Walking Dead Knives

Anyone catch the knife Glenn had in his hand while reading the note on the toilet paper?

I recognized it just wondered if anyone else caught it.
 
Didn't notice it at the time. I'd seen it before, but not gotten a good look at it. According to this past Sunday's storysync he's been carrying a Schrade 171UH Pro Hunter. Been seeing some interesting knives there lately. Couple of weeks back Jessie used a Ka-Bar 1233 to put down a neighbor who'd turned walker.
 
Doesn't it bother anyone though that a knife has little hope of getting through a skull that is not stabilized against a hard surface (and even then...)? Especially a small knife?

I know that, according to the show, zombies are supposed to have a softer skull, but somehow this then contradicts the idea that they would defeat a major government... Also they are slow, but somehow aren't getting any slower than when they were "new"...: I do get that however, as introducing a progression would put a time limit on the show... They do appear to be decaying more, so that's already kind of risky right there...

Gaston
 
Gaston444 said:
Doesn't it bother anyone though that a knife has little hope of getting through a skull that is not stabilized against a hard surface (and even then...)? Especially a small knife?
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I'm already suspending disbelief in order to accept zombies as a real thing. Besides, it's not always the size of the knife...
Anyways, only thing that bugs me is that with the show's shooting schedule we don't get to see what happens during the winter months. Does it slow down the walkers or does the cold help preserve them and keep them going longer? Does whacking a freezing-cold zombie head with a large blade cause the edge to chip out? Maybe they could at least work that into some dialogue somewhere.
 
Gaston444 said:
Doesn't it bother anyone though that a knife has little hope of getting through a skull that is not stabilized against a hard surface (and even then...)? Especially a small knife?

I know that, according to the show, zombies are supposed to have a softer skull, but somehow this then contradicts the idea that they would defeat a major government... Also they are slow, but somehow aren't getting any slower than when they were "new"...: I do get that however, as introducing a progression would put a time limit on the show... They do appear to be decaying more, so that's already kind of risky right there...

Gaston
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These are the things you are worried about in a fantasy Zombie TV show? It's like the guy earlier who is skeptical that the crappy gerber blades couldn't go into a zombie head. The thing in this equation you question is the knife?

marcinek said:
Not really, being that its a tv show about zombies that don't exist in reality. :)
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Exactly:thumbup:
 
Moondrop said:
I'm already suspending disbelief in order to accept zombies as a real thing. Besides, it's not always the size of the knife...
Anyways, only thing that bugs me is that with the show's shooting schedule we don't get to see what happens during the winter months. Does it slow down the walkers or does the cold help preserve them and keep them going longer? Does whacking a freezing-cold zombie head with a large blade cause the edge to chip out? Maybe they could at least work that into some dialogue somewhere.
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Just because one item in a story requires suspending disbelief doesn't leave the writers off the hook for all the other items...

+1 on the winter issue, as that is one of the basic problems that almost always gets ignored by all the Zombie stories (in TWD they typically skip over winters, although the setting of the Deep South was I am sure in part chosen to avoid the issue entirely): If they are flexible they would harden... And once hardened they would all be finished with very few exceptions... In the book World War Z, the issue is treated at some length, and they are described as frozen immobile...: The consequence that they would all be eliminated is strangely just glossed over in the book, a minor clean-up being barely mentionned, the assumption being that so few humans remain that they could not even begin a serious wintertime clean-up... In reality all the cold countries would get a breather, which makes the idea of the Zombies "winning" seem extremely dubious...

Depicting the plague as something closer to rabies would make more sense on several levels: They would be fast and effective, and they would not freeze or slow down in the cold... They would also tend to have a "time limit": Not good for a long-running show...

Gaston
 
Moondrop said:
Didn't notice it at the time. I'd seen it before, but not gotten a good look at it. According to this past Sunday's storysync he's been carrying a Schrade 171UH Pro Hunter. Been seeing some interesting knives there lately. Couple of weeks back Jessie used a Ka-Bar 1233 to put down a neighbor who'd turned walker.
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Bingo and now the $64,000 dollar question:

Is it a USA Schrade or a Chinese Taylor Scharade?

BTW what is Story Sync?
 
Still don't have a durn clue what story sync is.

Also that is one shiny brass pommel and bright stagalon handle on that 171 to be an old USA Schrade.

Do they show pictures of said Schrade in question on this story sync whatever?
 
Gaston444 said:
Doesn't it bother anyone though that a knife has little hope of getting through a skull that is not stabilized against a hard surface (and even then...)? Especially a small knife?

I know that, according to the show, zombies are supposed to have a softer skull, but somehow this then contradicts the idea that they would defeat a major government... Also they are slow, but somehow aren't getting any slower than when they were "new"...: I do get that however, as introducing a progression would put a time limit on the show... They do appear to be decaying more, so that's already kind of risky right there...

Gaston
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There are many knives perfectly capable of going right through a human skull. The tiny, low-quality folders we see them do it with on the show, however, do not fit the bill, and this irks me.
 
Exactly, its pretty much like whacking a coconut or stabbing straight down into one, not all that tough to penetrate. I would not want to try it with a folder cheap or expensive.
 
Theres an interesting and "relatively" scientifically plausible thread on reddit regarding the whole brittle and/or soft bones of the zombies in Walking Dead. Also if the bones are as easily penetrated as they appear to be then anything spike-like would work fine. Didn't they use old rebar and crow/pry bars to puncture the skulls when they were keeping the prisons chain link fences clear of zombies?
 
tholiver said:
Theres an interesting and "relatively" scientifically plausible thread on reddit regarding the whole brittle and/or soft bones of the zombies in Walking Dead. Also if the bones are as easily penetrated as they appear to be then anything spike-like would work fine. Didn't they use old rebar and crow/pry bars to puncture the skulls when they were keeping the prisons chain link fences clear of zombies?
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Doesn't work if the skulls aren't as soft as TWD portrays them. These guys tested it.

[video=youtube;ln7_HZbCN8Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7_HZbCN8Q[/video]

I find this intentionally silly YouTube channel both entertaining and informative.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I laugh every time I see Rick kill a zombie by shoving an itty-bitty Gerber folder through its skull.
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Any knife can puncture the skull in the soft spot, but it takes force. Stab with weak hand and use strong hand to perform pomell strike. Marine corp trained. The only problem is that it is damn near impossible to remove after. There is a much easier solution, under the chin and into the base of the skull. Sorry if graphic but I hate movies that make knife fights look to simple. Knife fights are hard and take a lot of energy. The body naturally causes suction on the blade so it's harder to remove than to stab in the first place. I didn't enjoy killing when I had too nor do I condone it now, and at times I can still have nightmares but for the most part I'm great. Happy Thanksgiving all
 
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