weapons

One-handed and two-handed weapons, and your off hand.

  wield <weapon>           in your main hand
  wield <weapon> offhand   a one-handed weapon in your off hand
  unwield                  put away your main hand's weapon
  unwield offhand          ...or the off hand's (unwield all: both)
  wear <item>              an off-hand item, like a shield

One-handed weapons (pistols, knives, batons, machetes) are quick:
a swing every 2.5 seconds. Two-handed ones (rifles, shotguns,
katanas, axes, hammers, lances) are slow, a swing every 4 seconds,
but hit far harder: more damage over a fight, and big hits get
through armor better. Some weapons have their own speed. The damage
a weapon shows is per swing.

Your off hand. A two-handed weapon needs both hands, so wielding
one puts away whatever's in your off hand. With a one-handed weapon
your off hand is free for:
  a second one-handed weapon: it swings too, on its own timer,
    for half its damage and a little less often on target
  an off-hand item, like a shield: what it adds counts like any
    gear (more armor, say)

score shows your damage and how often you swing, with each hand.
A weapon's card in your inventory window, or a shop's listing, says
how many hands it takes and its speed; so does wield.

Examples:
  wield combat knife
  wield switchblade offhand
  unwield offhand