I don't see the need of this particular melee weapon, as there are nails you can use to craft a baseball bat with nails.
I do love the concept of crafting more specific melee weapons, so you can search a couple things and "upgrade" your melee weapon.
See it as attachments for a gun.

I am going to think about a couple of examples! :o

I was thinking about the crafting and upgrading for melee weapons, although, because DayZ doesn't support triple item crafting, it is very basic, which is really unfortunate..

@Geez, isn't it posible to dosomething like:
You have Sticks and Rope and Burlap Sack in your inv
And you right click any of them, and it will give you: Craft improvised backpack

Instead of crafting the courier bag first?
obviously, this example is a bad one, because the courier bag is a cool item, but this system would open up a lot of posibilities!

Edit: You could search for 4 different items, and combine them instead of having to do 3 different "duo crafting" actions.

In T120630#1517470, @MrKirby wrote:

I was thinking about the crafting and upgrading for melee weapons, although, because DayZ doesn't support triple item crafting, it is very basic, which is really unfortunate..

@Geez, isn't it posible to dosomething like:
You have Sticks and Rope and Burlap Sack in your inv
And you right click any of them, and it will give you: Craft improvised backpack

Instead of crafting the courier bag first?
obviously, this example is a bad one, because the courier bag is a cool item, but this system would open up a lot of posibilities!

Edit: You could search for 4 different items, and combine them instead of having to do 3 different "duo crafting" actions.

Hello MrKirby.
Currently it is not possible to craft from more than two items due to engine limitations, however it is possible that this will change in the future.
Regards,
Geez