You output tons of content these days. I'm enjoying the heck out of it! This one was released at midnight, somehow. But I went through it and didn't regret. Prosp to Matt for sending you all these fodders to destroy and research the durability of swords. It held up surprisingly well not just in the blade but also in the hilt. But the final break was shocking, given how stout and short the blade is. Perhaps the hardness is too high? I think between 50-55 is probably ideal for durability.

That's the first time I've ever seen anybody break a zombie tools sword short of being shot by a gun, lol

I've wanted a ZT for so long, I love their spearsword, so friggin cool and damn near indestructible.

Love your content Matthew! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews and information that you share with us through your sometimes scary 'deconstruction' experiments! Much Luvz for all! ❤

Content from Matt is always the best part of any day.

Very cool video! I love the amount of detail you put into this.

There's currently a 5% sale for their products and they just added an engraving option for a couple blades I'm really happy with the D'Capitan that i got awhile ago and this is a great video showcasing their product

Excellent review. Ive been interested in Zombie Tools for some time and this is very helpful. Keep up the awesome content. You should have 10 times the following!

Thank you for another thorough review. I've been stalking the ZT website for years wondering if they were worth the price. Thank you for settling the question!

o yeah been looking forward for this one for a while and sure as hell didnt disappoint. would love to see a video on what swords u would take to a competition like knife or death.

I love to watch your destruction videos for the same reason. As a practitioner, I would like to know what the sword can take. If you're looking from a dueling perspective (you never know), the thickness near the tsuba is really good considering if you block with a katana or katana like weapon that's the area that's preferred. The cold probably played a huge factor in the break. Skallgrim tried to break, i think it was the rever cleaver, I don't remember but it took him shooting the blade with a 7.62 to break it.

I have their newer D'capitan saber and love it. It's the tankiest sword I own. I kind of want their Apokatana or perhaps the Spit.

excellent review as usual, i have several @zombietools blades, one of my favorite modern, overbuilt utilitarian tool makers. For the price and what it is, they make great, quality pieces. ty!

Nice review. Thought maybe the sword has gone head to head with a Busse. Need to get your hands on one & destruction test it for the Team! Love your work, cheers!

Impressive indeed! Definitely deserves a new tip of some sort ground onto it. Seax style, perhaps?

An exceptional review and we'll presented

Very interesting. Just checked the website...this sword is a little heavy for its size, but could be worse [Scorpion Swords]....and I see you went on to say exactly this. Good show!

Nice makeover Matt, looking very suave

Wow I really dig ZOMBIE tools! Their stuff looks amazing! I would live to see a Belmont review!

They warrantee their swords I'm sure if you contacted them they would repair or replace it. Especially if you told them that you reviewed their products and gave then an awesome endorsement.

Looks like something that would belong in the Remnant II game lore. It reminds me of some of the Remnant Earth aesthetics. Love the patina.

Awesome 👍review Matt

A very well done informative review video! First time viewer here of your videos. You seem to be very knowledgeable and methodical, a little like JoeX, the Blade Destroyer. As you indicated most of these "Zombie Apocalypse" branded novelty swords, blades are Rip-off gimmicks that just do not hold up are a "Money Pit", an alluring trap to be avoided! Seeing your well done informative tests reviews and results, clearly reinforces my conclusion that the Cold Steel hybrid Machete Swords espically the; Chinese Sword Machete,Tactical Katana, Cutlas,Barong,Kopis, Jungle,Gladius and Bowies are overall the best for use as Tools and Survival/Emergency situation Personal Safety Defensive Devices.

Great vid and thanks for the review! Naturally I got distracted part way through... What is the Kukri-esque knife on your belt in the garage?

For the size of the blade, it looks like it would do with about another 2 inches on the handle. That would give you what's need for that positioning in such a 2 handed grip, without having to deal with that pommel shock. That's actually a big part of what a pommel is for, shock absorption.

Seeing him throw that reminds me of the time that I threw my zakasushi like a throwing axe at a tree stump. It worked really well! Until i missed and it hit a piece of plywood leaning against a wall and it sprung back and flew at me. I still have the scar on my hand where I caught the blade!

I wish I could afford one of those! Zombie tools makes some interesting blades!

Which zombie tool would you pick? Im stuck between Zakasushi, reaver, or save up for a dipos

Can you ramble about colored blades? Also how to clean or is it necessary to clean the tang ?

Distal tapering and skeletonizing the handle would be great for balance and lighting it up for carry.

Great video , I really like the style of this sword , shame I can’t get it gear in UK😢

I'm not surprised that you experienced some handshock (as an archer would call it) in the grip under some circumstances. I would love to buy something from Zombie Tools, but their use of an all metal grip (the tang and scales) made me think handshock might be a problem. They should consider using (or offering as options) wood, micarta, or even plastic for the scales to help reduce handshock.

