Lets be honest here, when you have a Katana, Axe, or Machete, you're almost never gonna use the Knife. Yet you can't drop it.
So if you're trying to juggle a Katana and Fire Axe, you'll often end up switching to the knife. And often when you're switching to melee for the machete, you might bump the key more than once and end up with the crappy knife instead of the Machete.
There's an easy solution: When you pick up an Axe, Katana, or Machete, the Knife becomes unavailable until you drop them. If the Knife's run speed is an issue, increase the other melee weapons' run speed to match the Knife (With the possible exception of the Fire Axe).
The other melee weapons are far and away UPGRADES from the Knife and I find it frustrating to have the knife still clutter up my inventory when I'm never going to use it.
So if you're trying to juggle a Katana and Fire Axe, you'll often end up switching to the knife. And often when you're switching to melee for the machete, you might bump the key more than once and end up with the crappy knife instead of the Machete.
There's an easy solution: When you pick up an Axe, Katana, or Machete, the Knife becomes unavailable until you drop them. If the Knife's run speed is an issue, increase the other melee weapons' run speed to match the Knife (With the possible exception of the Fire Axe).
The other melee weapons are far and away UPGRADES from the Knife and I find it frustrating to have the knife still clutter up my inventory when I'm never going to use it.