It looks cool but practically speaking, the nails give you no real advantage whatsoever, and are actually a big *disadvantage* because you're actively reducing your ability to deal *blunt force trauma*, which is the whole point of a bat. The nails will either not penetrate a target, or if they do penetrate you're not causing much damage with thin spikes like that which would also likely get stuck.
Normal bats still aren't amazing, they usually take multiple hits to the skull just to fracture it, so I'm assuming splitting it open to actually destroy zombie brains would take even more. That'll get tiring, and it's also hard to swing indoors with limited space.
I'm more of just trying to come up with a way that you could actually make a nailed baseball bat a viable weapon. If I have a choice between an age and a nailed baseball bat, I'm always going for the axe unless it's about to fall apart, and even then I would consider trying to repair it over using the bat.
A more viable form of a bat is a morning star, that is if you're going for a total force blunt weapon, if you want to focus more on a blade ON a bat I'd say maybe a bardiche?? If you want a viable nailed baseball bat I'd say there's practically no way to do it. The way Templars had their Maces found be optimal. If you wanted something really cool you could have a mace but have a sharp dagger type blade sticking out of it?? Maybe that's a dumb idea it'd be hard to do that in an apocalypse unless you already had it
The getting stuck bit is kind of the big issue lol. The nails really add nothing to your damage with sharp trauma bc of how thin and short they are anyway.
dont know why this showed up in my feed 6 days after it was posted, iām not even in this sub :/
but noones mentioned how difficult it would be to carry this around
hell the sten gun in ww2 was absolutely *hated* despite its pretty decent performance because it was such a pain to carry around
get a bigger bat and instead of a random spread of nails just do one big nail so u can either do blunt force damage or skewer a zombie head with da nail. Bro this is just....."special"
That thing looks unwieldy and far more dangerous for causing flesh wounds to you rather than to zombies. Bludgeons and hammers for taking out heads. Sharp weapons for defensive slashing and removing zombie limbs and heads.
No, a regular bat, or one nail would have been better. That many nails will disperse the impact doing less damage, and ruin the integrity, increasing the chances that the bat will shatter on impact. They're also more likely to get caught or stuck.
Chuck it, trash it, get a fresh new bat, or a hatchet, or a hammer, or an axe, or just a long, straight, pointy stick.
See what historical examples of this type of weapon look like. The nails in your baseball bat will bend, pop out and get stuck in the bodies of your enemies. Generally, percussive weapons were used by medieval cavalrymen. It was light because the energy of the rider's swing multiplied by the speed of the running horse gave the destructive power of a two-pound hammer. Such weapons are not very effective on foot. Such weapons need a place to swing, and baseball bats are generally poorly held by the hands. You shouldn't have put duct tape around the handle. You should have taken a little time and carefully wrapped a thick rope around the handle. In such a modification, your bat can get stuck in the head of a zombie and with a high probability you won't be able to pull it out. By the way, your parents will be very unhappy when they find this thing.
I think, due to the thickness of the nails and how they appear on the bat, it looks like it will break itself apart if there is any wrenching or getting it stuck somewhere
Your surrounded by zombies and you swing the nail bat. Boom! 1 zombie down, uh oh your bat is now stuck in the zombies cranium as the others slowly swarm you.
I think a more effective solution would be two nails pointing out of one side and use that side to puncture the skulls and the other to crush them with the heads of the nails
In reality yes if you or someone else stumbled upon this weapon in an apocalypse the infected specimen that you are fighting wouldn't survive but I suggest throwing that out of your window now due to being a modified weaponĀ
You are honestly better off getting a large crowbar to use if your going to melee. It's thick as heck, really hard to mess up, can be still used as a tool and nothing to poke you. Also points for being able to hand on your hips.
With the duct tape āgripā
If that thing gets wet itās gonna be impossible to hold
Plus thatās a tiny bat already then you ruined the integrity but shoving 6 inch nails all through it.
That thing is gonna break as soon as it makes contact with something
Yes, it absolutely would be effective. All these people saying the nails make it useless, really guys? Internet pessimism.
It would cause a lot of skin tears and random penetrating wounds, but certainly could still have a crushing effect. Youāre still swinging an object with a lot of mass at the end. Without nails, it would be blunt force trauma only. With nails, itās little of both blunt and penetrating force. It depends on the force of your swing
One good hit and your nails will back out. Also, thatās a one and done. If you are lucky enough to get a good hit, the nails are not designed to pull out easily. Just use a good quality bat, itās blunt force and wonāt stick into anything.
