lol, i was using a katana as a baseball bat :) i destroyed like 1/2 of a ragdoll with the sword, and 5/12 of it from the crash into the wall, only 2 pieces of it survived >:)
if you want a very good way to make bloody water or just kill ragdolls immediately? portals work very well, drop a ragdoll limb in it, and come out the other one as a lot of blood