History Main / KnifeNut

* There are a fair number of self titled (and DAMN proud of it) "Knife knuts" scattered around the internet on various forums. In a distinct subversion of this trope, they tend to be well spoken, gentle, and good humored individuals that just happen to collect knives and enjoy talking about them.

* In the old Warhammer Battle skirmish-based spin-off, {{Mordheim}}, there's a special mercenary character called Johann The Knife... and he has a special rule called Knife Fighter Extraordinare that allows him to bypass the limit of three knives thrown during his turn, allowing him to throw six knives per turn if he doesn't move. He's so good with knives that they count for swords during battle.

* Souji in ''VisualNovel/{{Suika}}'' always carries a silver knife in his pocket, but isn't actually a murderer or anything. But he does consider using it at several points and appears to have a fairly violent side that he suppresses. [[spoiler:It's finally justifiably used near the end, but he doesn't kill anyone.]]

* [[TheVoiceless Finland]] of ''ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' is always seen with a knife in his hand.

* The eponymous protagonist of ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''.

* The Purple Shirted Eye Stabber of ''CyanideAndHappiness'' fame.

* The Yakuza leader in ''{{Versus}}'' wields switchblades.

* In ''KillBill'', Vivica A. Fox's character "Copperhead" is apparently a knife nut. The Bride seems to know this about her and chooses to face her in a knife fight rather than bring along her CoolSword. Once they reach an impasse, they make plans to square off in a second knife fight. Although Copperhead ultimately [[spoiler:tries to shoot the Bride with a hidden gun, she's apparently a terrible shot and misses her at point blank range. Shoulda stuck with the knives.]]
* In ''PulpFiction'', Mia Wallace describes her character from ''Fox Force Five'' as the knife nut of the group.

* ''InglouriousBasterds'': Lt. Aldo Raine and Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz ''love'' their knives. Stiglitz's knife even has the phrase "My Honor is Loyalty" engraved on it, which is [[{{Irony}} ironic]] since [[spoiler:he is a German traitor who killed thirteen Nazis officers]]. Presumably it's an SS-issue dagger.

* Rincon from the movie ''ZombieStrippers.''

* Ben Echmeyer, a minor character in ''TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'', briefly demonstrates his "shock and awe" knife technique with [[DualWield two bayonets]] from his [[WallOfWeapons knife collection]]. [[ShareTheMalePain Among other skills.]]

* Lynne from ''TheWarriorsWay''.

* Jago from AhArchfall. He generally has at least four on him (and he prefers his khukuri to his sword as a primary weapon).

* Kai Leng in the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' series is apparently this. He hasn't appeared in the games yet, but he will appear in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' where he will be gunning for [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]]. However, he did appear in the book ''Literature/MassEffectRetribution'', [[{{Badass}} where he killed a]] ''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan]]'' [[{{Badass}} with a knife and later killed SIX turians by himself with just a knife]].

* In AndrewVachss's Burke books, Michelle is said to be very fast with a straight razor.

* [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Trini Kwan]] wields twin daggers called the Power Daggers. And of course there's Tommy's Dragon Dagger, which is also a flute.
** In ''PowerRangersWildForce,'' Jindrax wields an apparently endless supply of small wavy throwing knives, which he can turn into longer swords at will. He also qualifies for the 'nut' part ''early'' in the series before his voice actor is changed, and he goes from "what if TheJoker were a PowerRangers character?" to, well, what you think he always sounded like if you haven't watched the series recently.

* In ''Webcomic/TheFancyAdventuresOfJackCannon'', Jack's mother. Since she was also in charge of his TrainingFromHell, this means he is very good with knives as well.

* In the ''{{Fingerprints}}'' series, one villain says the memorable lines, "I wonder how many cuts it will take you to die? I bet thousands and thousands..."

* AllTomorrowsParties features the Taoist assassin [[spoiler:Konrad]], who takes meticulous care of his tanto, practices an Argentine school of knife fighting considered mythical within the setting, and is ridiculously deadly with his blade. While not knife nuts per se, Rydell and Chevette wind up carrying a ceramic switchblade and a knife with a pattern-welded blade made from the drive chain of a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, respectively. Both are used at crucial points in the plot.

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kuro(u)do(u)]] Akabane (aka Dr. Jackal) from ''GetBackers'' pulls off {{Diagonal Cut}}s in rapid succession with his (wait for it) scalpels, when he's not throwing them [[FlechetteStorm en masse]] [[CallingYourAttacks ("Deadly Rain!")]]. And you don't want to know [[NightmareFuel where he]] [[BodyHorror stores them]]...

* A rather unusual example is Guiron from the ''{{Gamera}}'' films. His own head is a giant knife which he uses to [[NightmareFuel slice his enemies to pieces]].

* [[{{Batman}} Victor Zsasz]].
* Dagger, a minor member of ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery.

* Each member of the ''BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' gets a custom-made, matched-to-the wielder set of black knives, perfect for stabbing the [[{{Mooks}} Lessening Society]] members back to the [[BigBad Omega]]. They are hand forged (literally) by Vishous.

* V in ''VForVendetta'' carries an arsenal of knives under his cloak.