diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/kitchen.dm b/code/game/objects/items/kitchen.dm
index e2e0779b53..f15a4d00e1 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/kitchen.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/kitchen.dm
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 	item_state = "knife"
 	desc = "A military combat utility survival knife."
 	embedding = list("pain_mult" = 4, "embed_chance" = 65, "fall_chance" = 10, "ignore_throwspeed_threshold" = TRUE)
-	force = 20
-	throwforce = 20
+	force = 16
+	throwforce = 16
 	attack_verb = list("slashed", "stabbed", "sliced", "torn", "ripped", "cut")
 	bayonet = TRUE