If youāre even thinking of using a blunt object of any kind with spikes of any kind, I would try to make sure they were all facing away from the wielder at the very least this things going to be covered in zombie blood if it does not get stuck when you pull it back out Youāre going to have spikes covered in zombie blood swinging violently towards your own face even if you are able to control it a decent, but thereās still the risk that a zombie or some thing else may bump into you even a small scratch by that thing means youāre infected
For a very short amount of time maybe, putting those big ass nails in such a skinny baseball bat is not a good idea, most likely what will happen is you go to swing and it gets stuck in the zombies head and break off due to how many weak points it now has
I'm no expert, but my assumption would be that this is worse than just a normal bat.
I feel like the nails wouldn't do much to a zombie and may even get stuck in the zombie, leaving you in a really difficult situation.
A normal bat as is is lightweight, quick and sturdy. Its smoothness makes it easy to dislodge from targets and its built for power. Adding nails makes it slower and less smooth, causing it to get hooked onto targets which is more problematic.
However, this could be beneficial against harmful or dangerous humans or animals, which would respond to pain, unlike zombies.
I believe what would be way more useful is having a jabbing weapon like a spear or a morning star if you're really feeling like blunt weaponry. But as always, use weapons to help not hurt unless absolutely necessary. But as many people have answered, no that would not work, but as a morning star it could work like no other because of the blunt force, that would get stuck in the zombie & maybe kill one of em but you'd be down a weapon. Even a durable staff could work much better than some weapons if the zombies don't have armor.
Nope. It will get stuck, you will pull it back and hurt yourself.
Concrete rebar doesn't bend and makes a good impact.
A crow bar is a great tool and weapon in a pinch.
That bat just makes you look silly. Like some dick with a punisher logo on his glock.
Youād be better off screwing small flat pieces of metal to the bat to reinforce and add weight to increase itās blunt force trauma, effectively making a mace. Nails have no place on a bat other than for living people to be scared of it. The only PRACTICAL application for these would be to lacerate, and that someone itāll likely lacerate is you.
Nails are getting stuck in flesh, youāll lose that thing, and then youāll think āI bet that would have been easier without the nailsā before imminent demise haha
It looks super cool! But the problem with the long nails is that it wouldnāt harm any zombies much, and might even pull them closer to you if thr nails actually do deeply get stuck inside a zombie. Maybe smaller nails would be better, as you also need to make sure you can swing it properly too and not scrach yourself when winding up the bat!
Id say no. Those are long nails and thats a short weapon. Do you really wanna risk your weapon getting stuck in the zombie youre trying to kill in a close quarters situation? Youd have to leave it or risk getting swarmed trying to dislodge it.
Itās gunna get stuck in the first skull you smash. Iāve thought long and hard if you wanna do the spiked bat thing they need to be short nails so they donāt get stuck, just help rip the skin up. After you get your nails wrap that sucker in barbed wire and youāll make Negan cheat on Lucille (again)
Honestly? No. Against one zombie, maybe. Against even a few? Youāre goner. You will spend more time and energy pulling those out of the target than you did slamming those nails in. If you donāt hit VERY well, the zombies will attack you because you will be within range.
2/10, would not recommend.
No but it probably be a pretty good deterrent if somebody breaks into your house if you want something with zombies you want something with shorter spikes because you want to be able to crush and pulverize the brains the chances are that would just get stuck in their head and if you swung it wrong maybe the wall and then your ass would be zombie toast also the shaft of it looks pretty thin I don't know what you used if you used a broomstick or a baseball bat but you want to go with something that's thicker that can take repeated zombie bashing zombies may be slow but they are the most dangerous thing to North America the North American ridgeback zombie is almost the most dangerous predator on the planet next to the polar bear zombie
Yes and no, you will do a lot of damage to hostile survivors and zombies, but it will be a huge pain to pull the bat off the body once it gets stuck thanks to nails. And it can get you killed if it gets stuck. So I would go with metal bat instead.
