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"Guns for show, knives for a pro."

There are three things about knives that make them special in movies and television. First, they areBadass, since there is nothing more humiliating than being beaten with a bladeshorter than your palm. Second, they arescary, as a single glimmer from its profile inAx Crazy hands has been known to provoke screeches of horror (that and the possibility that they're more painful than any gunshot will ever be). And sometimes, it is both.

Finally, they're generally easier to obtain and own legally than guns.

Throwing knives are also a very popular ranged weapon in fiction, despite not being very well suited for combat in real life. (It's very hard to get them tohit point-first when aiming at a moving target.)

Subtrope ofWeapon of Choice. Contrast withNever Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight. May lead to aKnife Fight. Related toKukris Are Kool,Machete Mayhem.

Examples of Knife Nut include:

Anime and Manga

  • Tenten inNaruto carriesthousands of knives and knife variants in her scroll witch she summons and throws at high speed frommidair
  • Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yami Bakura.Especially inYu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series. "I like knives. They make me feel all tingly."
  • Chloe andLady Silvana inNoir and Nakhl inMadlax (almost) never use any weapons other than ritual daggers in combat and are nigh undefeatable with them.
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
    • Maes Hughes uses push knives, of course adding to his status asEnsemble Darkhorse. His skill makes him the fastest tokill a homunculus, and he even did ittwice. Of courseDeath Is Cheap...for them at least. He canthrow his knives, which are not in any way suited toward throwing, to impale skulls. They're calledpush knives for a reason.
    • Barry the Chopper likes to cut up helpless people for fun.
  • Rin fromMnemosyne is virtually afemale version of Hughes, barring the fact that she's immortal.Stoic Spectacles? Check. Investigative line of work? Check.Obfuscating Stupidity? Check. And of course, push knives? Check.
  • Wonderfully ridiculed inAzumanga Daioh.
  • InBerserk Judeau's weapon of choice are throwing knives. They're later incorporated intoGuts's arsenal followinghis death in the Eclipse.
  • InOne Piece:
    • Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk kicks Zoro and his three sword technique's butt with a 4 inch manicure knife.
    • Not half the badass Mihawk is, but we briefly meet a villain named 'Big Knife' Sarquiss because... well, his knife is really big.
    • Buggy the Clown also has shown a tendency to use knives.
  • Kuro(u)do(u) Akabane (aka Dr. Jackal) fromGetBackers pulls offDiagonal Cuts in rapid succession with his (wait for it) scalpels, when he's not throwing themen masse("Deadly Rain!"). And you don't want to knowwhere hestores them...
  • Arguably Alexander Anderson fromHellsing could be considered a Knife Nut, if you just replace knife with holy socketbayonets. Much like Akabane, he can shoot countless amounts of these blades with deadly accuracy and slice entire subway cars in half with them easily. In one author's note section, Hirano goes so far as to say that the reason Anderson can produce so many out ofHammerspace is because he's actually fourth-dimensional.
  • Asakura Ryouko, theGirl with Psycho Weapon inSuzumiya Haruhi. Worse yet, it's a combat knifewith nasty spikes on the backside. And Asakura can be scary.Very scary.
  • Tsukihime:
    • Shiki Tohno is the prime example: early in the story, he uses a fruit knife to cut someone into 17 pieces over the course of... one second. This isn't even touching the main ability of Shiki; he can see the "concept of death" on anythingunder Gaia. Cutting the lines causes irreversible (and often dismembering) damage; striking the very center of something's "meaning of existence" ends its lifespan, destroying it so completely only memory remains. He could actually cut the lines or points with anything from a pencil to a corkscrew, because it's just a matter of tracing lines with something sharp for him. But since Shiki prefers his knife over everything else, and because ofcertain sides of himselfhe's not initially aware of, he's the ultimate Knife Nut. Despite being a carefree, somewhat-irresponsible goof.
    • When trapped in a dreamworld, Shiki's swisscheesed and patchwork memories,unique heritage, and personal fears of himself leads to the creation of anevil reflection of himself called "Nanaya," with whom he has some crazy knife-fights inKagetsu Tohya. InMelty Blood, "Nanaya" later makes areappearance, but in the real world, thanks to The Night of Wallachia'srumor-materializing power.
    • TheBig Bad, Roa, also fights with a knife... mainly becausehis host wants to. Roa, having gone throughreincarnation so many times, can actually see the "life" in living things, similar to how Shiki sees "the end" in anything.
    • Shiki even mentions that, for him, there can no other weapon than the knife. Fortunately, the knife suits his fighting style very well and his ability to erase anything with a single precise stab.
  • Ryogi Shiki, despite her main ability being with swords, favours knives for the convenience of being able to carry them around unnoticed in public. The sixth movie pokes fun at this trope when Shiki steals a school dining hall knife only to be discovered by Azaka, who immediately takes it away from her. Shiki looked pretty sullen after losing it.
    • In the novel, she then subverts this by pulling out theother knife she stole, once Azaka locks up the first one in her cabinet. She then reveals that the real reason she was sullen was that she wanted one to use, and one for a souvenir... not that a mere lock would have kept her away from itif she really wanted it, but still.
  • Cinque ofMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha comes equipped with anEyepatch of Power and a set of exploding throwing knives, and had killed anS-Rank mage on one of her earlier missions. Generally not someone you want to mess with.
  • While doing anHomage toJohn Woo, Haruko ofFLCL suddenly gains the ability to deflect dozens of bullets at once using arazor, which Amarao finds both shocking and absolutely ridiculous. Contributing to this ridiculousness, the bullets were not simply deflected, but are shown on the ground cut in half lengthwise.
  • Despite the fact that nearly everyone else uses machine guns and other firearms, Chane Laforet ofBaccano! uses small throwing knives as her weapon of choice. She's skilled enough to deflect bullets and throw them with pinpoint accuracy.
  • Throwing knives are also Ken's specialty inThe Daughter of Twenty Faces. It's worth noting he isn't very "nutty" about it, however, just very good with throwable sharp objects.
  • Dio Brando ofJoJo's Bizarre Adventure is infamous for his use of throwing knives. He can alsostop time to make sure that they hit their target. He actually only used the knives during one fight, after just sort of finding them lying around, but they eventually became a symbol of the character.This screen visually sums up this trope so well, particularly the "nut" part.
  • Humongous Mecha that rely largely on Humongous Combat Knives includeArm Slaves,EVA units (especially Asuka and Unit 02),Terminus-Class LFOs, andbasic Aestivalis frames. Mecha with combat knives demonstrate all the fun melee tropes you see inSuper RobotSword Fights while being more "realistic." All of these examples also come with machine guns, however, the guns are mostlyuseless.
    • The guns used by theArm Slaves may be relatively useless against other Arm Slaves, but they're quite useful against tanks, infantry, and other classes ofMooks.
    • Especially since Arm Slaves come equipped with two kinds of knives- a regular close-combat variety with achainsaw edge and a throwing variety laden with plastic explosives.
  • Kino ofKino's Journey is in one episode ordered to disarm at gun-point, and proceeds to spenda considerable amount of time pulling knives out of her clothes- and this from a character who also carries two pistols at all times.
    • Including one with a blade surrounded by four .22 firing chambers (an actual design, though without theLaser Sight).
    • In the novels, Kino is shown to buy knives from nearly every shop she visits, often just because they "look pretty."
  • Basilisk has all three of these: Akeginu, Hotarubi (from the Iga) and Kagerou (from the Koga) using knives as theirWeapons of Choice, in addition to their own powers.
  • InAxis Powers Hetalia, Belarus is a cute-looking loli girl with a knife. She's the little sister of a maleYandere, Russia. Do your maths.
  • Shenhua ofBlack Lagoon is as good with knives asRevy iswith guns.
  • Palm Siberia fromHunter X Hunter definitely qualifies.
  • Kallen ofCode Geass has a knife disguised as a wallet that she ends up pulling on several of the main characters. The only reason it doesn't show up more is that she's alsoThe Ace.
    • Rolo Lamperouge'sweapon of choice tends to be a switchknife thathe uses combined with his Geass.
  • Gunslinger Girl's Pinocchio (particularly the manga version), cites knives to be his favorite weapon.
  • Gunsmith Cats.Career Killer Natasha Radinov uses a Spetznaz knife that shoots its spring-loaded blade.
  • Mirai Nikki's Gasia Yuno is a knife nut, which makes sense, because she'snutsingeneral.
  • Full Metal Panic!. Xia Yu Lan likes machettes, at one stage battling Melissa Mao with one in each hand. Even though Mao was armed with a rifle she was lucky to escape with her life.
    • And this skill of hers can be traced back to its origins: Gauron. After all, he was the one that took Yu Lan in, and trained and raised her. It's revealed in the novels that Gauron'sWeapon of Choice and specialty is with knives. Sousuke learned this the hard way during his first fight with him.
  • Hei fromDarker than Black mostly uses knives and a retractable steel wire (used sort of like a cross between awhip and aGrappling Hook Pistol). The knives are usually attached to said wire so even if a thrown knife doesn't kill someone (which is usually the case), he can still use it tozap them.
  • Colice fromGun Blaze West has throwing knives as her weapon of choice.
  • Tomonori Komori fromNarutaru not only carries a knife of his own, but hisshadow dragon, aptly named Push Dagger, is also shaped like a giant knife.
  • Gundam Seed and the Cosmic Era works in general
    • The Strike Gundams' and Impulse Gundam's standard armaments include a pair of anti-armor combat knives stored in the hip portions of their armor. A pair of rocket-propelled ballistic knives (The "Stiletto") can be found in the same place on the Earth Alliance's mass-produced Dagger-L's and Windams. As the Strike Gundam's pilot, Kira makes use of the knives numerous times, while Mu La Flaga, as theBrainwashed and Crazy Neo Roanoake, uses a Stiletto to destroy the shield of Kira's Freedom Gundam a few years later.
  • Godchild's Cassian is a fan of throwing knives. He's actually a rather calm person, though.
  • Belphegor. He's a knife-wielding psychopathic assassin in the Varia.
  • Valmet fromJormungand, while not gun shy in the slightest, seems to enjoy opportunities to do some knife work. In fact, her solution to taking out a bullet-proof van chasing her car in the first chapter was to draw her blade and tell her driver to get closer.
  • TheNightmare Fetishist narrator inGoth becomes one of these over the course of the series. He gets his first set of knives from a collection left behind in a home that aSerial Killer had abandoned and quickly becomes proficient with them, his own homicidal urges being a strong source of motivation.
  • Daggers wereThorfinn'sWeapon of Choice for close combat pre time-skip, but he is good atthrowingknives too.
  • Izaya fromDurarara!! is quite fond of using a switchblade (hidden under his sleeve) as his main weapon of choice. He even uses it to shave a man half bald at one point!Also,Haruna Niekawa, while possessed bySaika, uses one to stab people with in order tospread Saika's "children" before she snaps out of it.
  • After beingblackmailed and broken by herComplete Monster of a teacher, Chizuru Honda ofBokurano started to carry a knife with her at all times. She threatens Kako with it when he was about to rape her in her house, andin the manga, she stabs him in the neck and slits his jugular with it when hefreaks out during his battle. And before dying, she passes it down to Kirie, who later uses it to injure Hatagai.
  • The titular character ofViolence Jack. Due to not remembering his name, he named himself after hissignature jackknife.His real name isAkira Fudo.

