Love and Hate

Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Love and Hate is a unique pair of knuckle-dusters that deal more damage than the standard variants. The attached spiked plates have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them and are stained with blood. It is considered a holdout weapon, and can be carried concealed into weapons-free locations regardless of the Courier's Sneak skill.

Durability
Love and Hate can successfully strike about 1,495 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Spiked knuckles - a weaker variant.
 * Brass knuckles - the weakest variant.

Location
Bonnie Springs - found on a Viper Gang leader.

Behind the scenes
Love and Hate is a reference to two films: The Night of the Hunter and Do The Right Thing.

Bugs

 * Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources.
 * On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet in Aurelius' office.
 * When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground.
 * Sometimes after drawing Love and Hate, the player character's left thumb may get stuck sticking upright. Simply holstering and drawing the weapon again will fix this.