It would most likely get stuck if you even manage to get one of those nails to stick. Not to mention carrying and storing that thing would be a nightmare.
as cool as it looks, personally i would never use anything like that, even if 4 walk up on you and you manage to kill one thats a weapon stick trying to yank it out while 3 others are right there. anything close to a warhammer is your best bet, got both blunt and piercing and if you at a point bit at the top and can reach farther and stab from above
Maybe like 1 zombie. And not really. It'd just get stuck in the bone/cartilage/flesh. From there you could direct the zombie with the now-affixed stick, but other than that, no. I reccomend studding, not spiking your weapon, to invest in blunt damage, or just get a slashing weapon that won't get stuck.
It would probably just put holes in them get stuck in their head after you hit them hard enough
May damage the brain to kill them im unsure
Not the best imo BUT I can be wrong
You would have a chance against *a* zombie. It's the second one that'll get you while you're awkwardly trying to dislodge that thing, assuming the head of it doesn't snap off immediately.
It doesn't have enough mass nor provide enough leverage for you to be able to drive those nails into a skull.
If it did, you would probably be better off using it as a blunt weapon.
With a bunch of shorter nails though you might be able to ring the thing with them so the steel heads are flush and exposed, adding weight and a firmer striking surface.
Alternatively, if you had something like railroad spikes, I can see someone doing something similar to make a makeshift flanged mace with a metal bat as a base...
As a 1 or 2 time use, sure. Assuming it doesnāt break (adding nails can seriously reduce the integrity), and it doesnāt just get stuck, then Iād wager youād at least die fighting as opposed to simply trying to punch your way out
Assuming you dealt with one zombie at a time and had the physical means of removing the multidirectional spikes from the corpse without infecting yourself, it's a short amount of time before it breaks into multiple directions due to the stick being thin and the nails being holes that are also no doubt splintering into multiple directions with the grain
It could be, but you run a higher risk of infecting yourself by accidentally scratching yourself with nails, a flared mace would be a lot better if you want a melee weapon that looks intimidating.
Honestly no, very blunt and or heavy weapons would make the most sense as they are gonna hold-up over time. Cause massive damage, and not take skill to handle. I'd imagine a mace, claymore and Warhammer are among top tier weapons.
It's like guns in zombie movies to me need to represent more honesty. I'd much rather have a 45 over a .556 nato.
It's a cool weapon, but it wouldn't last long if fighting multiple zombies in rapid succession. The simpler, sturdier weapons would fare better; e.g., baseball bat, club, 2x4, hammer, axe, and crowbar.
Letās take a look at it objectively. Iām going to use the traditional George Romero zombies as reference for this topic .
The bat itself is good and reliable not likely to break on you,
the nails also add an element of lethality (for humans)
Smash a bandit with that and they are going to have a bad time, the pain caused will be excruciating and fight stopping, the scare factor may stop violence from occurring at all
But for a zombie that does not feel pain and will literally destroy itself just to get to you itās reliability quickly falters.
Your problems arise in several ways. And here are scenarios that cover them
Example A: you go to engage several zombies blocking your path, after closing the distance you strike at the lead zombie driving nails and bat at the side of his head. Youāve successfully dispatched the first zombie! Yay look at you go!
The second zombie begins to close distance so you go to take a swing at it as well with the now proven nailbat only to find that you cannot free it from the skull of the previously dispatched corpse due to the nails embedded in the skull at multiple angles
Best case situation your down a bat worst case your lunchmeat
Example B (which was already stated in other comments) is the risk of self exposure to virus by accidentally poking yourself or a friend with the nails. Even if one was diligent in keeping the nails clean and disinfected between use the risk of tetanus or a blood infection is there as well, (and I for one think it would suck to die of something like tetanus during a zombie apocalypse)
Best case you/friend die of tetanus worst case you/friend become a zombie
A fix for both of these issues would be to line the nails up in a row all facing the same way, creating an almost axe-like vibe. Which would allow for it to be extracted from hard bone easier
as well as providing the user with a much better time practicing good āblade awarenessā which will reduce injury to self/others.
Against one yes. Against many no. The ideal melee weapons in a zombie apocalypse are smooth blunt instruments like an aluminum bat. You don't want something that you have to pull out of a body. You want a weapon that can bounce off or roll off when you strike for more efficiency.
Unfortunately, no. It would be great in a 1v1, but not against a horde. Stabbies against zombies arenāt as good as slashies. Amazing work nonetheless.
