Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Shiv
Shiv noun - An instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting.
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The problem with putting the shiv together, is that you will most likely cut yourself in the process.
Source: Sinister Shiv - This allows you to be fashionably attired while still being able to cut foes into teeny tiny pieces with your resin-enhanced shiv.
Source: Game Breaker / Dark Souls -
He loathes Tenseiga for being a Healing Shiv that can't cut anything and covets Inuyasha's Tessaiga instead, but Tenseiga freely protects him anyway and often prompts him to use its healing power.
Source: Empathic Weapon
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