# Butchering with knife spear?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [August 11, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063 "2014-08-11T19:29:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@jcd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jcd)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/1 "2014-08-11T19:29:20Z")
is it WASD that the knife spear cannot butcher corpses or a bug?
i mean it has a cutting quality of 1 and u need a knife to make it, but i can imagine that it 'd be awkward to butcher/skin with this…
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### Author:  [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/2 "2014-08-11T19:32:02Z")
I think a spike affixed to a stick would be hard to cut up bodies with.
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### Author:  [@jcd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jcd)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/3 "2014-08-11T21:07:20Z")
agreed, but then it’d be also be very hard to cauterize a wound, which is possible with it…
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### Author:  [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/4 "2014-08-11T21:22:13Z")
Eh, not really. You’re just heating up the spike and pressing it on your skin.
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### Author:  [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/5 "2014-08-11T21:59:57Z")
Makeshift knife: spike + 2 short strings.
If the spike can butcher a corpse, sticking it on a stick should just be a more cumbersome version of the same.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/6 "2014-08-11T22:55:57Z")
[quote=“Daidalon, post:5, topic:7063”]Makeshift knife: spike + 2 short strings.
If the spike can butcher a corpse, sticking it on a stick should just be a more cumbersome version of the same.[/quote]
OK, so maybe the makeshift knife should need a sharpening tool (rocks generally suffice, ATM). Would imagine that butchering requires enough precision that I wouldn’t want to do it with a 2-foot handle on a 6-inch blade, sharp blade or no.
So I’m thinking WAI–not a bug.
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### Author:  [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-knife-spear/7063/7 "2014-08-12T07:20:36Z")
Personally, it has always bugged me that the knife spear can’t be crafted by attaching a knife to a stick.
Perhaps there can be two (or more?) versions which can be crafted by attaching a butchers/pocket/trench/combat knife to a stick.