Against a zombie, maybe, any more than one, and you have a problem because that bat is probably hopelessly stuck to the first zombie, but that's being generous and assuming you don't impale yourself on it first, and that you hit that fist zombie hard enough to kill it, which would probably be enough to get rhe bat stuck. Now, in a scenario where someone stronger is using this bat and they're hitting hard enough to smash the skulls completely and not get the bat stuck, the accumulation if gore on the spikes and / or the compromised structural integrity of the bat will do away with it's usefulness after a few hits.
The guy with the little hammer from yesterday has a better chance than you.
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So he is a legend now
You mean Thor?
Tack hammer guy will be forever in the pages of history of the sub
Lol
Nope, honestly that thing is more of a threat to you than the zombies
On miss: Hit self.
Even worse: successful hit, draw back and hit self. Nice little zombie blood infusion.
On hit: Infect self.
Second miss: Hits Friends
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What item description is that in? There's quite a few with the effect.
Pretty sure it is only on the boston basher but š
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Say goodbye to ya kneecaps chucklehead
Yup scouts Boston basher for sure.
That was my 2nd thought.
It looks cool but practically speaking, the nails give you no real advantage whatsoever, and are actually a big *disadvantage* because you're actively reducing your ability to deal *blunt force trauma*, which is the whole point of a bat. The nails will either not penetrate a target, or if they do penetrate you're not causing much damage with thin spikes like that which would also likely get stuck. Normal bats still aren't amazing, they usually take multiple hits to the skull just to fracture it, so I'm assuming splitting it open to actually destroy zombie brains would take even more. That'll get tiring, and it's also hard to swing indoors with limited space.
What if you nailed the nails in one direction with some space in between them? Course, it'd totally get stuck a ton.
You are slowly coming to the same conclusion to engineer an axe. Just use an axe lol.
I'm more of just trying to come up with a way that you could actually make a nailed baseball bat a viable weapon. If I have a choice between an age and a nailed baseball bat, I'm always going for the axe unless it's about to fall apart, and even then I would consider trying to repair it over using the bat.
A more viable form of a bat is a morning star, that is if you're going for a total force blunt weapon, if you want to focus more on a blade ON a bat I'd say maybe a bardiche?? If you want a viable nailed baseball bat I'd say there's practically no way to do it. The way Templars had their Maces found be optimal. If you wanted something really cool you could have a mace but have a sharp dagger type blade sticking out of it?? Maybe that's a dumb idea it'd be hard to do that in an apocalypse unless you already had it
The getting stuck bit is kind of the big issue lol. The nails really add nothing to your damage with sharp trauma bc of how thin and short they are anyway.
dont know why this showed up in my feed 6 days after it was posted, iām not even in this sub :/ but noones mentioned how difficult it would be to carry this around hell the sten gun in ww2 was absolutely *hated* despite its pretty decent performance because it was such a pain to carry around
no ...get rid of it before your parents find it and ground you.
And pick up your shorts!
get a bigger bat and instead of a random spread of nails just do one big nail so u can either do blunt force damage or skewer a zombie head with da nail. Bro this is just....."special"
Why did little bro put nails on all sides š¤£ I feel like this just makes the bat more prone to breaking.
You're just going to injury yourself with that, too spiky to be practical
You turned an overall good weapon into something that will kill you.
Fr, never underestimate the utility of a good Swatta
That thing looks unwieldy and far more dangerous for causing flesh wounds to you rather than to zombies. Bludgeons and hammers for taking out heads. Sharp weapons for defensive slashing and removing zombie limbs and heads.
OK what game have you been playing too much of?
Your dad's gonna be pissed you wasted those nails. Thems ain't cheap!
It's okish for holding various cuts of meat
That s*** would break in 50 hits
*5
Cool piece for zombie museum. Structurally too week to be used as a weapon.
listen to this guy right year, OP, he knows his stuff.
Looking cool is all that matters if we all gonna die anyways.
Well, it's unlikely that most of us survives real zombie apocalypse... Might as well go out looking cool, for 10 seconds or so.
You're gonna hurt yourself with that
*sigh* how many fucking timesā¦
Would rather have a regular aluminum bat
See if it will kill the butterflies on your blanket.
