>>14142626Swords are tough to maintain and require lots of practice to use with any competence
Get a short spear. Yes the one pictured is stainless steel. Yes it doesn't matter because no one will wear armor, and if you are mildly competent you should be able to stab unarmored bits reliably. ,
Practice thrusting into a sand bag. If you practice 5 minutes a day, you will slay 99% of the post-apocalyptic raiders you encounter, who will not have practiced
This is ofc after the ammo runs out and you have miraculously not been killed and your corpse raped and devoured