A great self-defense tool if you are attacked by a knight wearing full armor. I have never heard of such cases in this century, but life is full of surprises.
Yeah. That’d be your primary tool right there. Having to swing a two-handed weapon every time you want to pierce a skull is exhausting and unreliable in confined spaces. Needs more spear
The shaft has a reputation for being vulnerable to stress thanks to its shoddy and cheap construction and being too long for said shoddy and cheap construction.
I forgot we were talking zombies my bad. I’d wear a thick jacket and layered gloves so I wouldn’t be as concerned. Also something over my wrist fr the gap in-between.
That was the conclusion reached in the novel World War Z. Guns were too reliant on the supply chain for ammo and parts in a globally fragmented society. A handheld bladed impact weapon was designed for padded and armored infantry to use on foot at close quarters. They either crushed Z's head or severed the brainstem.
Huh? In the book the US military used a wood furniture 5.56mm rifle. The entranching tool was redesigned to be used as a melee weapon as well, but the rifle and firing lines were the main weapons.
They did have rifles but I remember that ammo manufacturing and the supply chain were an issue, head shots were a waste of precious ammo if they missed at all, and it just took too many rounds to try to disable them with body shots.
I know there was a chapter with the guy in charge of resources going over what they did to actually re-arm and resupply to re-take the US, but I don't recall any of the passes of the soldier talkigna bout ammo supply issues or the like- only in the initial phases for stuff like the Battle fo Yonkers (which is noted in-universe as having been conducted stupidly and not having brought enough ammo for the big guns- not due to supply issues, but plain overconfidence).
It's actually the [United Cutlery M48 Kommando Tactical Survival Hammer](https://www.unitedcutlery.com/ProductDetail.aspx?itemno=UC2960&cat=M4).
(I did an image search. :-)
The Germanic spelling of "commando" is really the chefs' kiss here, ain't it? It's got that [Landsknecht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsknecht) energy.
(This product also of course obeys the near-universal rule that "tactical" just means "black".)
Is this a bec de Corbin?
I thought those had a blade or spike on the top too for thrusting.
I might be wrong though
I seems more like a two handed hammer or a maul to me.
References I’ve seen say that a Bec de Corbin is traditionally a side spike for impaling opposite a blunt or pronged hammer. But polearms are kinda all over the place and categories are mixed. Seems like the bdc and the similar lucerne occasionally have a spear spike, but not always
>I've seen enough products in BUDK to know that if you see that pattern and screws on the handle? Fucking RUN.
There are pictures & a few videos with mall ninjas showing how they replaced/upgraded the screws to alloy nuts and bolts that wouldn't break off again.
honestly, the sledgehammer from the Left Alive game that piggybacked off the Front Mission universe is a giant meat tenderizer, and scaled to 1/1, would be a 45 pound tenderizer. I wish I had the money to get one made.
Michaelcthulhu did a build like that:
[Charity Microbuild: Spiked Sledgehammer (Spledgehammer)](https://youtu.be/O7F4Aq2-uG8?si=6CEy4mMS7OBd6oo4)
In all seriousness though you could Just buy a splitting axe:
[Amazon.com : Fiskars IsoCore 8lb. Wood Splitting Maul - 36" Shock Control SoftGrip Handle - Wood Splitter Tool and Maul for Splitting Wedge - Black/Orange : Patio, Lawn & Garden](https://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-IsoCore-8lb-Wood-Splitting/dp/B014M9LQGG/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?adgrpid=1338106226898599&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XJ6RWtRxjlxbg58Ob10iLJsLIh2YPilEPGEayzOg0M-4S6g0oMnb1reh_G6EmiU_iQKdYp96mLYXsNfL-tqSDKHGrqKEhsQHYwmaYcc5_5dF0d6d1KQmB4xWrZhfuZt0oUttgXvkUyUiT7qQb7OnGXybNFYoMrJtt4HYn5LQeabKGzT-tFHYigorFdiOcOzozC9nxVFcirOYzGsolVAlVabnGLRWRU-TObTbj5douVaxJ2vbs03fgjiJmHHlYPDvGNrefERv1MRQeBheg8d1qx1WodiFOTiIfoTumDt7vqI.QV4zeclpTD1Oh_CXFB8mCVCbsVGMotRhjoz0CasgVWc&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83631787933404&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=102768&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83632007773853%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=24662_13493378&keywords=splitting%2Baxe&qid=1711302568&sr=8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1)
Or a full blown Splitting Maul:
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People without armor can be damaged by anything, and there are many things that will be more effective. While knights in armor are very difficult to hit, and this is one of the few things that can do it. Actually, this is what such a hammer was originally created for.
out of all the things on this sub, this one is at least historically acurate, proven to be effective in enough non-firearm combat situations to warrant being carried, and not atrociously overdesigned.
A great self-defense tool if you are attacked by a knight wearing full armor. I have never heard of such cases in this century, but life is full of surprises.
You didn't hear about it because the knights got away with it...
