# \[0.8 Stable\] Knife usage consumes lighter charges for everything

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**Created:** [November 15, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-knife-usage-consumes-lighter-charges-for-everything/3991 "2013-11-15T01:26:18Z")\
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0.8 Stable  
Curses  
Windows 7

'a’ctivating a butcher knife consumes 4 charges of lighter, as if I were cauterizing, even if I’m cutting, carving or canceling the action in the prompt. Probably applies to all cutting tools with a similar prompt.

Edit: It also did this with a steak knife in 0.9.RC1-194-g8f83223.

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-knife-usage-consumes-lighter-charges-for-everything/3991/2 "2013-11-17T04:46:59Z")

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Hate to double post, but I delved into the source code and was able to locate the problem, though I don’t know exactly what needs changing to fix this.

iuse.cpp on line 4670 (as of whichever version had files last modified at 6:39 PM 11/16/13).

```auto

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I assume that method tries to use charges and then returns a bool indicating success. So the knife usage menu is paying the cost of cauterization when it decides whether to list it on the menu.