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Honestly, for sheer practicality, a decent pike makes the most sense.

I thought about converting a garden hoe by heating the shank of it, bend it straight, then modify and sharpen the blade as a type of polearm for swinging down or pushing through their skulls.

It would be light, easy to carry and utilize, lots laying about and most important, quiet.

Machetes, the modern day variant of a short sword, very good option and easily available in a post Apocalypse world. Wonder why these aren't used more in the Walking Dead.

While guns are quick and efficient, they also are loud and you constantly searching for ammo. Something that is dangerous when a horde of zombies is drawn to you and you just wasted your last round.

Improvised medieval weapons was (relatively)quiet and any able bodied person can be taught to use and maintain these.

One last thought that bothered me almost from the start. Motorcycles.

Daryl's bike(actually his brother's) stopped making sense when you realize the sound will draw every available biter for literal miles away. The sound of those full throated mufflers would carry far even in heavy traffic. Now, with literally no other sounds made but what you and nature makes, why act like a brass band when silence is your best defense? And walking? Why, do zombies chew the tires off every available bicycle around?

I like the Walking Dead but sometimes it's writers need to get out of their cubicles and loft apartments and experience life without it's mordern comforts.

Like the hoe idea but the brittleness of the typical ash handles concerns me.

Need a good carbon fiber variant, which would be lighter and stronger and less likely to crack suddenly, at the worst possible time.

And the motorcycle is part of the “avenging angel” thing DD has going on.

I agree, it’s utter madness, practically speaking.

Faced with an oncoming herd of walkers, I would much prefer to be *in* my Magnum than *on* my Harley.

But there is small maneuverability bonus to the bike, especially since he ditched the Triumph chopper and switched to the hillbilly homemade metric bike.

But again...~mythos~.

/now pondering the strength of a professional grade javelin