I'm with the group that say fists.
Weapons are for pussies. I guess any kind of sword, axe, and hammer is fine, but how many people posting on this forum can seriously carry and wield the weapons they choose?
When it comes to guns and explosives they make me sick. At least archers could use short-swords if they didn't have time to pull an arrow. I feel bad for the soldiers that went through World War 1 since that was about the time when the world realized that battles had become solely about killing as brutally and coldly as possible by any means. Nothing epic about it.
If you are unarmed or wielding heavy metal, I will meet you in glorious combat.
If I see you with a gun, then I will show you the mercy your gun would've shown me first.