Comic Books

  • Johnny C. fromJohnny the Homicidal Maniac IS this trope. The guy detests guns, and twin daggers are his trademark weapon of choice (though he does use a taser occasionally)
  • Hondo Karr ofStar Wars Legacy is a Stormtrooper that favors twin vibrodaggers.
  • Mack "Clownface" Delgado inBody Bags doesn't need a gun, because he's "learned how to throw a knife at a velocity that makes its impact like a mortar round." In addition to that trick, he's been shown to perform aDiagonal Cut on two guys in one swipe and cut a gun in half.
  • X-Men character Warpath currentlydual-wields knives made of vibranium as his signature weapons inX-Force. Noteworthy in that he isnotAx Crazy at all.
    • Short timeX-Man and heroic sociopath Marrow, also from theX-Men comics, almost always uses bone knives which grow from her own body as weapons. She is drawn with them on nearly each cover she appears on.
  • The Corinthian, in his first appearance as a villain inSandman, seems very fond of knives. This is both for creepy purposes (menacing a victim with one in his hand,taking a felled mugger's switchblade and opening it in front of his face while commenting on how nice a knife it is...) and formuch more practical ones.
  • Diabolik, theVillain Protagonist of the Italian comic of the same name.
  • Victor Zsasz.
  • Dagger, a minor member ofBatman'sRogues Gallery.
    • Also Batman's son, Damian.
  • Here's some obscure ones fromDC Comics: The assassins Hellhound, Brutale, and Lady Vic all make use of a variety of knives, as does the serial killer Murmur. Wonder Woman occasionally ran into a mercenary who called herself Moot, who favored a stiletto she called "The Moot Point". On the heroes' side, Nightblade and Black Condor II are both noted as skilled knife throwers.
  • Elizabeth Rose.
  • Many members of theG.I. Joe team (as well as Cobra) are skilled with knives, butSnake-Eyes hascollections of them. His spike-knuckled trench knives get mentioned more than a few times during the Marvel Comics run alone, and his third costume (assembled from parts taken from his Cobra interrogators) has a pair of knives mountedright on his chest.


