Something nice as well is the variety of tools being specifically nice for handling zombies. Straight blades or blades that widen as they curve struggle to get stuck in bone or skull, which is a major concern when handling more than one as your weapon getting stuck basically means you get stuck. Only side suffering from that would be the hammer, but even then, the length of grip makes it much easier to put the force in to remove the lodged end. Gotta concur with Mr. "Kent" here, he put a lot of thought into this
Have you never heard of zombiegoboom? They were a channel from years ago that tested all sorts of different weapons on zombie heads that replicate real life bone density. I don’t know if their videos are still all on RU-vid but that channel was goated
Somehow I think your arm will wear off before conservative guys run out of ammo😂 Last estimate is that we have a trillion rounds. That means rural America has 126 rounds for every person on earth and just under 500 million guns to shoot that ammo out of and that number is just sales since we started counting in 1994. That is why in the zombie movies cities are overrun by flesh eating brain dead Democrats while the rural farmer is drinking a beer with his friends and going zombie hunting. Cities are filled with terrified screams, rural areas have “What a wonderful world,” playing from pickup trucks that are filled from our farm fuel tanks. Cities, even non zombies are resorting to cannibalism. Rural is kicking back eating fried chicken and corn bread. Cities are drinking their urine. Rural are complaining we had to reinstall the hand pump on the well but at least we get to tell our beautiful wives that we were right to hang onto all that stuff she called junk. Zombies in rural areas can’t hardly make it past the bear traps and barbed wire let alone Cletus who has been dropping deer at 500 yards since he was in pull-ups.
Imagine surviving months, barely getting by, you lost your group, food’s low, water’s even worse. One day you hear a commotion, you run to see this man in perfect clean clothing with loafers and glasses on, absolutely crushing a horde with that hand-in-pocket stance
This sounds a lot like the whole "Fear an old man in a profession where men die young" or...I forget the quote, but the whole Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thing about the towel. Something to the general effect of "Many people can get through crazy situations, but if a man can do that with a bathtowel, and kept the bathtowel clean - that is NOT a man you want to mess with."
@@cosmicsans3997 IDK, I kinda feel that he got on the bad side of that random ass rich guy named Bruce Wayne and the dude just black listed him from the industry.
@@jeesperflipson8138 well unless you actually see them blow up/get incinerated, they can always come back for example in an episode of Smallvile Chloe’s (fun fact her actress was involved in a human trafficking case/scandal.) safe-house blows up after she enters it, but she shows up several episodes later completely or at the very least mostly unharmed (it’s been a while since I last watched the show). This is only possible since they never showed a death scene. Also even if you see a body they can still live via shenanigans, an example being Jason Todd who depending on the iteration was revived when Superboy Prime punched reality, via the Lazarus Pit or some mix of the two.
He's convinced that he's holding the best zombie defense weapon that has been or will ever be thought of. I admire the dedication he has to the cause. As you can see...this man spared no words or effort in his quest to drive this apocalypse prep-changing point home. His biggest surprise, however, will be on Z-Day when he rips his clothes off to expose the cape and the big "S" on his chest he's been hiding from everyone at the Daily Planet all this time.
It only works for a 1v1 though. His thing will get stuck in the first one and another will keep walking towards him and it's gonna a be pretty much impossible with a large group
@@w花b That's true, but my main issue is that pole hammers are originally anti-armor weapons which are inherently heavier than most weapons, he did choose a medium sized pole hammer so it's less heavy but if he wanted to rely on a piercing weapon with speed and range he could've just went for the age old spear, I think that's the best possible piercing weapon Although it's debatable if piercing weapons are the best choice, because blunt and slashing weapons have their own advantages
@@segbhfrdgthyb576 He's not relying on the armour penetration of just the spear, you misunderstand anti-armour weapons of medieval times- maces were anti-armour, hammers were anti-armour, axes were anti-armour (because the combination of weight, a smaller blade area, and a generally blunter blade allowed them to "slash" plate armour that swords struggled against). The spear is of the type designed for plate armour, yes, but it's not the main draw of the weapon. The whole appeal of the poleaxe is having a variety of strike options on one weapon, which is why many had interchangeable heads.