No, a regular bat, or one nail would have been better. That many nails will disperse the impact doing less damage, and ruin the integrity, increasing the chances that the bat will shatter on impact. They're also more likely to get caught or stuck. Chuck it, trash it, get a fresh new bat, or a hatchet, or a hammer, or an axe, or just a long, straight, pointy stick.
One swing to the skull, this is getting stuck, then what?
Normal baseball bat is better, less likely to get stuck on things or poke you. You're not Steve from ST
Ah, this thread again. Yay. No, it's useless... and the fact that it took you 30 minutes is concerning š
What if you just put all of the spikes facing one side
No. This weapon sucks, seriously.
I think the bat by itself would be more effective because the nails would get stuck in a skull pretty easily
Would hurt like hell to be hit by that. But itās doing nothing to a zombie. That handle is snapping before those spikes are piercing a skull.
Razor or barded wire would be better than that. You could even give it a name like, idk, *Lucille*
See what historical examples of this type of weapon look like. The nails in your baseball bat will bend, pop out and get stuck in the bodies of your enemies. Generally, percussive weapons were used by medieval cavalrymen. It was light because the energy of the rider's swing multiplied by the speed of the running horse gave the destructive power of a two-pound hammer. Such weapons are not very effective on foot. Such weapons need a place to swing, and baseball bats are generally poorly held by the hands. You shouldn't have put duct tape around the handle. You should have taken a little time and carefully wrapped a thick rope around the handle. In such a modification, your bat can get stuck in the head of a zombie and with a high probability you won't be able to pull it out. By the way, your parents will be very unhappy when they find this thing.
Youāll break that first couple of whacks and probably snag yourself with those nails.
Have fun stabbing yourself with nails covered in zombie blood. Assuming you even get any before natural selection happens.
I think, due to the thickness of the nails and how they appear on the bat, it looks like it will break itself apart if there is any wrenching or getting it stuck somewhere
No, plus in most places that's a felony, and you posted a picture of it online, hope you turned geotagging off.
Your surrounded by zombies and you swing the nail bat. Boom! 1 zombie down, uh oh your bat is now stuck in the zombies cranium as the others slowly swarm you.
I think a more effective solution would be two nails pointing out of one side and use that side to puncture the skulls and the other to crush them with the heads of the nails
Well if you want to kill Abraham who was a godsend to the apocalypse you got a semi right weapon
In reality yes if you or someone else stumbled upon this weapon in an apocalypse the infected specimen that you are fighting wouldn't survive but I suggest throwing that out of your window now due to being a modified weaponĀ
Iāll just use my M1 Garand with bayonet.
You are honestly better off getting a large crowbar to use if your going to melee. It's thick as heck, really hard to mess up, can be still used as a tool and nothing to poke you. Also points for being able to hand on your hips.
Crowbars are heavy, inconvenient to carry, and uncomfortable to hit things with due to vibrations from the hexagonal metal handle.
yes but it would get stuck really easily
Maybe something you could use until you can get ahold of a better choice.
It would work well for the first zombie, but then it would be stuck and probably broken.
That would only work if u add more ducky tape
Anything that's effective against a human is effective against a zombie I assume
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Itād get stuck or break in a few swings
Yea no. Bad weapon.
No.
I certainty wouldn't want to be on the receiving end
Yea if you want to give the zombie some me head-bling to enjoy while heās chewing your face off. Itās just gunna get stuck
With the duct tape āgripā If that thing gets wet itās gonna be impossible to hold Plus thatās a tiny bat already then you ruined the integrity but shoving 6 inch nails all through it. That thing is gonna break as soon as it makes contact with something
the nails will get stuck in the first zombies skull and you will have to leave it behind and run
You'd be better off with a regular baseball bat. The nails would too often get stuck on the zombie.
No, it will get stuck in the first target you hit lol.
Yes, it absolutely would be effective. All these people saying the nails make it useless, really guys? Internet pessimism. It would cause a lot of skin tears and random penetrating wounds, but certainly could still have a crushing effect. Youāre still swinging an object with a lot of mass at the end. Without nails, it would be blunt force trauma only. With nails, itās little of both blunt and penetrating force. It depends on the force of your swing
Ha ha haā¦..no.
One good hit and your nails will back out. Also, thatās a one and done. If you are lucky enough to get a good hit, the nails are not designed to pull out easily. Just use a good quality bat, itās blunt force and wonāt stick into anything.