Fan Works


Films

  • Kick-Ass has a scene where Mindy (aka Hit-Girl) when asked what she wants for her birthday, replies (after first worrying her father by pretending to want a puppy and a doll) that she'd love "a Benchmade Model-42 Butterfly Knife". On the day in question, she receives a matching set of them and is overjoyed. She even proceeds to demonstrate just how good she is with them in a display of twirling.
  • Robert Rodriguez often castsDanny Trejo with these types of roles.
  • Soap fromLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels reveals that he has a collection of large knives, and delivers a speech about how they're more practical than guns, concluding, "Guns for show, knives for a pro." The rest of the gang is creeped out. As the sole member of the group with an honest trade, this is both ironic and fitting. His job as a cook would presumably make him comfortable with knives and butchering.
  • The eponymous protagonist ofThe Chronicles of Riddick.
  • Nadia fromPandorum is this.
  • Leon explicitly postulates that the better you are, the closer you can get to your victim: sniper rifles are for beginners, and only a real pro uses a knife.
  • InThe Matrix Reloaded, the Twins initially fight with straight razors.
  • In the 80s Van Damme movieCyborg, Van Damme awesomely used dozens of knives as he carved his way through gangs and bandits in anAfter the End setting.
  • In the scary category, the shower scene ofAlfred Hitchcock'sPsycho involves a screaming woman, a big knife, andscary music.
  • MostSteven Seagal characters.
  • Colette inRatatouille, revealed when she "briefs" Linguini.
  • InThe Dark Knight the Joker carries a number of knives on him. He states that they're his preferred weapon becausehe can savor his victims' subtle changes in expression as they die. He even carries apotato peeler.
  • Sweeney Todd infamously used the barber's straight razor for his killings. Between him andJack the Ripper, the razor soon developed a reputation as a murder weapon.
  • In theThe Lord of the Rings films, when his bow wasn't practical (which, given his skill, wasn't often), Legolasbrought out a pair of fine elven knives. In the book he has only one long knife.
  • V inV for Vendetta carries an arsenal of knives under his cloak.
  • The eponymous character ofCrocodile Dundee always carries a gigantic hunting knife around with him as a trademark. When a New York mugger tries to menace him with a switchblade, Dundee is famously unimpressed and presents his own, saying, "That's not a knife!That's a knife!" in hisBroad Strine.
  • Mutt fromIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and his switch-blade, which he can be seen playing around with in a couple scenes.
  • Rambo just can't live without one. He actually makes a knife himself inthe fourth film.
  • Repo! The Genetic Opera
    • Luigi Largo. He's known to have sex with the stab wounds he's inflicted, among other delightful things.
    • The Repo Man himself, though his "companion" technically makes him a Scalpel Nut.
  • Detective Somerset inSe7en is a completely sane heroic example, always carrying a switch blade wherever he goes and practicing throwing it at night.
  • Bill "The Butcher"Cutting fromGangs of New York, who is a gang leader and a professional butcher who practices knife-fighting on meat. The character was based on a real gang leader/butcher called Bill "The Butcher" Poole.
  • Alfred theBattle Butler fromHudson Hawk has spring-loaded knives hidden under his sleeves, which eventually lead to his death.
  • The Hunted could be more appropriately titled "Ode to Knife Nuts." For the final fight, the two fighters subconsciously agree to stop the chase just long enough to chip/sharpen their own. Then they rip each other to freaking shreds.
  • A rather unusual example is Guiron from theGamera films. His own head is a giant knife which he uses toslice his enemies to pieces.
  • Britt (James Coburn) inThe Magnificent Seven. His weapon of choice is a throwing knife. His introduction to the audience is him being being forced into a face-off against a guy who fancies himself a gunslinger: his gun against Britt's throwing knife. Britt wins. This isn't to say that he's not also a very good marksman with a gun.
  • The Butcher inWanted is the knife instructor for the Fraternity, pointing out that knives don't jam or run out of ammo. His words are backed up beyond all expectation when he shows his ability todeflect bullets by slicing them in midair.
  • The Yakuza leader inVersus wields switchblades.
  • Malak the thief inConan the Destroyer.
  • InKill Bill, Vivica A. Fox's character "Copperhead" is apparently a knife nut. The Bride seems to know this about her and chooses to face her in a knife fight rather than bring along herCool Sword. Once they reach an impasse, they make plans to square off in a second knife fight. Although Copperhead ultimatelytries to shoot the Bride with a hidden gun, she's apparently a terrible shot and misses her at point blank range. Shoulda stuck with the knives.
  • InPulp Fiction, Mia Wallace describes her character fromFox Force Five as the knife nut of the group.
  • Jack, the psychotic Triad assassin played by Wu Jing inSha Po Lang, does most of his killings with his tanto knife.
  • Colonel Quaritch inAvatar doesn't go in for half-measures: he outfits hisAMP Suit with a freakin' huge combat knife.
  • Inglourious Basterds: Lt. Aldo Raine and Sgt. Hugo Stiglitzlove their knives. Stiglitz's knife even has the phrase "My Honor is Loyalty" engraved on it, which isironic sincehe is a German traitor who killed thirteen Nazis officers. Presumably it's an SS-issue dagger.
  • Saso, fromPrince of Persia the Sands of Time, though he doesn't limit himself solely to knives.
  • Serial Killer O'Ryan inSuspect Zero uses a long, curved dagger as hisWeapon of Choice, both for killing his victims and his signature of removing their eyelids.
  • Rincon from the movieZombie Strippers.

Rincon: I like knives.

  • Christmas fromThe Expendables, who would get into occasional discussions with Stallone's character over the age-old "guns vs. knives" debate. Gunnar also uses a huge bowie knife, but it doesn't get much usage until the end.
  • Mississippi (James Caan) inEl Dorado. He is brilliant with throwing knives (in his first scene he goes face to face with a gunman across a table and kills him before can bring his gun up).
  • Colt Hawker inVisiting Hours prefers using his trusty switchblade to kill his female victims.
  • The killer inIntruder is fond of using huge kitchen knives.
  • Ben Echmeyer, a minor character inThe Men Who Stare at Goats, briefly demonstrates his "shock and awe" knife technique withtwo bayonets from hisknife collection.Among other skills.
  • Every killer in theScream series has used a Buck 120 model knife almost exclusively.
  • Lynne fromThe Warrior's Way.
  • Matsu in theJoshuu Sasori series favours a common kitchen knife generally, or on occasion a tanto or a scalpel.