Well to be honest with you you could do much better then sticking with him as he is going to need help and protection from Real Men. He will not last long because he is nothing but a paper shuffler, soft hands probably never done A Hard Day's labor in his life. You would be much better off hooking up with a smart Tradesmen, someone who knows how to work hard all day long and can take it because the truth is most men aren't built like real men anymore. Lots of soy boys out there, soft as babyshit LOL PS I don't mean anything personal I'm just speaking in hypothetical and general terms. Peace out😊
@@christianwoods7749 I was under the impression that the Bec had a hammer with a flat face. The detail of three or four prongs belonged to the Lucerne Hammer. And yes it was terrifyingly efficient!
What I don’t understand about most zombie movies and games is how every military on planet earth has somehow been defeated but teenagers and people with 0 combat training somehow survive the longest
Exactly my thoughts. I think the idea is that the zombies were just too plentiful, but if you've ever seen a heavy machine gun at work you'd know that those hordes would be hamburger pretty quick.
@@Billy-js6mv but there’s a higher density of civilians than there are military personnel and with all that weaponry and armour it makes no sense for every single military on earth to be defeated but for civilians with 0 training to somehow survive the longest the military has tanks machine guns nukes etc etc
@@hiloskyrealistically, the military would handle it pretty fast. If they can fend off intelligent armed enemies, they'd surely kill all those rotten creatures that can't even walk straight.
Idk not to be that guy but a pole axe feels like a bad choice, it would get stuck on things fairly easy. Pretty sure pole axes are also made to puncher or strike armor, you could use a durable sword or mace with better results considering the zombies would be unarmored 🤓 This reinforced my distrust in lawyers if anything
For a second I thought you were talking about What Remains of Edith Finch and not htkam, and I was fully prepared to accept that one of the family members was just a nerd (affectionate)
It's more accurately a "Bec de Corbin (crows beak)," a variation of the polehammer. It was used in medieval France (as the name suggests), and it consists of a pick or claw on one side to peirce and peel away enemy platemail and a hammer to crush an enemy inside thier platemail.
i dont know.. i think piercing weapons are some of the worst weapons to have in a zoombie apocalypse. cuz 1. they dont feel pain. 2. they can get stuck. 3. you would have to aim for the head which is a skull and its highly likely it can get stuck. 1v1 "might" not be a problem. add to that if you miss now your wide open and it will take sometime to reset. i really think the baseball bat is probably the best tool. or other blunt objects.
@@dnegel9546 ofc this entirely depends on what kind of zombie we're dealing with. Not every lore allows for death at a head strike or has that as the sole weakness
@@magicrainbowkitties1023 yeah and also we dont know of its transmitted through blood. so getting blood on you could also be a factor in the type of weapon used.
@@ricardorascon88 A katana is a single utility weapon. It's a sword, and that's it - you can't use it as anything else. It's also limited and all but useless in close melee situations. The polearm in the video makes more sense.
The condition of any such weapons found in a museum is questionable at best; I suppose it depends on what type of museum it is, but I don't think many would have anything as useful or robust as what you'd need.
@@D.H.1082 this i have so many stupid weapon like things I have welded up when it is slow at work and I am bored that I bring home. Just need to make some handles for them lol
@Slater Blanchard I think Robin would largely agree with your sentiment. They're not something most people need day to day. But that wasn't the application in question here
I think this weapon is a very poor choice. when you swing it towards a zombies head, it's going to get embedded into the skull. larger blunt weapons make more sense because you can keep swinging without ever getting stuck. sledgehammers, baseball bats, the classics.
@Lostpockets 222 sledgehammers are too heavy for protracted use, a warhmmer like this has a Blunt head on one side, which is historically was used when wanting to prevent the problem you mention
Bro is def that one guy in a zombie movie/show that appears in the first episode, vanishes, and then reappears several seasons later being a vet at slaying zombies whilst everyone thought he was dead
Would you also want your hand gripping the end of the weapon that is in covered with decomposing humans bits and blood. Even the handle part would be kind of gross let alone the smashing end
It has driven me crazy for years that TWD's characters are primarily armed with knives. Even after the time skip, when Eugene had 6 years to teach them the Phalanx, and they still resort to shanking as the primary anti-Z method
@Dilbot Using a spear with reach is a much lower risk than using a knife lol How much stabbing experience do you have with a knife that you’d feel more comfortable being inches from something trying to eat you than feet away with a knife at the end of a stick?
