Best blade for a Zombie Apocalypse 2023 edition

As mentioned, something from Zombie Tools of course....

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Lunar_Preparedness said:
Now that the knife market has exploded and there are a zillion new makers and models, which folding pocket knife would you carry if the Undead roamed the streets? I think the Benchmade Crooked River would be a great candidate. What's yours?
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Firearms>Bows>Spears/Halbeards>Swords/Axes/Machetes>Large fixed blades>.....folding knife...
 
AntDog said:
It’s one of the OG full sized ones. I think they only made the first ones in D2. The new ones are all Cruwear or something else but no D2. Their D2 is fantastic.
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And the Cruwear ones are so freaking great. I adore that steel. I still think the Triad lock would be "stronger", but I would take my full size Adamas in a heartbeat (especially since it's in my pocket as we type). However, what if I break an omega spring? I've heard they burst into flames and explode when that happens ;) In all honesty, if I were dropped in the woods with a folder, the Adamas would be my pick. Fantastic durability to edge performance well above a CS in AUS10 in my experience.

However, you are 100% correct. Benchmade D2 is excellent stuff. The best D2 knife I own is a Claymore.

...but damn is Cruwear the bee's knees.
 
All right. I need to know what kind of zombies we're talking about.

First, are they walkers or runners? Second question: what kills them? Can a center-mass shot do the job, or do they need a really close haircut? Or, worse, do they need cleansing fire to truly kill them?

If they're walkers that go down with a chest shot, then it's whatever knife I can carry with a 12-gauge shotgun. If they're runners, it's whatever knife I can carry with a repeating shotgun.

If removing the brain box is the only thing that stops them, it's whatever knife I can carry with a shotgun loaded with mixed slug and shot rounds. Make them buckshot, not birdshot in any case. Since rules of engagement are likely no longer a thing, if I can pick up some flechette rounds, that would be even better.

I think you get the idea, so far. If I need to use my knife, I'm probably about to become a zombie, myself. Granted, we're in a world where zombies are actually possible, so I suppose that the main characters could do the job with a knife.

The problem is, even in this world, I doubt that I would have enough plot armor to escape. But I'm damn sure going to give my story a loud, gory, spectacular ending.

Oh, yeah. What about the ones that need to be burned to a cinder to stop them? A Milkor, loaded with thermite grenades. In fact, I think that might be my answer for any zombie scenario.....
 
Steely_Gunz said:
And the Cruwear ones are so freaking great. I adore that steel. I still think the Triad lock would be "stronger", but I would take my full size Adamas in a heartbeat (especially since it's in my pocket as we type). However, what if I break an omega spring? I've heard they burst into flames and explode when that happens ;) In all honesty, if I were dropped in the woods with a folder, the Adamas would be my pick. Fantastic durability to edge performance well above a CS in AUS10 in my experience.

However, you are 100% correct. Benchmade D2 is excellent stuff. The best D2 knife I own is a Claymore.

...but damn is Cruwear the bee's knees.
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My son has the mini in Cruwear and it’s badass. Feels every bit as “brick sh!thouse” as the biggun, just smaller.

I’ve had many a triad lock CS and I’d take the Adamas over every one.
 
If we're talking about The Walking Dead-style zombies, where you are trying to penetrate the skull, I would opt for something spike-ish with a triangular or round cross-section. A sturdy icepick, maybe.
 
Am I going to be killing zombies with this knife? If so, then the Opinel N°13. If not, then a bayonet with a firearm attached.

I'll let y'all look up the pics 😉.

Zieg
 
The old classic zombie thread. Next up would be bears, cougars, hogs, snakes and wolves. We need to come up with new monsters. How about a herd of wild elephants on Main Street; which knife would you use to hamstring them?

Perhaps something like this:
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Indian 19th Century Bhuj. Kuttai Sword. Elephant Knife. Sindhi Cavalry Axe-Sword

This is a rare early 19th Century weapon from North West India and modern-day Pakistan. The Bhuj, also known as Kuttai or Elephant Knife is an axe-like, short
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not2sharp said:
The old classic zombie thread. Next up would be bears, cougars, hogs, snakes and wolves. We need to come up with new monsters. How about a herd of wild elephants on Main Street; which knife would you use to hamstring them?

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You forgot pit bulls lol
 
Leatherman and Sillcock key in the pocket, a 18 inch Tramontina machete on my back, and a Becker BK-7 on my hip.
 
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