Literature

  • The Fremen ofArrakis from theDune series are an entire society of knife nuts. Every man, woman, and adolescent wields a curved crysknife made from the tooth of a 400 meter-longSand Worm, and they train their entire lives to become impossibly deadly with it. They practically worship their knives. For instance, their knives are never allowed to leave the planet, anyone who owns one cannot leave the planet without their permission, and any outsider who sees the blade of a crysknife must either be cleansed or killed. Their obsession comes in surprisingly handy given thatEnergy Shields (whichexplode if hit by an energy weapon) have made melee combat the standard for infantry soldiers.
  • Each member of theBlack Dagger Brotherhood gets a custom-made, matched-to-the wielder set of black knives, perfect for stabbing theLessening Society members back to theOmega. They are hand forged (literally) by Vishous.
  • Aly fromTrickster's Choices and sequel. She gets this from her father, who exhibits the same prowess in theSong of the Lioness series.
  • Briar from theCircle of Magic. Seems to beTamora Pierce'sfavorite weapon for commoners.
  • Terry Pratchett'sDiscworld series features a multitude:
    • Jonathan Teatime is a knife-wielding,psychopathicassassin inHogfather
    • Carcer Dun is a knife-wielding, psychopathicSerial Killer who always has an extra one.
    • Pteppic, fromPyramids, is a certified assassin and Pharaoh of Djelibebyi. When he finds of that his "companion" feels naked without her many bracelets, he has to admit that he feels naked without his knives.
    • Assassins in general are known to conceal so many knives on their person that they could qualify as a live-in kitchen.
    • InJingo, Carrot runs across a knife nut boy. After a brief interview, Carrot discovers that the boy does not have enough gum to share with his playmates, but has more than enough knives for everyone.
    • Lord Vetinari keeps a drawer full of sharp, pointy greetings for rude callers.
  • Valentinian in theBelisarius Series is a subversion. He always makes sure to have a large number on hand and takes good care of them -- but is convinced the most foolish and intensely dangerous way way to fight is with a knife (there is no parrying, little room to maneuver and remain within weapon range, and it is hard to retreat from). He only has them around for emergencies; they're a light load for the potential use, and he's as expert with them as with any other weapon.
  • InSnow Crash, Raven, named by Hiro Protagonist as "the baddest motherfucker in the world," is an Aleut from a tribe that perfected the art of making glass knives withmonomolecular edges that cut right through kevlar. Raven carries an arsenal of them, using them for throwing and fighting. Before the story begins, he steals a nuclear warhead from a submarine after slaughtering the entire crew with his knives. Uncle Enzo, the leader of the Mafia as well as an ex-commando, always carries a straight razor in his pocket. In the end,the two have themselves a knife fight. Enzo manages to shatter Raven's knives, but gets the worst of the exchange.
  • Chisel ofIllegal Aliens who carries hundreds of them at any given point in time.He survives being stomped by a giant robot due to the sheer number of knives providing impromptu armor.
  • In theFingerprints series, one villain says the memorable lines, "I wonder how many cuts it will take you to die? I bet thousands and thousands..."
  • Sonia Steiglitz, the beautiful and sadistic daughter of the ex-CIA chief/archaeologist villain ofThe Takers, a modernTwo Fisted Tale homage by Jerry Ahern. She uses guns when necessary, but prefers a knife.
  • A large number of the characters in theWheel of Time series seem to be knife nuts, as Mat, Thom, Min, Faile, and many Aiel, at the least, are all experts at wielding and throwing knives, usuallypulled from all around their person with no explanation how so many weapons could fit on them.
  • InMalazan Book of the Fallen, Kalam Mekhar, Rallick Nom, Crokus, and Apsalar all use daggers and throwing knives to impressive effect against better-armed enemies. Most of the assassin characters in the series, especially the Malazan Claws, are armed with pairs of knives.
  • InThe Edge, Declan is quick with his blades and has a canvas roll of knives he cleans regularly. The little boy Jack is awed by the display. Later Declan baits a trap for Jack with a particular knife he'd been eyeing, and then bribes him into cooperating with the knife.
  • Almost everyone in the titular unit of theWarhammer 40,000Gaunt's Ghosts books is able to use a knife well. In particular, Rawne's skill with them is demonstrated through the conspicuous aversion ofThere Will Be Toilet Paper when using his straight silver to shave inGhostmaker.
  • InAndrew Vachss's Burke books, Michelle is said to be very fast with a straight razor.
  • InThe Belgariad, Silk, Liselle, Sadi, Relg and Beldin all have a fondness for knives in combat. Silk usually carries at least three or four, Sadipoisons his, and Relg's has all sorts of sticky-out bits[1] that do all kind of nasty things both on the way in and on the way out again. Beldin's hashooks. Liselle is straightforward and discreet about hers, at least compared to the others. She only carries a couple of small simple daggers.
  • Lots inTerry Brooks'Shannara series. Brooks seems to view the knife as a nice, lightweight weapon, and many characters, heroic and villainous carry them in addition to (or in some cases in favour of) heavier blades. This leads to an awesomeKnife Fight between one of the heroes' andThe Dragon in the climax ofVoyage of the Jerle Shannara.
  • InThe Princess Series Talia is skilled in hand to hand combat and can use many weapons well but knives tend to be her primary weapon of choice.
  • Ferahgo in theRedwall bookSalamandastron is notorious for his knife collection and skill with using them.
  • Clove's preferred weapons inThe Hunger Games are a jacket full of knives. And she never misses.
  • The Dresden Files
    • "Gentleman" John Marcone of seems to materialize them from thin air and is very good with them.
    • Vittorio Malvora also uses them. Harry points out that when you've had centuries to practice and can launch them at a hundred miles per hour,you make up for the fact that thrown knives aren't particularly good weapons.Hell even when one missed the hit from handle caused Harry's hand to go numb.
  • InDragaera, the knife is often the preferred weapon of Jhereg assassins, such as Vlad Taltos, who keeps a small arsenal of them hidden about his person. He uses quite a bit of throwing knives, but they're mostly useful as distractions: they hit hilt first, make the other guy flinch, or just make a minor wound. His wife Cawti is a fellow assassin who is known as "The Dagger of the Jhereg."
  • Bèbelle fromMalevil. ACreepy Crossdresserwho pretends to be a woman to get close enough to cut throats.
  • Annabeth fromPercy Jackson and The Olympians; knives are used by clever fighters according toLuke, and since she is a child of Athena, she uses one as her weapon of choice.
  • Blade from theEndworld series carries a pair of Bowie knives that he loves obsessively on his person at all times.
  • All Tomorrow's Parties features the Taoist assassinKonrad, who takes meticulous care of his tanto, practices an Argentine school of knife fighting considered mythical within the setting, and is ridiculously deadly with his blade. While not knife nuts per se, Rydell and Chevette wind up carrying a ceramic switchblade and a knife with a pattern-welded blade made from the drive chain of a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, respectively. Both are used at crucial points in the plot.
  • TheNightside books have Razor Eddie, Punk God of the Straight Razor, who unsurprisingly wields anabsurdly sharp straight razor. It's mystically bonded to his very being. Bad Penny also carries a brace of silver daggers, one blessed, the other cursed. When she uses both simultaneously, it's noted that some gods would die from such a blow.
  • Alex fromA Clockwork Orange carries a straight razor, or as he terms it, his "fine starry horrorshow cut-throat britva".
  • Tarzan is pretty much defined by his hunting knife, to the point that those who only know the character from adaptations can be forgiven for not knowing that he's also a gifted marksman.
  • David Gemmell's Waylander is best known for his trademark two-shot crossbow, but carries a crapload of knives for use when he's fired both bolts. He's specifically described as a capable swordsman, but a brilliant knife-fighter.
  • The Ysabel Kid fromJ. T. Edson'sFloating Outfit series is an expert with the Bowie knife.
  • Time Scout includes Sven Bailey,Jack the Ripper and his mad cultists.
  • InDracula, Quincy Morris carries around a large bowie knife as part of his characterization as an American cowboy. Later he's upstaged by Arthur Holmwood, who busts out a kukri from his days in the military.
  • The eponymous character ofThe Acts of Caine.
  • Earl Dumarest, in the series by E.C. Tubb, was perfectly willing to use pistol, rifle, laser, whatever, if it was the most effective weapon for the job at hand. But he wasnever without his knife, which from the description was more-or-less a Bowie. Planetary authorities who put death penalties on carrying an unlicensed gun were usually (a little bit) more relaxed about the knife. Earl havingSuper Reflexes meant he could on occasion draw and accurately throw that knife to kill someone who'd already leveled a gun at him. He also sometimesearned money with it in the arena on the more barbaric or decadent worlds.

