Lots of threads on must have firearms. How about essential,edged weapons? Might be even more essential than firearms once powder, primers and bullets run out.
All can be made at home.
That cat has been out of the bag for hundreds of years,
Edge weapons are useful and interesting.
It is only a liberals wet dream that firearms well disappear.
I was at a swap meet a couple of weeks ago. My primary purpose was Mustang parts but you never know what sort of oddities one may encounter.
Now you can’t sell guns at the swap meets around these parts, but blades are a different matter. I happened across an old machete with an interesting blade that was in pretty good condition. Seller wanted $15 and I countered with $10.
“Nope” the man says. “That there is a Sheffield blade.” He shows me where the surface rust has been scrubbed away to reveal the embossed lettermark.
“Done” I say, adding “This will make a great zombie hunter.” He screwed his eyes up funny and glared at me and almost didn’t sell it to me. But the rain was falling and the turnout was kinda sparse. And the $15 I was offering apparently looked better than any care of what I intended for the blade.