@@phillipalexander7862 At the end of the day the best weapon is the one you feel comfortable actually using. They certainly have a bunch of theoretical disadvantages to overcome but the apocalypse at the current point in the show has been going for YEARS. It's hard to undo years of preferences that were good enough to keep you alive up to that point. plus I mean, its a show and knife fighting the zombies adds more tension for the viewers for basically free
Now that journalism has pretty much died as a career, Clark Kent turned to RU-vid to make money and keep up the appearance of being a Normal Human who had a Normal Human Job.
Can you imagine this dude swinging this around while one guy is staring evaluating whether or not he should buy one in case of zombie apocalypse? Lol. I know I’d probably buy one if that was the sales pitch.
@@yagami87 i couldn't help but laugh at the juxtaposition of office attire and medieval melee weaponry. But once i catch my breath I'd have to ask why would i buy one if I got a scrappy little Arc-Welder and all the bits and bobs to make a ghetto-version of this contraption myself, in my basement ... IF that was a sales pitch, which i obviously ain't. It just got that Vibe ^^P And let's be honest. Whatever a door-to door salesman in the Zombie apocalypse would be offering, would also be worth listenening to,.'Cuz there wouldn't be many of his kind left out there. And still doin that job speaks volume sabout how much he believes in his product. ;-D
@@fefega but this has happened before in the comics someone made him forget about him being superman and he just lived like a regular person until obviously he realizes he was an indestructible alien with super strength and speed but he did forget about being superman and that makes sense because he was raised as a human and then became superman like batman
Absolutely the type of dude that would walk up to you during a zombie apocalypse "why hello there good sir!" NOPE...we aren't doing this, keep walking.
@@DontBeMad911 The guy looks like a very rich yet very fucking strong and badass character, and by the choice of his weapon, i can tell you that he'd use the weirdest shit and make a whole deal out of it
If he was in a zombie movie/game, he looks like he would be a mild-mannered lawyer or businessman who is not about to let some zombies ruin his day or his new suit 😅
Hell yeah. Maybe the contestants could pick their zombie apocalypse load out, and go through simulated tests to see who could survive different situations. Like they could do tests in open fields with waves of zombies, and then do ones in narrow hallways to see who can reach the end, different scenarios. Could be a pretty cool show.
depends on what zombies we are talking about, it they are living corpses, parasite, or a virus and how is it spreding ? particles in the air ? blood? or something else entierly are they slow roting walking corpses or fast and agile, how smart they are ? do they act as a hive mind ? do they walk alone or are they gathering into large hordes, and last: do not fight zombies unless its you're only option and you can't run away/ have to get in somewhere at all cost
@@robinswords No, it's a Bec de Corbin. You can tell by the primary and secondary uses. Doing a google search on "Bec de Corbin" will yield photos of the exact weapon the guy is holding. Doing a search on "Pole Axe" shows a completely different weapon.
There's knight fighting leagues in most countries (which is nuts by the way) so the gear's pretty common. I always imagined in a zombie apocalypse there'd be giant groups of knights just dominating. But you never see it
@@goazer2 A bigger problem is that zombies don't exactly die easily... A poleaxe will get stuck and doesn't have enough weight behind it to really destroy any limbs. If we're allowing medieval weaponry then a polemace would be my preferred weapon. The range of the poleaxe, but a head far more suited for crushing legs and heads. It's also far less likely to get stuck in a heated situation. If we're disallowing medieval weaponry, any long ranged clubbing instrument would be ideal. Baseball bats, hurleys (if you're Irish) etc. If you just need to damage the brain slightly, then I'd just go with a spear/halberd.
@@pagatryx5451 K- this guy knows what's up.'Breaking' a zombie is way more important than any attempt to 'kill' it- at least in settings wherein they don't rely on their brains to keep functioning.
@@pagatryx5451 Another consideration is that the hammer he uses was designed to be used from horseback so if you use horses for transport it would work well.
