Look, I'm a busy man and you've probably got things to do, so today in under 400 words, we're covering the only five melee weapons worth using in Payday 2 (actually ten weapons because I don't know if you own the Ultimate Edition). Without further ado:

The first melee weapon you get in the game, the weapon butt, has the fastest swing speed
and the fastest recovery time, which is great for heists where you have to break a bunch
of glass.

The ice pick has the overall best stats of the 30 concealment melees, if you don't have the Ultimate Edition, use Kento's Tanto, the only free 70-damage melee with 30 Concealment.

The katana is the best melee if you don't care about concealment but want the most damage per swing speed. If you don't have the Ultimate Edition, use El Verdugo, the Sangres knife, another free 70-damage melee with slightly better range than Kento's Tanto.

UPDATE: The golden spoon is now the best melee in this category, with better stats and a free chance of igniting on hit. It's main downside is OHKOing civilians, but you were already choosing a difficult weapon for taking hostages in this category.

The buzzer is the best utility melee because it stuns cops, making it real easy to take them hostage. If you don't have the Ultimate Edition, the electric brass knuckles are almost identical but has a slightly slower initial swing speed.

The kunai knife is the best stealth knife because it deals poison damage over time, which means you can stab one guard, kill another guard, the other one takes time to expire and you can answer both of their pagers. if you don't have the Ultimate Edition, the Syringe is a free alternative that charges up faster but deals slightly less poison damage.

And finally bonus number 6, the wing butterfly knife is not a good melee weapon and I don't recommend using it, unless it’s a really boring heist where you have to stand next to a drill for 10 minutes and you want to entertain yourself with sick knife flips. Alternately, maybe consider the flashlight which is also a terrible melee, but in a dark heist it can let you see something without having to equip flashlights onto your low-concealment weapons.

Thank you for reading, as always have a great day and keep those helmets flying!