# Rebar Sword

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 6, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848 "2015-02-06T00:38:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![Straume21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/straume21/32/236_2.png) [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/1 "2015-02-06T00:38:40Z")

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An idea I had for a craft-able melee weapon.

It’s a step up from the two-by-sword and a step down from crude sword.

```
{
    "type":"GENERIC",
    "id": "sword_rebar",
    "symbol" : "/",
    "color": "dark_gray",
    "name": "rebar sword",
    "description": "A long heavy piece of rebar that has been carefully hammered on one end to form a fairly sharp blade and wrapped with a rag at the bottom for grip.",
    "material": "iron",
    "price": 100,
    "volume": 6,
    "weight": 950,
    "bashing": 10,
    "cutting": 8,
    "to_hit": 1,
    "flags": ["SHEATH_SWORD"],
    "techniques": ["WBLOCK_1"]
},

```

I just thought there should be a weapon like this.

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**Author:** ![Perigrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/perigrin/32/262_2.png) [@Perigrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Perigrin)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/2 "2015-02-06T00:54:45Z")

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Not a bad idea.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/3 "2015-02-06T00:56:50Z")

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Not a bad idea at all.

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**Author:** ![Burnt\_Earth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Burnt\_Earth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Burnt_Earth)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/4 "2015-02-06T01:05:00Z")

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I don’t think it’s realistic to hammer a piece of rebar flat without a forge, then might as well make an actual sword.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/5 "2015-02-06T01:12:59Z")

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Yeah you cant quite hammer edges into not near melting things

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/6 "2015-02-06T01:24:50Z")

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I tought rebar was some kind of metal tube. Now that i think about dang. Does not look that awesome. Practical, though! And plausible, why not? If you have it.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/7 "2015-02-06T01:39:42Z")

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Might be easier to make than a “real” sword, even if it needs a full forge setup. I’m not opposed.

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**Author:** ![wilson7755](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@wilson7755](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/wilson7755)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/8 "2015-02-06T02:07:41Z")

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Can rear get hot enough to be maliable with a campfire? If so, it’d be easier to make…

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/9 "2015-02-06T02:11:49Z")

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> [@wilson7755](#):
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> Can rear get hot enough to be maliable with a campfire? If so, it’d be easier to make…

It’s a steel rod, so hopefully not.

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**Author:** ![wilson7755](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@wilson7755](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/wilson7755)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/10 "2015-02-06T02:14:14Z")

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Aw… well didn’t think so…

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**Author:** ![Straume21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/straume21/32/236_2.png) [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/11 "2015-02-06T03:59:28Z")

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Could it be filed down into a blade instead of hammered? What kind of tool could be used to file it? Hacksaw? To make a jagged blade, you could cut off one side of it.

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**Author:** ![Burnt\_Earth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Burnt\_Earth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Burnt_Earth)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/12 "2015-02-06T04:38:46Z")

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A piece of rebar is basically a 1’ thick mild steel rod. I can’t for the life of me picture how it could be sharpened along the sides. Maybe file the tip into a point and bend it at a right angle to make a crude pick.

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**Author:** ![Perigrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/perigrin/32/262_2.png) [@Perigrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Perigrin)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/13 "2015-02-06T04:51:51Z")

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> [@Burnt Earth](#):
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> A piece of rebar is basically a 1’ thick mild steel rod. I can’t for the life of me picture how it could be sharpened along the sides. Maybe file the tip into a point and bend it at a right angle to make a crude pick.

seconded. Peirce and bash damage baby. _Space Dandy theme starts playing_

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**Author:** ![Rhodri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rhodri/32/342_2.png) [@Rhodri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rhodri)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/14 "2015-02-06T05:24:54Z")

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> [@Perigrin](#):
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> [quote=“Burnt Earth, post:12, topic:8848”]A piece of rebar is basically a 1’ thick mild steel rod. I can’t for the life of me picture how it could be sharpened along the sides. Maybe file the tip into a point and bend it at a right angle to make a crude pick.

seconded. Peirce and bash damage baby. _Space Dandy theme starts playing_[/quote]  
Could be crafted with 1 sharpened rebar and a tool with hammering of 1 or more. (I’m assuming a rock is strong enough to bend rebar.)

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**Author:** ![Burnt\_Earth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Burnt\_Earth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Burnt_Earth)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/15 "2015-02-06T05:52:33Z")

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I’d say a two by four OR heavy stick +long string or 50 duct tape or welder charges + sharpened rebar. Maybe a chunk of steel for added weight so it’s more like a pick?

So it’s more like a axe handle, with the rebar secured at the end at a ‘T’ Might be a better method then trying to bend the rebar. It’d counter-balance it’s own weight, too.

Tools could be a tool of cutting of 1 or more to whittle the handle and form a slot for the rebar to be secured in.

Might work like a digging stick? I dont think you could mine or clear rubble, but it should smash doors and furniture things apart, since you could stick it in and really pry things apart. It should have a bonus against armor, maybe a to-hit penalty.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/16 "2015-02-06T06:11:50Z")

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You could certainly make it into a really big shiv, which I’d support, just be aware it wouldn’t get the resilient flag that “real” weapons get, so it’d break pretty fast (which is about right, rebar isn’t that hard to bend)

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**Author:** ![dovla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dovla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dovla)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/17 "2015-02-06T12:02:22Z")

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Shaping a rebar into anything resembling a functional sword would require a forge, hammer and anvil, and quite a bit of skill. If you want a makeshift weapon based on a rebar, adding a handhold wrapping and sharpening the tip would be the way to go (bashing + stabbing). I’d imagine that due to the texture of the rebar rod you’d have a lot of trouble pulling it out of anything you stuck it into though. Inb4 puns.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rebar-sword/8848/18 "2015-02-06T12:23:48Z")

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Or you can just bend an end of a piece of rebar to resemble a pick of some sort, bash or grind it down a bit and make it a really terrifying weapon - not like it’s already a deadly thing, at least in real life.