I was thinking about making a tank with unarmed and shield. If I did this would I still have awesome unarmed finishers?

I don't think unarmed lets you have a shield equipped.

Wait what? I can't have a shield in one hand and nothing in the other..?

I highly doubt it. You can try, but I can almost guarantee 1H unarmed is not possible.

Well I know that while using a weapon the off hand will block.. But I've never tried with a shield.

most of my kills are unarmed with shield. it works fine - but i wasn't aware that there were any finishers. it works great - but will require substantial boosts to unarmed if you don't want long fights.