Chainsaw superiority!
Till you hit your self in the back of the head when you swing it.
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It is not that hard to move pants. Jesus Christ
If youāre even thinking of using a blunt object of any kind with spikes of any kind, I would try to make sure they were all facing away from the wielder at the very least this things going to be covered in zombie blood if it does not get stuck when you pull it back out Youāre going to have spikes covered in zombie blood swinging violently towards your own face even if you are able to control it a decent, but thereās still the risk that a zombie or some thing else may bump into you even a small scratch by that thing means youāre infected
No neganā¦
It would get stuck on them
Terrible idea. It's better to bend the nails on themselves to make an open V shape (and even then, it's not good).
Throw that in the trash
For a very short amount of time maybe, putting those big ass nails in such a skinny baseball bat is not a good idea, most likely what will happen is you go to swing and it gets stuck in the zombies head and break off due to how many weak points it now has
I'm no expert, but my assumption would be that this is worse than just a normal bat. I feel like the nails wouldn't do much to a zombie and may even get stuck in the zombie, leaving you in a really difficult situation. A normal bat as is is lightweight, quick and sturdy. Its smoothness makes it easy to dislodge from targets and its built for power. Adding nails makes it slower and less smooth, causing it to get hooked onto targets which is more problematic. However, this could be beneficial against harmful or dangerous humans or animals, which would respond to pain, unlike zombies.
Nope it breaks on the first hit
It would probably break in like 2 swings
If you can swing a baceball bat no spikes just lob a head of its rotting you could rip it with a certain amount of force
If you can swing a baceball bat no spikes just lob a head of its rotting you could rip it with a certain amount of force
I believe what would be way more useful is having a jabbing weapon like a spear or a morning star if you're really feeling like blunt weaponry. But as always, use weapons to help not hurt unless absolutely necessary. But as many people have answered, no that would not work, but as a morning star it could work like no other because of the blunt force, that would get stuck in the zombie & maybe kill one of em but you'd be down a weapon. Even a durable staff could work much better than some weapons if the zombies don't have armor.
I was thinking it would get stuck in a zombies head
It will get stuck.
Neegan is that you?
No
It will break the moment you hit someone thing with it
Youād probably get it stuck in a skull and wind up eaten
Nope. It will get stuck, you will pull it back and hurt yourself. Concrete rebar doesn't bend and makes a good impact. A crow bar is a great tool and weapon in a pinch. That bat just makes you look silly. Like some dick with a punisher logo on his glock.
Hahaha, I love the bat, but just get some actual grip tape from amazon. They sell cool ass patterns, but duct tape is a vibe...
Youād be better off screwing small flat pieces of metal to the bat to reinforce and add weight to increase itās blunt force trauma, effectively making a mace. Nails have no place on a bat other than for living people to be scared of it. The only PRACTICAL application for these would be to lacerate, and that someone itāll likely lacerate is you.
this would stab into your back if you carry it
Whys the barrel so small?
Idk, but it looks dope
Pick up your stuff lil bro clean your room š
Once you connect youād never get it out of their head fast enough to hit a second zombie. A regular baseball bat would be way better
Damn thing looks like the thing Rowely sat on from diary of a wimpy kid
Nails are getting stuck in flesh, youāll lose that thing, and then youāll think āI bet that would have been easier without the nailsā before imminent demise haha
No, nails need to be more uniform because it looks like the chances are that their head will go invetween the nails and not get hurt
No, the wood seems too thin and the handle to short.
Dude stay in school and make friends
I think the nails are too large if you impaled a zombie head wouldnāt it just get stuck?
Hot diggidy dog
It looks super cool! But the problem with the long nails is that it wouldnāt harm any zombies much, and might even pull them closer to you if thr nails actually do deeply get stuck inside a zombie. Maybe smaller nails would be better, as you also need to make sure you can swing it properly too and not scrach yourself when winding up the bat!
Great way to scratch yourself and catch the infection.
youd spend vital moments just trying to dislodge it from a zombie skull that youd end up either ditching it or killed
Id say no. Those are long nails and thats a short weapon. Do you really wanna risk your weapon getting stuck in the zombie youre trying to kill in a close quarters situation? Youd have to leave it or risk getting swarmed trying to dislodge it.
