The hunting knife is a piercing weapon that can also be used to butchercorpses when wielded or worn on a belt. It is worth around 3 silver and is sold by most weaponsmiths.

A small hunting knife lies on the ground.
>examine knife
The blade is about 5 inches long, curved at the tip. Along the back of the
blade is a serrated portion, perhaps to cut bone.

>consider knife

It is a hunting knife.
This piercing weapon can be wielded one-handed.
It is awful while attacking and poor while defending; its speed is very fast, and it inflicts very little damage upon hitting.
It weighs a couple of ounces.

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