Live-Action TV

  • Locke is something of one inLost. He boarded the plane for a survivalist adventure in spite of his handicap and brought a bag filled to bursting with various knives. When Locke shows off his collection, the other survivors are creeped out, which goes along with the way the first few episodes tease Locke as some sort of psycho-killer. He later proves adept at hunting and butchering wild boar with only his knives.
  • Alpha inDollhouse
  • Cameron inThe Sarah Connor Chronicles, despite being anemotionless cyborg seems to have athing for large hunting knives. She also carries what looks like an Exacto knife on her for when she suddenly has the need for cutting things, as opposed to punching them through walls.
  • Sarah Walker inChuck embodies this trope as well. In the pilot episode alone, she manages to take down three NSA agents in a crowded nightclubwhile dancing, and follows this up by stopping an NSA SUV by throwing a knife into a one-and-a-half-inch buttonfrom twenty feet away. A later episode reveals that this is a skill she already had before the CIA recruited her.
    • In another episode, she hurls a knife through her beeping alarm clock instead of simply pressing the snooze button. So clearly shereally likes knives.
    • And the Greta (played bySummer Glau) have a tendency to get out her switchblade for everything.
  • Firefly's Jayne Cobb has a number of large, heavy, nasty-looking hunting knives in addition to his collection of guns.
  • The cast ofNCIS follows Gibbs' Rule No. 9: "Never go anywhere without a knife."Ziva David is especially enthusiastic, with an extensive selection, and she holds a knife-throwing class for the team, naturally hitting the target over the heart in her demonstration.Tony hits the stomach,McGee doesn't even get the knife to the target, andLee lets the knife slip out of her hand, almost hittingGibbs in the face.
  • Star Trek. Everyone in theMirror Universe, though the women seem to be the only ones who actually use them.
  • OnTop Gear's Bolivia special in 2009, the normallyeven-tempered James May seems quite pleased to get his hands on a machete.
    • "I'll cut your ****ing head off; you will need to beep that, BBC 2."
  • Heroes: Season 4 character Edgar mainly uses knives with hisSuper Speed combat skills.
  • Ronon has as many knives on him as you need. He has a hell of a time getting through airports.
  • Al Swearengen inDeadwood is a skilled knife-fighter who cuts a number of throats through the series. He is a self-confessed terrible shot with a gun, and at one point curses himself for sticking with knives rather than learning to shoot properly.
  • InDeadliest Warrior, the NAVY Seal Rob Roy...goes a little crazy. Just a little.
  • ObligatoryBuffy the Vampire Slayer examples. There's Faith and her large knife, and Willow attacks Glory with a bag of knives as part of aRoaring Rampage of Revenge. During a nightmare Faith has about bring hunted and killed Buffy becomes this.
  • Larry fromBurn Notice prefers to use knives.
  • Trini Kwan wields twin daggers called the Power Daggers. And of course there's Tommy's Dragon Dagger, which is also a flute.
  • Eliot fromLeverage can edge up on this sometimes. Justified as he's also a chef when he's not killing people.

Hold a knife like this (normally), cuts through an onion. Hold a knife like this (switches to a backhand grip), cuts through, like, eight yakuza in four seconds. Screams, blood, carnage. People are like knives. Everything's in context.

  • The Wicked Witch of the West is this inLost in Oz, even wearing knives over her hands.
  • Morgana in series four ofMerlin carries a knife with her at all times.


Music

  • Sometimes lost in translation, butMack the Knife usesa knife. Some versions are more explicit than others.
  • Lemon Demon wrote a song that fits the trope, 'Knife Fight'.
  • Tom Waits has an instrumental song called "Knife Chase" on hisBlood Money album. It comes from the musicalWoyzeck, where it's the backing music to... well,Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
  • The Flash Girls' song "A Girl Needs A Knife" is pretty much made of this trope.
  • The Sentinel byJudas Priest: Knife Nut+Cold Sniper.
  • While theInsane Clown Posse are more associated with hatchets, Violent J had a solo track onThe Amazing Jeckel Brothers titled "I Stab People". He followed up with a song called "Still Stabbin' " on the later albumBizaar.
  • Fun With Knives by Velvet Acid Christ


Musicals

  • After she is rescued from the Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood inInto the Woods is rarely if ever seen without her knife. It's implied that she becomes rather obsessed with hunting down wolves for herfur cloak, with which she replaces her red cloak (taken by the Baker).
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sweeney Todd's weapon of choice is the straight razor.
  • Billy Bigelow inCarousel uses a knife in the robbery-gone-wrong that results in his suicide.


