Wooden Weapons

I am thinking of making a wooden melee weapon
i know enough about skills with wood to make it but not about the different properties of different wood. (eg. durability wieght etc.)
My weapon needs to contain the following properties:
light enough to swing with one hand (with outstanding damage)
And if needed a handle big enough for a two handed swing
i needs to obviously be durable
light but not to light as weight can aid the resulting blow.
Can be used in lose proximity ( eg. tight corridors and low ceiling bedrooms)
A way i can attach it to my self if both hands are needed.

The type of wood i am thinknig of using is white ash as some baseball bats are made out of this as well as fighting shafts,
but if anyone can think of stronger more durable wood please suggest something.
I also need to decide on a material for some grip on the handle. And is realistically available.
Please any suggestions would me many appreciated. :)

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KingOfZombieland

waxood staff

Jan 5 2012, 6:35 AM EST by DonovanRichter

Thread started: Dec 31 2011, 6:06 PM EST Watch

i know that shaolin monks have made excellent staffs out of this type of wood. it is light and very flexible but durable enough to break open clay baked pot ( which is much harder than a z-skull) so you could sharpen one end to a pointfor penetration and the shaft itself is hard enough to colapse skulls

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RE: waxood staff
By: DonovanRichter, Jan 5 2012, 6:35 AM EST

"... or even just a regular old woodcutting ax."

=^_^= Totally King, a staff should make a much better escaping weapon/tool than a killing weapon/tool. Practice with a buddy to figure out it's limitations and usefulness.

Some pointers, they really aren't good at sweeping people to the ground... maybe if you're really good at it, but don't bank on that one without tons of experience, in which case you should be telling me a thing or two =^_^= Instead, you may even have better luck jabbing at the patella in hopes of breaking it. Lots of accuracy and a little luck would be required and remember, all low attacks reduce your range. =*_*=

Straight jabs are good at holding people back, in a sense. A blow against a living target who feels pain should hit solidly and at about the center of gravity (Normally I advise against this, but using a staff gives you enough distance (Barely!) to keep the zombie from falling right toward you.)

Zombies might not respond much to a blow to the side of the head for disorientation, and may keep coming... It might not have enough energy to stagger an attacker who doesn't feel pain. Jabs would likely glance off the skull, but could potentially knock them over.

And toy around with this, learning how to break an opponent's grasp on you using the staff as a pry bar. Kicks may be involved. Keep in mind the zombie's posture of having it's arms outreaching, you may find it easy to push the zombie's body by applying force to the upper arm, shoulder, arm pit regions (practice so the staff doesn't glance off, and yes this requires a strong stance. =*_*=

After such an off balancing maneuver you may find that you can easily hook the staff around the back of the neck to drop the staggering zombie to the ground. =^_^= Don't try this part on the person seriously though! =O_O=

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mcflurry82

Baseball Bats (page: 1 2)

May 17 2011, 3:31 AM EDT by rubb3rl3andman

Thread started: Dec 4 2010, 11:29 PM EST Watch

Im sure if you found a baseball bat made of birch or maple or any good hard wood would work just fine. and if your lookin for a little more weight and damage capability, take some chain and coil it tightly around the bat and screw the chain onto the bat. Putting some nails or screws into the head of the bat also would do some damage.

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By: rubb3rl3andman, May 17 2011, 3:31 AM EDT

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1.) I think we all talk too much about ideas or concepts we've only imagined, not that we've actually tested.

2.) That said, I know for a fact that I can hold an ice cube in my hand and strike it with the convex side of a light dinner spoon and shatter it very neatly.

3.) That makes me think that since (I'm pretty sure) efficiency in inflicting blunt force trauma is about focusing the force of the blow on the smallest spot, then it would seem that round objects, like pipes or baseball bats, would make the most effective bludgeons.

I vote with the idea that a baseball bat, steel pipe, or even a section of 1 3/8" diameter closet rod would be very efficient in crushing zombie skulls. Light, yes, but enables a fast swing and - if you hit the target squarely - the convex surface focuses the energy and makes a better impact.

I have pondered more than once how to attach something round (about the size of a fast-pitch softball) and hard (like hollow steel, but where the hell do you get such a thing?) to the end of a post-hole digger handle. I bet that would smash a skull.

And BTW, Cold Steel makes two things I'd love to test - one is an allegedly unbreakable plastic baseball bat (two lengths) and the other is a 2' long plastic war club with a round ball for a head. I don't know how it's weighted, or whether the plastic is molded around some metal ball, but I bet it's really efficient.

Oh, and in regard to "testing" clubs and swords and such, would anyone agree that a coconut might offer the best test target? Since my supply of fresh skulls is running low"

i think a coconut would work good for a testing object but maybe something a little harder...or add something to the outside of the coconut to simulate flesh....i think i might start testing weapons on them :) good idea #4buck

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deep_sea_diver

the Maori war club

Feb 13 2011, 7:01 PM EST by Carnack

Thread started: Feb 12 2011, 10:51 PM EST Watch

capable of taking the skull apart with a single blow this tribal weapon is small and easy to carry, worth looking into. You could probably make one in a day in a wood shop

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