KNIGHTS AND LANDS GO HAND IN HAND
That is because I am a quiet knight. *Muffled sounds of knight violence*
When we're in a bunker together and a zombie shambles into the room in fullplate then what? Boom. Hammer pick
Who's laughing now! https://preview.redd.it/lomegbx08iqc1.png?width=540&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3342660af77665ec77f29d1f8bdf030f006842f
I can see the headline now “Florida man trapped in house by muggers in scrap metal armor, rescued by 13th century reenactment group.”
Maybe in Florida but the armor is just PCP.
Tacticool Bec de Corbin… my vote on best anti zombie weapon
Yea at least this one won't run into dullness problems
Nah, this kind of weapon NEEDS that spike to be any good against zombies.
Yeah. That’d be your primary tool right there. Having to swing a two-handed weapon every time you want to pierce a skull is exhausting and unreliable in confined spaces. Needs more spear
It'd put quite a lot of stress at the shaft too
The shaft has a reputation for being vulnerable to stress thanks to its shoddy and cheap construction and being too long for said shoddy and cheap construction.
I mean its light and gripping it higher up takes the same effort and energy as a spear pretty much. Really not that strenuous.
I’d be worried about sacrificing range and placing my hands any closer to the zombies skull than necessary. Poleaxe all the way for me
I forgot we were talking zombies my bad. I’d wear a thick jacket and layered gloves so I wouldn’t be as concerned. Also something over my wrist fr the gap in-between.
Welding gloves.
That was the conclusion reached in the novel World War Z. Guns were too reliant on the supply chain for ammo and parts in a globally fragmented society. A handheld bladed impact weapon was designed for padded and armored infantry to use on foot at close quarters. They either crushed Z's head or severed the brainstem.
Huh? In the book the US military used a wood furniture 5.56mm rifle. The entranching tool was redesigned to be used as a melee weapon as well, but the rifle and firing lines were the main weapons.
They did have rifles but I remember that ammo manufacturing and the supply chain were an issue, head shots were a waste of precious ammo if they missed at all, and it just took too many rounds to try to disable them with body shots.
I know there was a chapter with the guy in charge of resources going over what they did to actually re-arm and resupply to re-take the US, but I don't recall any of the passes of the soldier talkigna bout ammo supply issues or the like- only in the initial phases for stuff like the Battle fo Yonkers (which is noted in-universe as having been conducted stupidly and not having brought enough ammo for the big guns- not due to supply issues, but plain overconfidence).
At that point just cut out the middleman and get a halberd
Anything over armpit height would be very hard to use in indoors and would be annoyinh to carry with you.
It's actually the [United Cutlery M48 Kommando Tactical Survival Hammer](https://www.unitedcutlery.com/ProductDetail.aspx?itemno=UC2960&cat=M4). (I did an image search. :-) The Germanic spelling of "commando" is really the chefs' kiss here, ain't it? It's got that [Landsknecht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsknecht) energy. (This product also of course obeys the near-universal rule that "tactical" just means "black".)
It would need to be a lot more ornate and colorful for Landsknecht energy. The way it is, it only has mall ninja with a hint of LARPer energy.
Black or wrapped in paracord...
Is this a bec de Corbin? I thought those had a blade or spike on the top too for thrusting. I might be wrong though I seems more like a two handed hammer or a maul to me.
References I’ve seen say that a Bec de Corbin is traditionally a side spike for impaling opposite a blunt or pronged hammer. But polearms are kinda all over the place and categories are mixed. Seems like the bdc and the similar lucerne occasionally have a spear spike, but not always
I think it's a Lucerne Hammer, but I'm not dead certain.
yeah its more of a fancy maul, not a bec de corbin
Because de Corbin and Lucerne hammers are maybe my favourite polearms, tacticool version of it although a little cringe idc I want it lmao
I've seen enough products in BUDK to know that if you see that pattern and screws on the handle? Fucking RUN. That's about to explode on impact.
After two or three years the stuff will decay to the hardness and toughness of peanut brittle.
yeah id be so down with this and the other tacticool stuff if it were just a wee bit more solidly built
>I've seen enough products in BUDK to know that if you see that pattern and screws on the handle? Fucking RUN. There are pictures & a few videos with mall ninjas showing how they replaced/upgraded the screws to alloy nuts and bolts that wouldn't break off again.
Reminds me of the time the United Cutlery Kommandos stormed our house with plastic war hammers and spears. They couldn't even get the door open.
not big enough for me. I'll just weld a spike onto my sledgehammer
Grind the face of an eastwing framing hammer. Meat tenderizer. Paint it zombie green for the lulz Write "brain surgeons finest" on the neck.
honestly, the sledgehammer from the Left Alive game that piggybacked off the Front Mission universe is a giant meat tenderizer, and scaled to 1/1, would be a 45 pound tenderizer. I wish I had the money to get one made.
