Blade weapons

Users of blade weapons are often very skilled soldiers. Able to dodge or deflect bullets. Becuause of this they often seem invincible.

High Frequency Blade
A user of a High Frequency Blade can deflect all bullets aimed at them from the direction they are facing. The only exception to this is shotgun blasts.

Controls

 * To swing the blade horizontally push the right analog stick left/right.
 * To swing the blade vertically push the right analog stick up/down.
 * To swing the blade in a circle rotate the right analog stick in a circle.
 * To thrust the blade press down on the R3 Button
 * To switch between the sharp edge or the blunt edge (knocks the opponent out) press the triangle button.

Survival Knife
Weapon that appears in Snake Eater that can be used to Can be found in a sheath on Naked Snake's right ankle. pressing the punch button will make snake do a flurry of slashes while pressing the punch button hard will make him do a stab motion.
 * attack the enemy.
 * hunt or cut down food.
 * perform CQC.
 * used to remove bullets or other projectiles from the body in the cure menu.

Fork
While not really a blade weapon the fork is included because it is used in a similar way to the hunting knife, the main differences are it can not be used for cqc until after you meet up with EVA behind a waterfall and any food you kill will instantly be eaten.

CQC Knife
Is the knife that Naked Snake and The Boss use along with a handgun (or the Patriot, in the Boss' case) for CQC. Shorter than the Survival Knife, it is quite versatile. Can be found in a sheath on the left side of Snake and The Boss' chest.

Users of Blade Weapons

 * Cyborg Ninja
 * Olga Gurlukovich
 * Vamp
 * Arsenal Tengu
 * Raiden
 * Solidus Snake
 * Naked Snake
 * The Boss