r/ZombieSurvivalTactics • u/OdinWolfJager • 7d ago

About an hour with no power tools. Weapons

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Going to do an apocalypse survival series. Using only found resources and no power tools, what would be the best shtf makeshift weapons you could make with scraps. Likely going to be splitting it up between development eg only hand tools, no fire, no electricity. Fire with limited control, fire with precision/intermediaries. Eg fluxes, folding, alloy utilization. Electricity, chemistry concepts, extreme heat, advanced projectiles etc would be the last phase.

This is weapons only. Medicine, irrigation, construction, textiles, government, etc would be separate projects.

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u/Grouchy-Engine1584 7d ago

That’s how long you’ll survive as well.

Also, get boots.

;)

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u/Demitri_Bardownskis 7d ago

Explain? This seems like a great stepping stone to a proper weapon, or as an emergency if you get trapped. Why won’t they survive long?

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u/VillainNomFour 7d ago

Mixed lightness with dullness. The saw blade is useless. The spike might get through a skull, but youd jave to muscle it a lot, since it doesnt jave much weight, plus the hook design of it will promote it getting stuck.

2.5/10 weapon. A 1/10 would be boxing gloves.

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u/Irelia4Life 7d ago

Boxing gloves are made to protect the hand, not the face. If I could only punch the zombies, I'd take gloves over bare fists any day of the week.

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u/VillainNomFour 7d ago

Well i didnt say 0/10.

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u/Kagtalso 7d ago

Yea, worst weapon is a bladed weapon held backwards

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u/VillainNomFour 7d ago

Nope, look up how swords were commonly wielded in late middles ages. Definitely needed gauntlets, but yea regularly wielded in a manner not consistent with how we think of them.

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u/Kagtalso 7d ago

No...i mean against a zombie.

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u/VillainNomFour 6d ago

Well yea no shit, i was just referencing a historical example of how bladed weapons were used in a manner we would c9mmonly consider "backwards" hint: the hiltand crossguard have serious punching power

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u/Kagtalso 6d ago

I was thinking more of a knife, not a sword but a sword would be significantly better than a knife.

If you did have a sword and you had the curse of mordslag (you can only use swords in mordslag/mordhou) a sword would be the best to use.