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Little Red Wagon Repairman

Little Red Wagon Repairman

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Dino Velvet said:
My next toy. I need this thing.

https://www.zombietools.net/shop/reaver-cleaver-2/
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OOOOOOOHHH GOSH DARNIT!!!

Now I think I might like this one better instead. Knowing me I'll probably eventually have both but which should I buy first? The soon to be renamed Beaver Cleaver would be great for chopping up pussies after hacking off their limbs. The Reaper III is versatile as it is a sword, staff, spear, and whatever else I can figure out to do with the different grip options at 47.25 inches (Blade 23.5'' / Handle 24'') at full length.

https://www.zombietools.net/shop/the-reaperiii/

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Mr. Daystar

Mr. Daystar

In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
If it were me, purely for the zombie thing, I think I would just as soon have a ball bat wrapped in barbed wire, with a couple of spikes sticking out. Provided any and all fire arms were off the table.

But as far as a collectable, sorry Dino, I don't see it. At least not like some of the more conventional, and well made items you have been buying.
 
Little Red Wagon Repairman

Little Red Wagon Repairman

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El Diablo Blanco said:
If it were me, purely for the zombie thing, I think I would just as soon have a ball bat wrapped in barbed wire, with a couple of spikes sticking out. Provided any and all fire arms were off the table.

But as far as a collectable, sorry Dino, I don't see it. At least not like some of the more conventional, and well made items you have been buying.
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If there were an actual Zombie Apocalypse I would choose the Reaper III for the added reach and versatility. I think I could take out 3 to 4 Walkers with one reap swing. That Beaver Cleaver might be good around the kitchen to chop up the Walkers and make them into stew.

But, in the real world, your advice does make sense. Those well made fantasy blades are fun but not practical or necessary. My money would be better spent buying more .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .40 S&W, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .45 ACP, and 12 Gauge ammo.

El Diablo Blanco, can I pick your brain for a second about ammo? I live in a single home with other neighbors close to me in their homes. I need a round with excellent stopping power but also won't go through a wall and fly through a window next door. I normally go with my Sig Sauer P220 loaded with Federal 230 grain JHP. That's a good combo but I'm thinking about switching to a revolver. I have a S&W 629 Classic with a 6 1/2'' barrel. Excellent gun. Obviously I wouldn't use full power .44 Mag loads for self defense. Is there a milder .44 Mag or a hotter .44 Special you would recommend that might be good for self-defense? I still don't want the intruder to make it to court.

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Mr. Daystar

Mr. Daystar

In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Honestly, in a situation like that I would likely use a Glaser safety slugs, or I would find some weak reloaded .38 spl. rounds. The other option is a shotgun round with bird shot. I have low recoil Hydra Shok rounds in a .38. I use it for carry, and the house. It still makes me nervous about over penetration, and I live in an old plaster and brick house...no dry wall, built in the '50s. If you need an excuse to buy something new, look at that S&W Governor, It fires .410 shotgun shells, and .45 long colt.
 
Supafly

Supafly

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El Diablo Blanco said:
If it were me, purely for the zombie thing, I think I would just as soon have a ball bat wrapped in barbed wire, with a couple of spikes sticking out. Provided any and all fire arms were off the table.

But as far as a collectable, sorry Dino, I don't see it. At least not like some of the more conventional, and well made items you have been buying.
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Even back in the Dungeons and Dragon days, I couldn't get exited about sabres, katanas, or orc cleavers. Bring me my broadsword.

No twohander, too. I saw a couple of them in various museums around Germany, even those with sawteeth... if you don't have a superior position and a lot of backup soldiers covering your backswings, your ass is toast after the third swing,. Longbows, taking aim, bam bam bam, down you go And it is even worse if you fight on horseback. That is how the english forces captured so many french knights in the 13th century. Let them line up, let them begin to roll forward, meet them with a couple thousand longbow arrorws. The horses, mind you.

The knights can't run, and you just have to pick them up. That is a ton of ransom.
 
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Mr. Daystar

Mr. Daystar

In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Yeah, ancient combat was pretty fucking brutal, far more brutal then some people can even begin to imagine. Far more violent then some of todays battles....far more then a bullet to the head.
 
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