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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8841068" data-attributes="member: 4534">I've got to assume that as part of the zombification process the skull undergoes some sort of transformation rendering it no more resistant to damage than your average watermelon.  There are so many scenes where characters almost gently stab a zombie with a small (folding) knife or even easily crush it under the heel of their boot.  With all the slicing of skulls Michonne does with that katana of hers it's a wonder it's in one piece after years of use.  There was a scene where Abraham savagely bashes the skull of a zombie in with the butt of an AR-15 viariant with a a folding stock.  I couldn't help but think that folding stock might break before that zombie's skull does.  I always figured they did this because it was easier on the stunt people for safety's sake.  Netflix has a zombie series called Black Summer (which is okay but only worth it if you're a zombie fan), and it's one of the only examples from the genre with a scene showing how difficult it is to pierce a skull.  In the first season, some guys temporarily subdue a zombie and go to town on its head with improvised weapons like knives and small blunt objects. Despite landing a few blows, stabs, and slashes, they fail to do any real damage and have to abandon the attack, fall back, and think of another plan.</blockquote>