Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20161112202743/@comment-24534644-20170124110708

Massive personal thoughts tangent:

The main issue with the idea of a weapon-sized drill is the fact that all the power is focused into a single point at the tip of the drill, at the expense of every other part of the weapon. Yes, that tip is devastatingly effective at piercing, but what's the point if the only effective part of the weapon is so small that you can never land with it?

A lot of this problem stems from the size of the weapon; that is to say, the size of the tip as opposed  the size of the drillhead itself. No matter how big the drill is, the tip remains the same size, and a bigger drillhead only serves to increase the weight behind blows and the area of effect AFTER initial penetration. That's why excavation drills are so damn huge. But for a combat weapon, I'd say a much smaller one would be more useful. Not as small as the ones dentists use, but probably around arrowhead or knife-sized. The smaller the drill, the easier it would be to position it correctly. Of course, the power behind it would be much much less, but the goal of a drill is purely penetration, not destruction. It wouldn't be an ideal weapon though, more of a utility option.

Alternatively, if the drillhead itself was altered to have multiple serrated edges along the sides, it would removes the issue of the tip being the only threatening aspect. This would turn the drill into less of a piercing weapon and more of a shredding one, granted, but you wouldn't have to worry about you're attacks harmlessly glancing off if they hit at a less-than-perfect angle. So long as you don't mind the massive amounts of gore, because trust me; there would be LOTS of gore.

TL;DR: Either a very small drill for use as a side utility option, or a drill that comes with shredding power along with piercing.