I was looking over my Z.E.T.s, (Zombie Elimination Tools) the other day, and began to wonder to myself, which one would I grab first in a real Zombie emergency, those wasted moments of thought could be the difference between life and being undead! A Chop Off was in order to determine the best of the best. For this chop off I won't be taking down trees or concrete blocks, but more traditional targets like wood core pool noodles, water jugs and bottles and of course, watermelons ( I might throw in a few bones or meat chop ups, if I can get a good price)First, lets meet the contestants!
First is my HI kukri and Swamp Rat Waki

Next is the Koyote Boar Hunter and Scrap Yard Skizzy

Finally is the Cheness Nagasa Katana (pictured with the skizzy to show scale)

All together

A few specs

Name----------------Blade Length------OAL------thickness----Steel

Cheness Nagasa----------30in--------------42in-----1/4in--------9260 spring
HI Kukhri---------------20in--------------26.5in---1/2in------------?
Scrap Yard Skizzy-------17in--------------27in-----3/16in-------SR-77
Swamp Rat Waki----------17in--------------27.5in---3/16in-------Diff treat SR101
Koyote Boar hunter------14in--------------22.3in---1/4in------------8670M

CHOP OFF TO FOLLOW LATER THIS WEEK (AND MAYBE SOME VIDEOS TOO) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
stay tuned

First test video, hope this works, Skizzy video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-47WdvkX8
another Skizzy video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q23lA_9yQvY
Koyote Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBljxDLmK8c

Cheness Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rrx2f0kLqE

Waki video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRpqGJj-qTo

HI Kuhkri Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ9YYrlY5hs

Take this evil watermelon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXb86bGka2A

reserved 3

one more for good measure

What???? Later this week??!!

What a cliff hanger!

FWIW, the Koyote can be called a dirk, trail knife...and something else I'm blanking on at the moment...

Let the games begin!

Its a teaser! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />, my girlfriend is gonna pick me up some cheap watermelons later this week out by one of the areas she works in

Koyote might be 8670m...

Let the melon wacking begin! Oh the humanity! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Watermelon MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Why waste perfectly good watermelons when you can just shoot the zombies with one of your new guns?

OK OK,this is a knife forum after all,so if a few watermelons have to be sacrificed so be it,
on with the hacking & whacking! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Get some! Looking forward to the test.

Eh, no offense guys but I think I want something more like this to fight off the zombie hordes. Or maybe the mechanized version.

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hah! i like how it's counterbalanced. good engineering.

by the way, i want a cheness so i hope it loses. save me some money.

+1 Mag and I have been talking about getting a Cheness for a while, looking forward to your post!

C'mon Jared- Bring it!!!!

I'm hoping tomorrow afternoon if it's not raining again. Nothing but rain for the last 3 days in the afternoon. I have the wood core pool noodles all ready and my waterbottles, still waiting obln the watermelons but I'm gonna at least get this sucka going tomorrow. And if you guys are thinking about getting a cheness, do it, for the price you won't find a better katana IMO

Man I'm really looking forward to this! Those are some bad a$$ ZET's

Tried to embed the first video, wouldn't do it, so there is a link, 3 videos up, trying to get the hang of it, please, any suggestions are welcome

The vids look great! Thanks for the comparison, Jared!

Cool vids Jared! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Nice slicey dicey!

I'm putting my money on the scizzy!

I'm thinking the Rodent Waki. The G10 won't absorb any zombie brain matter. This will help prevent future infection due to the handle coming in contact with any open wounds.

Awesome Jared,I like the top piece coming down in the air right after the second cut with the Cheness.

Nice! I'm glad you had a slo-mo on the end. Never saw the blades. I like the looks of the Koyote but looks like you had some depth issues with it.

Skizzy made short work of that jug. Must resist the Skizzy.

excellent point, i didn't think of that. the scrapizashi handle will probably absorb a lot of zombie gore, which could easily lead to accidental-self-zombification

Very cool.

As to contamination---------rubber gloves and one of these

That scrapizashi looks to be the winner of the bussekin swords to date. The ak47 was pretty cool, but in a short sword I'd rather have the ridiculous shock/impact resisting qualities of sr77 than the edge holding of sr101. The all around godliness of infi wouldn't be bad either. i think the skizzy looks cooler too

Why would the shock resisting qualities be more important than the edge holding abilities?

I am still new to Bussekin and I am interested in people choices of steel

thanks

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New vids added!!



I would personally rather have a sword that won't break or take a set from bad contact than a sword that holds an edge forever but might break or bend, its really only applicable to standard steels, all the Busse steels are amazing

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

More killer vids,cool!Figures the kuk would bring up the rear,that thing must weigh twice as much as the others or close to it.It'll still decapitate a [censored] zombie though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />Man I hate the undead. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Yeah, at half an inch thick, I wouldn't want to have to swing it alot all at once, but I'd bet it would easily remove a zombie head, we shall see when I get to the melon chopping!

Watermelon MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

I killed a few more bottles in honor of the skizzy in the store
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q23lA_9yQvY

The koyote look like it sailed right thru....how did/does it feel?

It did, right now that is my second favorite, I had a few depth issues with it, don't know if the weight of it made me pull my arm in close or what, its definately up there though

Great stuff, thanks for taking the time !

Good stuff! That ought to sell some Scrapizashis!

Heck, I may have to order another myself!!!

New video added, Skizzy verus watermelon

Excellent work! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

It was a bit warm today. I would have eaten that watermelon! Great pics.

Lol, I did!