Knife

Knives have many uses:


 * Skin animals


 * Cut animal carcass for meat


 * Fight (Not recommended)


 * Fell small trees to make slender tree trunks


 * Speed cutting branches and spruce twigs

Although it is suboptimal, you can do well in combat with only a knife by sneaking up behind enemies or killing them in their sleep. It is possible to kill an ememy in 1 hit by suprising them like this.
 * Carving wooden bowls, mugs, staffs