This is a review of the Zombie Tools Zakasushi
You can find them here – https://zombietools.net/products/the-zakasushi
Special thanks to sword friend Matt for sending this my way.
Handle/Tsuka Length: 10.5” (as advertised)
Blade/Nagasa Length: 22.75” (advertised 23”)
Sori: .47”
Moto-haba: 1.681”
Motokasane: .216” (advertised .204”)
Saki-haba: .85”
Sakikasane: .21”
Weight: 2lb 11.9oz
POB: 2.5” from tsuba
Steel: 5160
HRC: Between 50-55 – (No bite on 50- 55 bites a bit)
Edge angle: aprox 25 degrees
MSRP: $475.95
Stylistically I think this sword looks the part. It has a visual charm and feel that make it suited to the zombie apocalypse. It seems crude but at the same time more refined than some of its less expensive alternatives.
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I've wanted a ZT for so long, I love their spearsword, so friggin cool and damn near indestructible.
That's the first time I've ever seen anybody break a zombie tools sword short of being shot by a gun, lol
Great video , I really like the style of this sword , shame I can’t get it gear in UK😢
Great timing. After waiting for 7 weeks, apparently the Apokatana I ordered will arrive tomorrow.
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.
Nice makeover Matt, looking very suave
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.
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!
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
nothing is unbreakable under matt hands lol. even for your own good dear sir jaja.
Cool!
I'm shocked Zombie tools still exists.
Wow I really dig ZOMBIE tools! Their stuff looks amazing! I would live to see a Belmont review!
Content from Matt is always the best part of any day.
With the motorcycle helmet why go for through when you can go just under? Eeehhhh?
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.
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!
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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.
Awesome 👍review Matt
OMG… no beard and short hair… erm… weird…^^
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.
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 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.
Love how down-to-earth you are Matt. When Covid 2.0 comes around I'll be sure to buy a cheap chinese-made sword 😅
Great points and review on a katana like sword that aint a katana. I do like the older version Gen 1,,,
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
You got a haircut!?
Impressive indeed! Definitely deserves a new tip of some sort ground onto it. Seax style, perhaps?
"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." *Oscar Wilde
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!
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! ❤
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.
I think a spear would be a better zombie weapon
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." *Herman Melville
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.
Can you ramble about colored blades? Also how to clean or is it necessary to clean the tang ?
That’s not a real zombie weapon! It’s not neon green!
Just a comment for the algorithm
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?