Tanto Tuesday

[Howardeye]

A few Tantos and one clone...

 

[ContinentalOp]

Cold Steel Recon Tanto:

 

[P.44]

Older Paul Chen Practical Tanto:

7" blade, forged out of 1095 steel
Differentially hardened
producing an HRC60 edge and HRC40 back.

P.44

 

[Erich]

I find this Cold Steel Outdoorsman Lite to be totally worth the $25-delivered it cost.

 

[PatriotX]

Here's a trio of Carbon V tantos, made by Camillus for Cold Steel:



Top is a Kobun, middle a Recon Tanto, bottom an Oyabun.


The Kobun and Oyabun are hard to find these days, as they don't come up often.

 

[A10]

Bark River Shinigami and Kitsune.....

 

[walkinghorse]

What are advantages of a tanto blade shape?

 

[P.44]

Some (short) info about the

1). Japanese Tanto
http://faq.customtacticals.com/geometry/shape_tanto.php

2). American Tanto
http://faq.customtacticals.com/geometry/shape_amtanto.php

3). Cold Steel advertising from 2014
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=31XIQTdgo2o[/ame]


P.44

 

[A10]

What are advantages of a tanto blade shape?

The blade on many designs have more belly, aiding in draw cuts in my experience. Generally the blades I have seen are fairly thick and strong. The best I have seen are convex ground, giving a strong edge.