dozens of people assaulted with hammers and hatchets.
they are VERY and I cannot over emphasis this, VERY efficient at putting someone down and out with 1 blow and the wounds are just nasty as you would expect with either the blunt force trauma or the blade wound.

I have the 2 War Clubs left in my family.
one was made in the late 1800's and looks more ceremonial,  the other was meant for serious business and is a gunstock club that originally had 2 cutting heads and was taken to WWI with my halfbreed Great Grandfather and came back used and bloodied as were most that were taken overseas with the 36th. my son and I have played around with it and both feel that the Camp Axe, Long handled roofing hatchet or big hammer would be a better instrument of war.

my son has several of the Cold Steel stuff and the Rifleman's Hawk, Trench Hawk and the War Hawk are pretty handy tools.

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Kukri

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I would buy the book if you wrote one. That is all quite interesting.

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An angry Great Dane.

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I bought one of these ditch bank cutters for the end of days.  It works pretty good in trimming ditches.


https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/35058/s-l1000-117676.JPG

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I've got one.  It's a pretty serious weapon.

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I have one of these in my truck. I wouldn't want to get hit with it.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1083/1014/products/truckers-friend_1024x1024.jpg?v=1481160504

Trucker's Friend

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Sure, but aside from not showering for a week, whaddya got to show?

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With armor, yes.  Without armor, sword and shield.  

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Medieval two-handed sword is way too heavy, might as well use a battle ax.

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It's really not a huge skillset to use most European blades, basically 8 attacking gestures and their subsequent blocks. Katana's and other single edge curved swords need significantly more practice to use effectively.