Newspaper Comics

  • Willie Garvin inModesty Blaise.
  • Saxon Kenchu inCandorville collects knives, and at one point gave a speech about how they were the first weapons ever developed and they allowed humanity to triumph over a world full of hostile predators. He initially seemsAxe Crazy, but this is partially subverted--having to survive as aDhampyr has left himProperly Paranoid and somewhat hardened, but he's aFriendly Neighborhood Vampire and is trying to keep the main character alive.


Tabletop Games

  • Dark Eldar inWarhammer 40,000 and Dark Elves inWarhammer Fantasy Battle Fantasy do seem to have a lot of knives on them most of the time. And theirSpikes of Villainy all over their armor.
    • Lelith Hesperax, just to put some specifics out there. Most Dark Elves in Fantasy use swords more than knives, though.
      • To elaborate on just how much of a knife-nut Lillith is; she carries two very sharp, pointy knives as her main weapon of choice, herfingernails have knifeblades surgically attatched to the underside of them (and for good masure she keps the natural part filed to a point), with the same deal for her toes. She also carries razorblades between her toes, to add alittle extra kick. Lastly, her very long, very thick hair is filled with razorblades and wire. Sh caneffortlessly and gracefully kill you with any of these whilstmaking the battle look like a pornography (helped by her Stripperiffic outfit (which is practically made out of knives).
  • The Invisible Blade prestige class inDungeons & Dragons 3.5.
  • The Soul Knife is a Psionic Class inDungeons & Dragons 3.5. Their mind is a weapon, and that weapon is aknife.
  • There are also the prestige classes Daggerspell Mage and Daggerspell Shaper, arcane caster/rogue and druid/rogue hybrids, repectively, that gain special abilities when wielding daggers.
  • The Whisperknife is a halfling only prestige class that specializes in light thrown weapons, usually daggers.
  • Many rogues in Fourth EditionDungeons & Dragons use daggers as theirWeapon of Choice. One Paragon Path, Daggermaster, even allows the rogue to specialize in using them to deadly effect.
  • Knives are part of standard Al Amarjan dress inOver the Edge. They're mostly used to open up chip packets and the like.
  • In the old Warhammer Battle skirmish-based spin-off,Mordheim, there's a special mercenary character called Johann The Knife... and he has a special rule called Knife Fighter Extraordinare that allows him to bypass the limit of three knives thrown during his turn, allowing him to throw six knives per turn if he doesn't move. He's so good with knives that they count for swords during battle.