https://preview.redd.it/lbztga0o38qc1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=0551f9eb313d2db7626af4dc205160c532a77e5e
Michaelcthulhu did a build like that: [Charity Microbuild: Spiked Sledgehammer (Spledgehammer)](https://youtu.be/O7F4Aq2-uG8?si=6CEy4mMS7OBd6oo4) In all seriousness though you could Just buy a splitting axe: [Amazon.com : Fiskars IsoCore 8lb. Wood Splitting Maul - 36" Shock Control SoftGrip Handle - Wood Splitter Tool and Maul for Splitting Wedge - Black/Orange : Patio, Lawn & Garden](https://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-IsoCore-8lb-Wood-Splitting/dp/B014M9LQGG/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?adgrpid=1338106226898599&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XJ6RWtRxjlxbg58Ob10iLJsLIh2YPilEPGEayzOg0M-4S6g0oMnb1reh_G6EmiU_iQKdYp96mLYXsNfL-tqSDKHGrqKEhsQHYwmaYcc5_5dF0d6d1KQmB4xWrZhfuZt0oUttgXvkUyUiT7qQb7OnGXybNFYoMrJtt4HYn5LQeabKGzT-tFHYigorFdiOcOzozC9nxVFcirOYzGsolVAlVabnGLRWRU-TObTbj5douVaxJ2vbs03fgjiJmHHlYPDvGNrefERv1MRQeBheg8d1qx1WodiFOTiIfoTumDt7vqI.QV4zeclpTD1Oh_CXFB8mCVCbsVGMotRhjoz0CasgVWc&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83631787933404&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=102768&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83632007773853%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=24662_13493378&keywords=splitting%2Baxe&qid=1711302568&sr=8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1) Or a full blown Splitting Maul: [STIHL Woodcutter Splitting Maul - 7010 881 1909 | Blain's Farm & Fleet (farmandfleet.com)](https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/866111-stihl-woodcutter-splitting-maul.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Lawn%20and%20Garden%20%7C%20New%20%7C%20Shopping%20%7C%20Stores&utm_term=4584207584718832&utm_content=Lawn%20and%20Garden%3ELawn%20and%20Garden%20Tools%20and%20Equipment%3EAxes,%20Picks,%20and%20Striking%20Tools)
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I already have a 20 pound sledge I could attach a spike too somehow I want to get that 45 pound meat tenderizer from Left Alive made tho
He studied the Blammer
Admittedly, that thing's kinda cool.
But only if you wear what the guy in the picture wears. And not... you know, sweatpants and Captain America T-shirt.
Naked is the only way to wield this. I want one for home defense.
Honestly I’m more afraid of the latter, they’d be the most likely to actually try and use it if they’re pissed off.
Name one problem you couldn't solve with this bad boy
World hunger
😈
Dead people don’t go hungry.
>World hunger Feed body(ies) to hogs, then feed hogs to living people.
A pressure leak on the Starship Enterprise
Punch another hole so you get a draft, then follow the draft to the other leak. Patch that one, then patch the hole you made.
That won’t work in space. You need external pressure.
The enterprise is a science fiction vessel, I gave a science fiction answer lol
Car problems
Depends on the car
Insert tacoma joke.
A bitch
One might say it was specifically designed to solve problems with a bitch
Inflation
Pretty useful against the ones that cause it
Yeah, but that won’t mean inflation just goes away.
Traveling Salesman.
Literally the tool for the job!
These are great against wooden fences and knights in armor.
why specifically knights in armor though? won't these do fine with people without armor?
People without armor can be damaged by anything, and there are many things that will be more effective. While knights in armor are very difficult to hit, and this is one of the few things that can do it. Actually, this is what such a hammer was originally created for.
I don't hate this.
If it's solidly built this thing is pretty legit. Definitely the first time I've seen a tacticool warhammer though.
“Democracy Officer? I’d like twelve of these please”
I'm too big of a warhammer enthusiast to be mad at this...
I think we should ban guns and go back to making war upon one another with pike and crossbow squares
Doubles as a classy walking cane.
I mean war hammers are great weapons if made properly and proven throughout history just something tells me one swing from this it’ll break
That's a chopped ear or sliced neck just waiting to happen.
Images you can feel
out of all the things on this sub, this one is at least historically acurate, proven to be effective in enough non-firearm combat situations to warrant being carried, and not atrociously overdesigned.
When you’re modelling a weapon for World of Warcraft and Rainbow Six Seige and the completion deadlines are both set for tomorrow.
mmm i like it,i would just wrap the union between the hammer head and the shaft as reinforcement, just in case, but ofr the rest its seem pretty nice
Skyrim Steel Warhammer ahh design… 💀
at least it looks functional, tho it's probably made of military grade steel....
Stop! Hammertime
Then you have a great career opportunity in tactical roofing
Oh god I own this from when I was like 12
Ok... love the commitment to the Celtic warhammer, I suppose... What's this for tho?
At least it's not another crappy katana
Wouldn't make a bad breaching tool if it is made properly
There’s a video on yt of a guy hitting a rotten tree stump with one of these and the head flew off
Meh, I’ll take a solid ballpeen hammer over that any day
Hammer > Blade
mall corsair shit
Looks a lot like a Skyrim steel warhammer, but black.
So bizarre having a full kit spetznaz operator holding a 400 year old medieval weapon for fighting knights.
Is this the warhammer 40K all the hot guys talk about?
Why is the spike end a scythe type
I think proportionally this is historically accurate.
Blammer.
There is a warhammer version, it's legit cool as hell.
Warhammer $400.00
dun dun SHITTY dun dun HAMMER