Swords and Spears

[rbeau30]

Replace the word investment with 'insurance' then you are gold!

+1 you are right. I wish I could invest in more insurance.

[Wulf202]

Dont forget the cold steel bushman

[rbeau30]

Dont forget the cold steel bushman

Now that is really cool. I like the multitasker aspect of it. I wonder if the handle is slippery at all?
http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-95B...+steel+bushman

[Wulf202]

Yes. It needs a solid paracord wrap

[Scogin]

After doing a bunch of research I ended up going with the Ka Bar machete. A buddy of mine went with the Cold Steel. Neither of us were impressed with the Cold Steel. The metal was soft and didn't seem to take abuse as well as the Ka Bar. http://www.amazon.com/Ka-Bar-2-1248-...=kabar+machete The Ka Bar is a workhorse. I use it to trim branches, chop down small trees, split firewood, and flip burgers.

[Irving]

My Gator machete is all bent to hell, but I can still get it to hold an edge and do what I want for yard work. For serious work, a bit thicker might be nice. I figured out that you bend it when you don't pull it out of a branch perfectly straight.

[SamuraiCO]

I read an article from a kendo practitioner and he concluded his choice would be the spear over his preferred weapon the katana. His reasoning was sound because of the multitude of uses and keeps enemy that much farther outside your circle of influence. I still have both just to make sure.

I prefer the Practical Plus from Hanwei or Dana Abbott from Century. Nothing flashy. Modern smithing that gives the two different steel hardness. Very good cutting swords.

[Omicron]

I guess it is all about layers of security. People say, "I don't want to get to the point of hand to hand." Well, what if it got there? You would be sorry you didn't think about that extra layer of security!

Most adversaries would have a combat knife or whatever. If you had a spear or a sword, you would have the advantage over the majority.

Exactly right.

The Asagi, you could wrap with 550 and have more of a grip if you didn't have the pole.

Damn good idea.

[Omicron]

I read an article from a kendo practitioner and he concluded his choice would be the spear over his preferred weapon the katana. His reasoning was sound because of the multitude of uses and keeps enemy that much farther outside your circle of influence. I still have both just to make sure.

As rbeau says, it's all about layers. I'm covering all bases.

I prefer the Practical Plus from Hanwei or Dana Abbott from Century. Nothing flashy. Modern smithing that gives the two different steel hardness. Very good cutting swords.

I'll have to look into these.

[Omicron]

Crap, you guys are scary. I am stocking up ammo for 8 years post apoc now.

Should I have said 12 years into the apocalypse?