How does fist damage work? (Iron hand)

[Khitchary]

So I found two mythril katar and tried equipping them and noticed that my damage (when tested on crew mates) remains the same whether I have them equipped or not. I have 4 punch skill and 5 physical attack (arm flex stat) and the Katar have a damage stat of 5. Iron hand says empty hand punches do 1 + half my unarmed skill. So I assume that unarmed strikes by default have a damage number and that its 2? Or is something else going on. I assume sooner or later Iron hand will probably be outstripped by actual weapons and I gather you can enchant weapons although I haven't done that yet (I just played voidspyre). If anyone could confirm how fist damage works/iron hand works vs weapons I'd appreciate it.

[Sly-Scale]

Unlike bare fists, fist weapons can still get disarmed. Rifles are two-handed weapons that have to be reloaded, meaning you'll have a bare fist when that reload's inconvenient.

For both these situations, Iron Hand works best.

[Timmy the Tooth]

So I'm assuming Iron Hands doesn't work with a knuckle equiped?

[Khitchary]

Originally posted by Timmy the Tooth:

So I'm assuming Iron Hands doesn't work with a knuckle equiped?

Yeah you seem to get either iron hand damage or fist weapon damage.