I had a Diphos once. But then I gave it to my brother for his birthday. I still have more than enough Zombies Tools lying around that I can pull out whenever I want to.

If you want something basically indestructible, yea you'd want one of these types of tools

I got the Spit many years ago. But then I got the Diphos with satin finish and brown leather, I love it so much. I saw a youtuber review from a few years ago with it set up like that and it just screamed "Conan" and I had to have it. Which then made me get the Sharkalope, the Rat Bastard, the Scyllis, the Kraken, and one of the katanas. I've cut myself off now from get anything else because my wallet is crying some.

The finish may not be your thing, thats fine. We all have preferences. But I think the finish is VERY well done and absolutely gorgeously executed. Also this may be two handed, but can easily wield one handed. Also also, historically accuracy means very little. Why does it matter? Are you actually going into a sword fight? No. Its very light, and swings so easily. It feels well balanced and just awesome overall. Not sure why history matters when it doesn't really apply any more. Especially since we have better steel these days, so thats not historically accurate.

I like my diphos, it's trusty, like a 1911a1 or an avtomat Kalashnikov. I'm a big guy who had a thing for broadswords and great swords as a younger man, I began to favor the gladius for CQB, and the diphos filled the niche between the two types of long blade and fighting forms. Maybe it just works for me, maybe it just makes me feel like Conan the barbarian when I'm carrying it, either way... I like my diphos.

Yeah. Zombie Tools is expensive. I did buy the D'Capitan sabre and the Sharkalope short sword because I really like their look, but I really had to think long and hard before I committed to spending that money.

I love zombie tools they definitely make great weapons. This is a great take on a classic weapon to include their Spit spear❤❤❤

You can get a basic satin finish that actually looks great. More realistic.

I enjoy the heck out of this video and I agree with everything said in there. It's not really a sword, but a weapon inspired by a sword (like their other products). As a weapon for the most part it's an inferior one than almost all historical swords. It doesn't perform better in cutting and thrusting (although still very decent) than swords, and when push comes to shove, it's not really more durable than swords (Matthew Jensen reviewed a ZT Wakasushi and it took as much punishment as an average sword--not even a durable one--before it broke). However, I love how it looks and how it's constructed. It can be pretty durable if used in certain ways. It's clearly a superior weapon against zombies who don't really fight back except for trying to grab and bite you. It's a superior weapon against most post-apocalyptical improvised weapons like golf clubs, baseball clubs and small knives. A fan of ZT will love it, but it does not stand up to any sort of standard that applies to actual swords.

Fair review. Thank you.

Zombie tools have katana style swords

I am going to get a D'capitan companion (the short sword vesrsion of the D'capitan)!

so then what's a good place to look for "ergonomically accurate" swords?

Have you rated any nodachi?

Cool, but for a sword with a grip that is meant to held in both hands, I would give it six or seven more inches of length on the blade, more distal taper, just to get into that nifty bastard/ longsword range. That or just make it a one handed piece with a significantly lightened blade.

will they make a semitar

How about you stop babbling, stop ducking down whiskey and give some solid info like sizes, weight, scabbard. I gave up and left.

I feel like this thing isnt safe having no guard

For 3 seconds I thought it was going to be a chick doing a cutting video. You never see that...then..well you know

It’s not a coating it’s a patina from ferric chloride and aluminum .