Dawn of the Zombie Economy

Guns are effective weapons. But an important takeaway from "The Walking Dead" is that they're perilously loud, which only serves to attract yet more hungry zombies. Also, the supply of bullets is finite, particularly since all of the ammo factories will have been decimated in an apocalypse.

United Cutlery, a knife company in Moultrie, Georgia, has a silent and reusable solution: throwing knives. The 12-knife throwing set comes with a green target featuring zombie heads and retails for $49.