Great timing. After waiting for 7 weeks, apparently the Apokatana I ordered will arrive tomorrow.

What finish option is that? Satin finish? Raw Satin finish? Also cool video dude, definitely gona buy soon c:

Great Video! That one looks to be Zombie Apocalypse ready; just don't strike any Zombies with the Spine. :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)

*blade snaps in half* OHHHH the tip juuuust got me O’dell

Please forgive my ignorance about this topic but with regards to the way you describe different methods of holding a sword specifically two handed, does this give more control or power when making a cut?

Very much enjoy your videos! I'm curious--the throwing test, doesn't it put a lot of variance relatively early in the test? I know that it's a very effective way to test fittings especially, but any kind of shock on the spine at this stage could be a big deal, it seems to me. I would be putting that test after the blade breaks. I could be missing a lot of things, of course, I have a lot of experience throwing knives, but none breaking swords

If you manage to get another one, cut some of the bottom leather off. Then braid a tsuka down the rest to give you that final grip. Also absorbs allot of the pommel impact.

Thats a beautiful sword

Great points and review on a katana like sword that aint a katana. I do like the older version Gen 1,,,

Cool!

Thank you

I would like to see a comparison to the Zombie Tools Apokatana.

Perhaps blade accumulated stress and micro-fractures during striking with edge, and just snapped easily with force applied from the other side. Also, as for me - grain structure is on the uneven side.

Any plans for the remains of this Zakasushi? I run The Unassailable Mage, and could reprofile the tip if you'd like/if you still have it.

10,000 hours dedicated to a given subject makes you an expert.

i never thought id want one but..... i want one

so cool

Very helpful. Worth it? Yes

So did they make a better one by now, that doesn't break?

You had me at sushi 🍣 !!!

It's kind of short would it be safe to get that close to a zombie?

They could've made the sheath go all the way up and use that nubbins as the lock... kydex is incredibly forgiving, they didn't need to open up the throat that far down, or use the strap. I've got blades with far more pronounced curves or protrusions that kydex handles just fine without difficulty (karambits, kukris, things like that). Would've solved that rattle problem completely.

I belive Zombie Tools are type of guys that love to see someone just destroy their sword. I think they have their own video where they destroy their sword.

The only real downside is the hand shocks, but that's not the end of the world lol zombie tools also makes a nagamaki thingy 😍 it looks so F ing cool 🤘I think I would be willing to lug that thing around, if any powerful necromancers summon an army of the dead.

I have a Deuce III that is very balance if you use both hands correctly.

I wish you could review the Apokatana. You can't have mine though!!😂

I like those abusive tests. Regular buyers wont ever be able to do this. so it's nice to see youtube content creator to show us stuff pushed to the limits.

nothing is unbreakable under matt hands lol. even for your own good dear sir jaja.

I recently ordered a Apokatana because I really like the idea of having this near indestructible, rugged katana made of a special steel and I like the minimalist, crude design of the handle and tsuba (or whatever the disc guard is called on a katana), but I have to say, the shape of the blade and the weird acid finish is something I have to tolerate and don't like. I would like it so much more if the blade had a simple, classical shape, without the added protrusions. That would also have the added benefit of not needing such a bulky kydex scabbard. I just think that functionality is always most pretty. Anything functionally useless added for aesthetic reasons paradoxically diminishes the beauty of most objects in my eyes. In this example I also don't really understand what that weird shape has to do with a "Apocalypse" theme? I would get it if it was supposed to be a Orc fantasy style weapon, even though I also always considered it silly that orcish weapons need to be extra jagged and spiky and have all sorts of weird protrusions and serrations that in reality would just make the thing way harder to manufacture and thus are paradoxical since Orc weapons are supposed to be crude and less refined than the weapons of other fantasy races. But that is just the common design language for Orc weapons and I have to accept that, whether it makes sense to me or not. Why a Apocalypse themed weapon has to look like one of those Orc weapons, I doubly not get, I guess you could say. I suppose the idea is that someone grabbed a ragged piece of metal from a scrap heap, sharpened it and turned into a sword, right? Still silly, since the kind of metal pieces you would find in the ruins of civilization and would use for something like that, would usually be straight stuff from industry and construction, like bar springs from truck suspensions and the such.

Until now, Whats the toughest sword you tested?

One thing I didn’t hear you mention, is a cast or forged. 25:46

I hope Zombie Tool took care of you and replaced this with a new one. Hope there is a part 2 to this to show it was a one off and that the new sword is of quality.

How is the tsuba attached ?

