Okay I was watching Titanic and noticed when the ship is sinking they're trying to get a lifeboat loose, one officer shouts "Cut em, cut em if you have to" in which a crew member replys "I need a knife, I need a knife".

Wouldn't the officers and crew have knives on them anyways for cutting things or cases such as the sinking?? I've heard that guns were in a box and were passed out to officers before putting the lifeboats out but what about knives?

Strange question although I was just wondering since in another frame of the film someone (an officer) has a knife as does Fabrizio so it made me wonder why the one officer wouldn't have one...?