Chinese officer's sword (Fallout 3)

The Chinese officer's sword is a melee weapon found in Fallout 3, and makes a cameo appearance in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Although common at lower levels, its high durability and fast attack speed make the Chinese officer's sword an excellent weapon outside of V.A.T.S., whereas swings in V.A.T.S. use 28 AP. Along with its high critical multiplier and critical damage, the sword is great weapon to hit fast, hard and sparingly.

Variants

 * Vampire's Edge, the weakest of the Chinese officer's sword unique variants, Vampire's Edge weighs only one pound, and is the only variant to use the regular sword's model.
 * Jingwei's Shocksword, an electrified version of the Chinese officer's sword, the shock sword is much stronger and deals electrical damage over time.
 * Sim version, a version of the weapon which appears only within the Anchorage simulation. Unlike other sim-specific weapons, this version has a higher base and critical damage than its normal counterpart, and also causes disintegration for non-player characters killed by a critical hit similar to Jingwei's Shocksword. This weapon is only carried by non-player characters within the Anchorage simulation and cannot be obtained through normal means.
 * Samurai's sword, an ancient Japanese weapon that deals an extra helping of damage on critical hits, and is much more durable than the standard sword.


 * Clover's cleaver, a Chinese officer's sword that was cut from the base game. It was intended to be used by Clover and was to be the Evil follower unique weapon, much like Fawkes' super sledge and Butch's Toothpick were for the other Karma levels.
 * Katana, a variant of the samurai's sword that deals much less critical damage, but knocks foes down with critical hits.

Locations
Chinese officers' swords may be found in the following locations:
 * Megaton, in Jericho's house, stabbed into a teddy bear.
 * Republic of Dave, in the Museum of Dave, most likely a relic from Dave's traveling days.
 * On a dead Chinese commando, located at the origin point of the Chinese radio beacon, as a result of a random encounter.
 * The Chinese captain at Mama Dolce's is another holder of this sword.
 * Can be found on several insane inhabitants of Vault 106 who all use melee weapons.
 * Random raiders all throughout the game may carry one, and they will appear more often when the player is at a lower level.
 * There's one in Abraham Washington's museum in Rivet City, behind a rubble pile near some lockers.
 * Crimson at Paradise Falls carries one.