Video Games

  • Stiletto Anyway inAnachronox uses plenty of throwing knives.
  • Vamp inMetal Gear Solid 2.
    • Gene fromPortable Ops was pretty good with a knife as well.
  • Dolph inSuikoden V could carve out your liver and hand it to you, despite having one of the goofiest fighting stances ever.
  • Tonberries inFinal Fantasy.Behold the evil!
    • Kiros inFinal Fantasy VIII, double armed knives. His standing battle pose even makes him look like anAxe Crazy assassin at the first grace.
  • Knife kills inCounter-Strike are a particularlyBadassCherry Tapping.
  • Ryuji Yamazaki fromFatal Fury andThe King of Fighters always carries one around wherever he goes. Just try not to get too close to him.
  • There's a reason Edge fromRival Schools chose his nickname. He loves to play with knives and uses them frequently in his arsenal of dirty tricks.
  • Although Lucas Kane inFahrenheit (2005 video game) (Fahrenheit (2005 video game)) never uses a knife outside the opening sequence, he is depicted holding a bloody blade on every box art to underline the psychosis surrounding him throughout the game.
  • A knife called the "Vorpal Blade" is Alice's primary weapon inAmerican McGee's Alice. It gets deadlier inAlice: Madness Returns
  • InRise of the Kasai, while Tati does have access to other weapons including a huge axe, a deadly spear, and a supply of exploding toxic mushrooms, her favorite weapon is a pair of twin knifes that she especially uses to maul Kasai warriors.
  • Kevin Smith inKiller7 uses throwing knives as his primary weapon and a larger knife for close quarters combat.
  • Sakuya Izayoi from theTouhou series fights by throwing a seemingly infinite number of knives that she actually recovers between volleys bystopping time.
  • InResident Evil 4, the protagonist Leon is a knife fighting expert who uses his knife for everything from breaking locks to taking down giant mutants, but hisAxe CrazyWorthy Opponent Krauser cements his status as the game's Knife Nut by having a much bigger, nastier knife.
  • Larxene, thePsycho ElectroDark Action Girl ofKingdom Hearts.
  • One of thefunnest parts ofAssassin's Creed is to kill as many people as possible with your hidden blade. This is particularly fun with the beggars, who constantly harass you for coins, or the lepers, who are apparently well enough to push you two metres back whenever you get remotely near them.
  • Canaan inXenosaga Episode III
  • Hawkeye ofSeiken Densetsu 3 demonstratesDual-Wielding with knives. One of his techs, the "Flying Swallow Toss," involves tossing a barrage of knives at every target on the screen. One wonders where he keeps it all...
  • Rolento, military madman from theFinal Fight andStreet Fighter games.
  • Yōsuke Hanamura inPersona 4 uses knives in battle.
  • You can make a custom Knife Nut character inJagged Alliance 2. Stealth and night ops specialties plus throwing knifes equals one-hit death for everyone on the opposing team.
  • Fire Emblem: Thief/Assassin/Rogue characters. In the early games, these are just swords animated as knives (particularly cool for the assassins). As ofPath of Radiance, knives became their own weapon type, which thieving characters used exclusively and Sages could also use (though they'd have to forgo staves to do so), although this latter feature was no longer in effect inRadiant Dawn.
  • Peketo fromThe Black Heart; all his specials and some of his normal attacks involves the use of knives.
  • The Spy inTeam Fortress 2 wields a butterfly knife that can be used for aone-shot kill backstab. This isawesomely subverted in the Sniper's introductory video, as like Crocodile Dundee above, the Sniper is anAussie with abigger knife (that does not have the backstab in-game).
    • Almost all of the Spy's unlockables follow this as well. Your Eternal Reward cloaks the victim's body while giving you their disguise at the cost of losing the disguise kit, and the Big Earner gives back some cloaking charge upon a kill with a slight health handicap. The Sniper got another big knife called the Bushwhacka, which crits when it would normally mini-crit in exchange for some fire vulnerability.
  • Players are encouraged to use the knife inBattlefield 2142, as it is always a one-shot kill.
    • Although lag will sometimes require you to make a second swipe, despite the "stab" noise.
  • Goro Majima of theYakuza games. Just...Goro Majima.
  • The Rogue class inWorld of Warcraft is a good example of this trope, as some of their strongest moves require daggers while others are adjusted when wielding a dagger to compensate for the weapon's low damage per hit. The dagger's fast speed makes it good for triggering certain effects like poisons as well.
    • Combat rogues who take the Close Quarters Combat (dagger and fist weapon spec) talent get a bonus while using daggers and fist weapons that they won't if they use other weapon types.
  • Subverted and played straight withMitadake High. The knife is the weakest weapon in the game except for the dead taser and the empty can of paint, but that doesn't stop people from enjoying them.
    • This may have something to do with the fact that, besides the Hammer and the weaker Nanatsu Yoru, the Knife is one of the only weapons that can kill without draining all of your energy.
  • Sherudo Garo, the Stage 2 boss andBig Bad ofTime Crisis. Given how annoying knives are in theTime Crisis series, this also has the effect of making him intoThat One Boss.
  • Sarah Kerrigan inStarCraft, before and after her transformation. Before her transformation she likes killing with knives (no in-game ability, but in the novelLiberty's Crusade she takes out a room of guards on Antiga Prime), and after her transformation, she not only has knives on the end of each fingertip, but has wing-like appendages growing out of her back which end in...you guessed it... more knives.
    • * ahem*Queen of Blades.
  • Kyrie ofWorld Destruction: Michibikareshi Ishi uses knives for his basic attack. All his attack spells involve either knives or throwing several knives. HisLimit Break can throw up tosixteen knives that, due to lazy programming, hitevery enemy.
  • A popular class combination insideCall of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 is an honourable mention - using the 'Tactical Knife' pistol attachment (holding a knife and a pistol out at the same time to strike faster), the 'Marathon' perk (to sprint forever), the 'Lightweight' perk (To move faster) and the 'Commando' perk (to be able to strike with the knife from farther away); you get a class nicknamed "witchblade"
  • The Green Beret character from theCommandos series is something of a knife nut, even quipping that they should help an isolated group of Allied soldiers by "offering a hand. Or a knife." Plus, the Diver can throw knives from the second game on.
  • Hazama inBlazBlue uses twin butterfly knives in combat, and has several more hidden within his pockets.
  • Souji inSuika always carries a silver knife in his pocket, but isn't actually a murderer or anything. But he does consider using it at several points and appears to have a fairly violent side that he suppresses.It's finally justifiably used near the end, but he doesn't kill anyone.
  • Konstantin Brayko inAlpha Protocol is a both a nutter and a knife fanatic. AKnife Nutjob, if you will. Michael himself uses a knife for stealth kills.
  • Ange Serena ofTales of Innocence. For a character whom most would dismiss as aWhite Magician Girl, she sure has some impressive melee combos with that knife of hers.
  • Danette ofSoul Nomad uses two of them.
  • Shank uses two knives as his main melee weapons, if you couldn't tell by his name.
  • Ayame from theTenchu series uses a pair of knives, specifically;kodachi.
  • InMitsumete Knight, one of your eventual enemies,theCircus'Knife Thrower Pierrot, uses them in battle. The Eight GeneralCorkilneiphathe Swift Thunder is another enemy Knife Nut, but of a different variety: rather than knives, he usesthunder-embued needles.
  • Seether fromWing Commander IV uses a double-bladed knife, first threatening Blair with it, thenslitting Captain Paulson's throat.
  • In the originalVideo Game/Goldeneye 007 for the N64, one level opens up with James Bond in a jail cell within a Russian satellite facility. Naturally he has no guns, but he can use the electromagnet in his watch to get some throwing knives from a drain(?). Said knives can be used to great effect, and re-used if retrieved. There's also a "hunting knife" available as a melee weapon via a cheat code.
  • Aht inRadiant Historia dual wields daggers as her weapon of choice. Most of her non-trap special abilities involve her throwing them, as well.
  • Rem from the upcoming gameFinal Fantasy Type-0 dual wields daggers.
  • The main character fromRush N Attack squares off against an army of soldiers, all clearly holding rifles (although few of them actually use them), but other than the occasional bazooka, fights solely with his knife. The HD remake most of the enemies also fight with knives or punch knives.
  • Warrant Officer Emile-A239 fromHalo: Reach is never seen without his signature kukri, and is introduced while sharpening it on his armour. Ironically, he never uses it in combat.
  • Kai Leng in theMass Effect series is apparently this. He hasn't appeared in the games yet, but he will appear inMass Effect 3 where he will be gunning forShepard. However, he did appear in the bookMass Effect: Retribution,where he killed akroganwith a knife and later killed SIX turians by himself with just a knife.
    • InDeception, he alsokills the most powerful biotic in the galaxy (basically an individual with a bunch of very powerful psychokinetic powers, and the ability to summon miniature black holes and energy balls at will) with...a sharpened toothbrush.
  • Kano andFrost from theMortal Kombat series. They both dual wield them.
  • The Assassin class fromGuild Wars. Even though the dagger is the lowest-damage weapon in the game, Assassins use them to great effect, often drawing out huge amounts of bonus damage from their skills.
    • They also have a few skills that allow them to throw knives for different effects.
  • Archduke Maximilian Von Reginrave,Big Bad of the firstValkyria Chronicles, has a collection of thousands of knives, and often carries several hidden on his person. He can use themvery well. This is yet another manifestation of his raging paranoia, the result of him growing up as the hated bastard child of the Imperial royal family who's brothers constantly tried to get rid of.
  • Madotsuki fromYume Nikki is frequently depicted as one because of a widespreadPlayer Tic which involves killing everyone, with the knife being the only weapon available.
  • As with almost every weapon-to-personality trope,[2]Last Scenario completely averts this—the knife-using party member is the closest thing available to aScience Hero.
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic: Imperial Operatives specialize in knife attacks, and all Imperial Agents get an equipment slot for them. They are always used more like daggers though, gigantic daggers.
  • Several mooks inBatman: Arkham Asylum and its sequel. Zsasz definitely counts in both games as well.


Visual Novel

  • The [9]th Man ofNine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors threatens Clover with a knife at the start of the Game.Ace later takes a knife (either his or finds his own) and kills Clover in the "Safe" ending, and the rest of the cast in the "Knife" and "Submarine" endings.
  • The mysterious killer in theYarudora gameDouble Cast primary uses a knife, giving much tension in the scenes where he assaults the protagonist and/or his friends.

