User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Season 4 battle 8 Pirates vs Kaizoku/@comment-5495321-20130308154723/@comment-4552610-20130308172855

The Cutless is actually primarily a slashing weapon. Also, it is commonly used in wide areas. If things did get tight, pirates would usually go with a knife of some kind.

Also, the way Utter says it, they probably have bows and muskets to fire the Fire Arrow from.