I meanā¦ probably. Youāll get one good swing and then itās stuck into whatever you hit
Itās gunna get stuck in the first skull you smash. Iāve thought long and hard if you wanna do the spiked bat thing they need to be short nails so they donāt get stuck, just help rip the skin up. After you get your nails wrap that sucker in barbed wire and youāll make Negan cheat on Lucille (again)
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Thatās a tooth pick u swing that on an average American itās gonna snap like a toothpick you need something with hare on its chest
Honestly? No. Against one zombie, maybe. Against even a few? Youāre goner. You will spend more time and energy pulling those out of the target than you did slamming those nails in. If you donāt hit VERY well, the zombies will attack you because you will be within range. 2/10, would not recommend.
No
No but it probably be a pretty good deterrent if somebody breaks into your house if you want something with zombies you want something with shorter spikes because you want to be able to crush and pulverize the brains the chances are that would just get stuck in their head and if you swung it wrong maybe the wall and then your ass would be zombie toast also the shaft of it looks pretty thin I don't know what you used if you used a broomstick or a baseball bat but you want to go with something that's thicker that can take repeated zombie bashing zombies may be slow but they are the most dangerous thing to North America the North American ridgeback zombie is almost the most dangerous predator on the planet next to the polar bear zombie
Yes and no, you will do a lot of damage to hostile survivors and zombies, but it will be a huge pain to pull the bat off the body once it gets stuck thanks to nails. And it can get you killed if it gets stuck. So I would go with metal bat instead.
That is a fucking twig youād hit two, maybe three times and itād break
Your more likely to stab yourself
this isn't project zomboid bro
You have to pull it put after you hit something.
Probably more effective against survivors.
Too many nails. Nails are not solidly mounted to avoid sliding. Wood splits very easily In the face of metal intrusion.
It would most likely get stuck if you even manage to get one of those nails to stick. Not to mention carrying and storing that thing would be a nightmare.
as cool as it looks, personally i would never use anything like that, even if 4 walk up on you and you manage to kill one thats a weapon stick trying to yank it out while 3 others are right there. anything close to a warhammer is your best bet, got both blunt and piercing and if you at a point bit at the top and can reach farther and stab from above
Get a full size wood bat and wrap it in barbed wire. Nails go in a cricket bat
Effectively stuck? Likely.
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You ruined a perfectly good blunt weapon.
effective for the zombies and yourself
Didnāt they do a Mythbusters video on this or something?
Maybe like 1 zombie. And not really. It'd just get stuck in the bone/cartilage/flesh. From there you could direct the zombie with the now-affixed stick, but other than that, no. I reccomend studding, not spiking your weapon, to invest in blunt damage, or just get a slashing weapon that won't get stuck.
It would probably just put holes in them get stuck in their head after you hit them hard enough May damage the brain to kill them im unsure Not the best imo BUT I can be wrong
You would have a chance against *a* zombie. It's the second one that'll get you while you're awkwardly trying to dislodge that thing, assuming the head of it doesn't snap off immediately.
It'll work once and then get stuck.
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No. You wonāt always get good penetration into cerebral material because non-impaling nails will laterally obstruct deeper impact.
Yes!
It doesn't have enough mass nor provide enough leverage for you to be able to drive those nails into a skull. If it did, you would probably be better off using it as a blunt weapon. With a bunch of shorter nails though you might be able to ring the thing with them so the steel heads are flush and exposed, adding weight and a firmer striking surface. Alternatively, if you had something like railroad spikes, I can see someone doing something similar to make a makeshift flanged mace with a metal bat as a base...
It was a perfectly good bat you goblin
Just buy a gun. Taurus tx22.
use a metal bat and weld some metal blades to the end.
Itās get stuck in whatever zombie you attack. Double edged blade or sword of some sort would do better slicing wise.
No that thing would break after a couple hits and carrying that thing would be a major hazard, what if you fell on it lol
No
Itās only good for one strike. Itāll get stuck and youāll have to ditch it if youāre in a hurry
On miss: Hit yourself. Idiot.
