Originally posted by Fzanco:

Knives. faster, less stamina burn, no movement penalty, weighs very little, Peirce and slash damage, high backstab bonus, can stun lock a lox, silver version available. I recommend knives as atleast a secondary weapon for its versatility

I have always been a Mace guy. Every new world its been mace. However this run I decided to go knife and it's sick AF. It's crazy fast, does good damage and the jump attack is bad ass. I only have a copper knife as I just got to swamp but my skill is 46 and I am lovin it so I second the knife for those reasons.