2cd thing. This happened to me as well and honestly. It's both hilarious and useful. Funny in the fact that it's 'one of those rare moments'. Were a character just 'realizes' that they have a sharp pointy object. So, they just use that and escape with little effort. (Though of course that would be pretty gruesome to look at.)
And of course, it's just useful because. Let's face it. That fight goes on for a long while.