Durable, you say. BADGER BLADS

Not a wakisashi , you would have to hold this sword an inch and a half below the guard due to it's slight bulk. This is more of a long machete

Quiguchi my Fuchi MattDaddy

Years ago I bought a cheap sword stainless steel marine Corp nco sword with a plastic handle. That POS sword cut down several trees and never broke. Sometimes you just never know.

Will it kill though…

I would love to own one of these but they are banned in the UK because they are named zombie in the name, and after some nut job killed someone with a zombie named machete they wont get through customs anymore. Still trying to find some company who can import them in.

What finish do you prefer?

Just a comment for the algorithm

Can you test the combat comander

It held up pretty well to improper use but the blade still snapped with what looks like no flex thats not good it shouldve bent a little before it snapped

Why... would sashi be better than sushi? ie wakasashi vs wakasushi

At around 19:00 your strategy when from a scientific trial and error process to...Screw it, imma chuck it till it breaks. Id say thats a pretty decent sword.

Are zombie's real?

Im sorry to say, ive seen a few of this brand break. Yes, they were being used well outside of what they are made for. Twice on youtube , and twice in person. I coukd never afford to do this to such an expensive piece , but i havent bought one because ive seen them break. Can an owner give me what their personal feelings are and what they feel is a fair leveling of these pieces are, they are quite beautifully made, and seem quite well made at that, now i am curious of usefulness. Dont get me wrong , ive personally broken some absolute monsters of weapons and i know at some point, all weapons can fail. This is why im hopefully speaking to owners and users, as well as blade lovers who can give me a proper judgment. I have been eye balling two weapons from them for sometime. I would love to add them to my collection . For the price, though, i need some reassurance. I have been collecting for many years, J have weapons from across the world and time, each costing a decent amount of money, but i knew the history and company very well, i dont have that with these. Ive only seen few in person, and i was never abke to weld them musepf to feel the weights, feel the balance, and i was never able to test them. The people i seen with them set out to abuse them, and they did lol. Id love to hear from you guys, is this a worth while investment or should i take that money and safe a bit longer and get another roman, viking, or asian weapon?

Grind a new tip 0n it and keep 0n truckin... It was surprising how that popped after all the other abuse.

I have found the term zombie tools etc. to be unhelpful in the uk the government have latched on to the term and we have a law against ownership of "zombie weapons and curved blades" its quite tragic.

an item made to last even with no way to sharpen it shouldn't have a secondary bevel IMHO. those are hard enough to maintain, let alone having to grind a new one 😐

I have a unique idea for an end of days sword. Something that has never been done to swords. A modification to modernize and evolve a sword into the modern era. All good swords are one peice of long sharp metal in one way shape or form. Let’s go past that. Evolve with our understandings physics and motion. And i think I have a very simple yet revolutionary idea for an end of days sword that would actually make the wielder perform a simple motion of a swing of the sword, better, faster and more deadly. If you make swords. Reply. I’d love to share my idea with you to make if you wish.

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Who you gonna call?

I'm shocked Zombie tools still exists.

for under 500$, not bad at all. wish it was made from a better steel than 5160, then again t10 would raise the price closer to 1,000$ still for a fairly lower budget katana companion, this isn't a bad choice at all.

I think a spear would be a better zombie weapon

With the motorcycle helmet why go for through when you can go just under? Eeehhhh?

If zombai infaction come our world my fist choise ak 47 and krss victor

I don't care if you know 10,000 different types of swords, I really don't care. Do what your love, not what they want you to do.

You got a haircut!?

Lol wth were u wearing?!!!??!😂

As a sword collector, I've seen a million of these "destructive tests". To me, without some sort of scientific, standardized testing and comparison regimen, they pretty much mean nothing and just result in ruining a perfectly fine weapon. The fact is, swords are physical objects. Abusing even the best of them on the planet is going to result in damage. What's more, just because a sword breaks when you repeatedly misuse it by whacking a tree does not mean it is an "inferior" weapon. Many of the worst modern-day swords would probably rank highly when compared against actual historical weapons used on actual battlefields. Modern steel is more pure and generally of better quality. For me, destructive testing really only make sense when you are going to be abusing a weapon naturally through regular use, such as may be the case with something like the Cold Steel Gladius Machete. Otherwise, you are just trashing a piece for no legit reason.

Lol i dunno. I think if i hit that as hard as i could, it would probably fall over at least.

OMG... no beard and short hair... erm... weird...^^

That’s not a real zombie weapon! It’s not neon green!

Its cool. REAALLY cool, but as far as being a Japanese sword. Its not. Its funny because all the subtle design features that probably took hundreds of years to refine in Japan. ZT just said Fvck it.... ZOMBIES!!! 😂

You messed up bro. Shouldn’t have cut your hair off.

475.00$ and it broke ?? Hell no.