Web Animation

Web Comics

Web Original


Western Animation

Tim-Tom: We could take out his tongue.
Kevin: With a knife!
Tim-Tom: Remove his heart.
Kevin: Yeah, with a knife!
Tim-Tom: A bigger knife!
Kevin: Fucking knife!

  • Razorback inSpiral Zone.
  • Roberto, a mentally unstable robot fromFuturama has an obsession with stabbing things with his trusty "Stabbing Knife."
    • Ha hAAAaa!
  • Frances fromThe Weekenders judging by her catchphrase "I like pointy things!"
  • Mother Gothel inTangled is shown using this to threaten people and actually uses it onFlynn.
  • Early Cuyler from Squidbillies seems to have aninfinite supply of identical buck knives along with hisSawed-Off Shotgun.

Real Life

  • Jim Bowie was so renowned for his skill as a knifefighter that the type of large hunting knife he carried became colloquially known as a "Bowie knife." He once brought a knife to a gun fight and won.
  • Singer and former actress Taylor Momsen has said she collects knives and enjoys playing with them.
  • Gurkha soldiers are so well-known for carrying their large, machete-like kukri that the knives are often simply called Gurkha knives.
  • Jack the Ripper and other assorted murderers.
  • Many gangs and thugs are known for carrying blades due to difficulty getting firearms. Examples include:
    • Triads, end up using a lot of cleavers and machetes.
    • In the Dominican Republic, locals can identify long-time gang members by their machete scars.
    • Yakuza have been known to usemaguro bocho, with blades as long as 60 inches (150 cm) that are intended for cutting up the massive bluefin tuna.
    • InSingapore and other South-East Asian countries, the local variant of the machete, theparang, is commonly associated with the local gangs and secret societies.
  • Finnish people are often portrayed as knife-wielding nuts, especially by other Scandinavians. There isTruth in Television: knife is not only a weapon, but also a cooking and dining utensil and everyday tool, and almost everyone in Finland owns apuukko, the traditional Finnish knife. The knife has historically been the weapon of choice amongst Finns, and Finland is still amongst the top three knife crime countries in Europe (along with Northern Ireland and Scotland). In Finland, getting one's first knife is considered as getting to an age, both on boys and girls. Apart from spectacles, knives are the only civilian item that Finnish soldiers can carry while in uniform because they double as both a sidearm and a dining utensil.
  • The Finnish Army does not issue knives to the conscripts. The reason for this is [paraphrazed from the Soldier's Handbook] that "Finnish people are taught how to handle knives from childhood. It would therefor be pointless to issue knives to people who already have their own knives that they are already familiar with."
    • Conscripts that go through NCO or Reserve Officer School get knives for their graduation. That's right, in some countries you get a class ring, in Finland you get a knife!
    • There is a proverb in Russian, roughly translated:Q: Who are the bravest men in the world. A: The Finns.Finik (Finnish man) is the only man in the world who dares to sleep with a nakedFinka (Literally "a Finnish woman", but means also a "knife" in Russian). [Finnish women have a reputation of Amazons in Russia.]
  • Knives are arguably used for cooking far more often than they are used for violence. Chefs and amateur cooks can get very passionate about knives and have extremely large and expensive collections in all shapes and sizes.
  • The "KA-BAR" used by the United States Military has been standard issue since WWII. It isn't just used in combat, it is also used to open cans, mark walls, cut lines and ropes, and dig trenches. Veterans often continue to use a KA-BAR (either the one from their tour of duty, or one bought as a civilian) in Civilian Life, since they like it so much. The name KA-BAR came from a poorly-written letter from someone whose rifle jammed and was forced to use one of their knives tokill a bear.
  • William Ewart Fairbairn, known today as the father of modern special forces and SWAT teams, the guy who couldkill you three times with blade or pistol in the time it takes you to blink, repeatedly stated that if you were expecting trouble, one of the best tools to have at your side was a knife. Drawing on his police experience on the mean streets ofpre-war Shanghai, he advocated a light double-edged knife, such as the Fairbairn-Sykes dagger he and his partner designed for use by British commandos, and use it "like a paintbrush." As he put it: "In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife."
  • TheSicarii were an ancient Jewish group offanatic terrorists, who fought against the Roman occupation, and killed other foreigners and Jews they considered to be infidels, which basically meant everyone who wasn't one of them. They became so infamous that their name simply meantknife-people.
  • On the Greek isle of Crete, knives are a big part of the local culture.
  • Highlanders in the British army were restricted to carrying a maximum of 11 knives. And then there's the dirk and sgian dubh, two knives that go with traditional dress.
    • Knives are a versatile tool and compact enough to be easily carried. It is natural that someone going into the heather would have a few.
  • The Ottoman Empire, despite embracing any new innovation in military hardware, refused to use the bayonet. The logic for this is that the fighting style of the Ottoman musketeer/rifleman incorporated grapples and the use of nasty Middle Eastern/Central Asian knives such as theKindjal,and theJambiya, and theBichaq..
  • Multiple murderer Donald Gonzalez actually was nicknamed "the Knife Nut" by the media.
  • Gabe Newell ofValve has an impressive knife collection in his office that has been shown off in a couple of video tours. No word on him actually using them on anyone, though.
  • Cassius Marcellus Clay was a Kentucky statesman and abolitionist. The American ambassador to the court of Russia during the 1860's, he was known to always carry a pearl handled Bowie knife, even to formal events. He's credited with writing a treatise on the history and use of the Bowie knife. He used his knife both in duels and to defend himself from the occasional would-be assassin.
  • Pocket multitool knives used to be an icon ofThe All-American Boy and were passed from father to son. The Boy Scouts can wax slightly mystical about pocketknives. Classic models include Old-Timers, Victorinox(Swiss Army), and Boy-scout knives. Swiss Army knives were as the name indicates made originally for the Swiss Army and came to America via American soldiers who knew a good thing when they saw one.
  • Knife collecting is a hobby known among a number of people and there are websites devoted to it.

Other Media

  • Dark Hunter Lariska inBionicle uses poison tipped throwing knives.
  • A PhilippineUrban Legend exists that warns people of Batangueños,[3] for every one of them carries abalisong and will use it to settle matters of honor.
    • Justified in that Filipinos in general stillpreferblades over guns.
  • Jeff the Killer is known to like his knifes.
  1. ↑That's a technical term.
  2. ↑well, except forWhite Magician Girl
  3. ↑residents of Batangas province
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