There may not be violence in the mane RP, but I view the application as a method to get to know someone else's character. Therefore, if I am roleplaying in the 18+ threads, where violence is allowed, it comes in handy for someone to be able to view my application and understand why my character has the knives. It certainly beats explaining it in every single thread I'm in. Besides, i will never use them for violence in the mane RP, however, I am still capable of using them as tools, such as opening certain hard-to-open items, or perhaps he'll try to use them to pick a lock. Either way, the knives don't have to be there for violence. Even if my application does say he can defend himself with ease, it says "can" as opposed to "goes around starting fights with them". That would be horrible. I would still prefer it if they stayed.