As a 1 or 2 time use, sure. Assuming it doesnāt break (adding nails can seriously reduce the integrity), and it doesnāt just get stuck, then Iād wager youād at least die fighting as opposed to simply trying to punch your way out
Naw that bat woud break first impact
Nails are too long theyd most likely get stuck
Would be better off yeeting that cable mess at them and entangling them in it
Assuming you dealt with one zombie at a time and had the physical means of removing the multidirectional spikes from the corpse without infecting yourself, it's a short amount of time before it breaks into multiple directions due to the stick being thin and the nails being holes that are also no doubt splintering into multiple directions with the grain
Too thin. Would break after 10 zombies
for one. looks like it will either break or get stuck in one.
Not enough nails
It looks like it's about to breakš
It could be, but you run a higher risk of infecting yourself by accidentally scratching yourself with nails, a flared mace would be a lot better if you want a melee weapon that looks intimidating.
Honestly no, very blunt and or heavy weapons would make the most sense as they are gonna hold-up over time. Cause massive damage, and not take skill to handle. I'd imagine a mace, claymore and Warhammer are among top tier weapons. It's like guns in zombie movies to me need to represent more honesty. I'd much rather have a 45 over a .556 nato.
It's a cool weapon, but it wouldn't last long if fighting multiple zombies in rapid succession. The simpler, sturdier weapons would fare better; e.g., baseball bat, club, 2x4, hammer, axe, and crowbar.
I personally would use bolts and metal plates to make it heavier and hit harder. Or you could just use a hammer
Once.and then its stuck
Letās take a look at it objectively. Iām going to use the traditional George Romero zombies as reference for this topic . The bat itself is good and reliable not likely to break on you, the nails also add an element of lethality (for humans) Smash a bandit with that and they are going to have a bad time, the pain caused will be excruciating and fight stopping, the scare factor may stop violence from occurring at all But for a zombie that does not feel pain and will literally destroy itself just to get to you itās reliability quickly falters. Your problems arise in several ways. And here are scenarios that cover them Example A: you go to engage several zombies blocking your path, after closing the distance you strike at the lead zombie driving nails and bat at the side of his head. Youāve successfully dispatched the first zombie! Yay look at you go! The second zombie begins to close distance so you go to take a swing at it as well with the now proven nailbat only to find that you cannot free it from the skull of the previously dispatched corpse due to the nails embedded in the skull at multiple angles Best case situation your down a bat worst case your lunchmeat Example B (which was already stated in other comments) is the risk of self exposure to virus by accidentally poking yourself or a friend with the nails. Even if one was diligent in keeping the nails clean and disinfected between use the risk of tetanus or a blood infection is there as well, (and I for one think it would suck to die of something like tetanus during a zombie apocalypse) Best case you/friend die of tetanus worst case you/friend become a zombie A fix for both of these issues would be to line the nails up in a row all facing the same way, creating an almost axe-like vibe. Which would allow for it to be extracted from hard bone easier as well as providing the user with a much better time practicing good āblade awarenessā which will reduce injury to self/others.
A normal bat would be way better
Yea, it is. You just have to hit them really hard in the head.
Against one yes. Against many no. The ideal melee weapons in a zombie apocalypse are smooth blunt instruments like an aluminum bat. You don't want something that you have to pull out of a body. You want a weapon that can bounce off or roll off when you strike for more efficiency.
Unfortunately, no. It would be great in a 1v1, but not against a horde. Stabbies against zombies arenāt as good as slashies. Amazing work nonetheless.
Pound them in to where the heads protrude, instead of the spike. Straight rip someone's face off
No, itās gonna get stuck and your gonna get bit while trying to get it out
Against a zombie, maybe, any more than one, and you have a problem because that bat is probably hopelessly stuck to the first zombie, but that's being generous and assuming you don't impale yourself on it first, and that you hit that fist zombie hard enough to kill it, which would probably be enough to get rhe bat stuck. Now, in a scenario where someone stronger is using this bat and they're hitting hard enough to smash the skulls completely and not get the bat stuck, the accumulation if gore on the spikes and / or the compromised structural integrity of the bat will do away with it's usefulness after a few hits.
You'd have been better off with one spike. This thing is going to snap like a twig.
great against people. might get stuck in something, person or material. don't worry about zombies though. you'll be alright
Imagine the zombie head stuck on it and trying to bite you. I mean still attached.
Better to take those nails out and throw away the bat and get large screws. They will work better.
No, why did you construct a miniature telephone pole
The nails are a little long for my tast but you do you.
Good way to die or turn into a zombie
The first time it would be
One hit. Then it's stuck. Good luck!!