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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:34:05 PM EDT
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I've got a folding one I picked up on sale that was recommended here. I like that you have two straight edges to sharpen on it, makes things really easy if you're using stones.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:34:58 PM EDT
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The edge at the tip can be used as a scraper.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:35:03 PM EDT
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Typically a Tanto Tip doesn't break as easy as say a drop point. Thus why I carry a tanto tip after breaking the tips off of drop type tip knives.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:36:05 PM EDT
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Sure, piercing medieval bamboo armor.
I had an idea for a small fixed blade where the tanto tip was chisel ground to use as a scraper/prybar. That might be kinda cool. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:36:50 PM EDT
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I have never thought them to be practical.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:38:05 PM EDT
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Tantos were designed so you could stab more aggressively into tough materials without worrying about the tip snapping off. Thats about it.
Short summary on Knife Depot. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:38:13 PM EDT
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Sure, they're a knife, but can they do anything that other blade styles can't do either as well or better? Stab through car doors or oil drums without breaking the point? I have a Cold Steel Recon Tanto from the mid 90s and it's a pretty beefy knife. I also have a signed Pat Crawford titanium Combat Tanto that I wouldn't punch through doors with. Chris |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:38:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:39:49 PM EDT
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They seem to work slightly better as cold chisel than more traditionally styled knives.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:42:50 PM EDT
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I've had a couple of folders and they seemed to be good all around knives.
They make some people really angry for some reason though. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:42:56 PM EDT
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I use tanto knives exclusively in my garden. I have to pierce and torque-cut some really tough plants, and I don't think my thinner drop-points would survive.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:43:35 PM EDT
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I always feel more like a ninja when I have one.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:44:18 PM EDT
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I typically round off that corner of the blade. To make it look like a Hinderer profile. It keeps the heavy tip, while giving a more useful belly.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:44:34 PM EDT
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Its a lot harder to break the tip off, unless its an Emerson, then its pretty easy to break the tip off
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:48:56 PM EDT
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Well, if it was good enough for the Lone Ranger..........
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:49:48 PM EDT
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Stronger tip for piercing stuff. Why do we still use it even though we don't need to pierce armor? Because capitalism and it looks cool. I've got a cold steel tanto dagger in my work backpack. The fuck am I going to do with that? Cut a badguy after I shoot him? I have it because why not, that's why.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:51:19 PM EDT
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:51:57 PM EDT
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points. I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:55:33 PM EDT
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Tanto knives don't look cool. Try again.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:57:22 PM EDT
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Obsolete with the invention of the pop-top.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 10:58:02 PM EDT
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I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points. I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:00:36 PM EDT
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Easy insertion and twist...
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:02:02 PM EDT
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I like my tanto..
I also have this one. eta: completely forgot I had this one too. I used it to skin a deer. Very sharp. 
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:02:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryInfo on this blade? I'm not into tanto blades. Only own one and it's been relegated to the knife box. The one shown above looks useful based on length and style. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:02:45 PM EDT
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Easy to sharpen due to streight edges.
The point is reinforced for better stabbing through things like body armor. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:02:47 PM EDT
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Tanto blade = Fighting blade
A.W.D. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:07:59 PM EDT
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My 20 year old Cold Steel Master Tanto is hard to beat for a small, concealable fighter. RAZOR sharp, very thick, almost indestructible and has skull crusher tang. I wouldn't carry any other small fighter. Hides in a boot all day.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:08:17 PM EDT
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Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points. I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. 
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:09:42 PM EDT
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I typically round off that corner of the blade. To make it look like a Hinderer profile. It keeps the heavy tip, while giving a more useful belly. https://www.rickhindererknives.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/XM-18-3inch-Flipper-2-vie.jpg The spanto is a nice grind |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:09:47 PM EDT
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My 20 year old Cold Steel Master Tanto is hard to beat for a small, concealable fighter. RAZOR sharp, very thick, almost indestructible and has skull crusher tang. I wouldn't carry any other small fighter. Hides in a boot all day. Very nice! |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:09:53 PM EDT
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I like my tanto.. http://i63.tinypic.com/aox4cx.jpg I also have this one. https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.z8koYOrqGBsay5_-cDgRJAEsDh&w=280&h=210&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&pid=1.7 eta: completely forgot I had this one too. I used it to skin a deer. Very sharp. https://productimages.knife-depot.com/f1/3_520839.jpg Are those tanto profiles? Looks like something else. But eh I could be wrong. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:10:11 PM EDT
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I have have used this for everything. Digging, prying, cutting everything including wire conductors. Turning wing nuts. Pulling nails. It won't brake. They are tough as shit.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:11:05 PM EDT
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Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. Have you ever done 45 with a blade? |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:12:04 PM EDT
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My 20 year old Cold Steel Master Tanto is hard to beat for a small, concealable fighter. RAZOR sharp, very thick, almost indestructible and has skull crusher tang. I wouldn't carry any other small fighter. Hides in a boot all day. 
I've got the cheaper version of that one. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:12:31 PM EDT
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Obsolete with the invention of the pop-top. Not always 
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:13:51 PM EDT
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I have been carrying a coldsteel voyager or Recon1 since the 90's.The old school Recon's made in Japan.
I love them so much I neckbearded a dozen of them way back when. I use one everyday at work in a welding shop. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:13:53 PM EDT
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Are those tanto profiles? Looks like something else. But eh I could be wrong. The last two are Americanized tantos |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:14:05 PM EDT
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Typically a Tanto Tip doesn't break as easy as say a drop point. Thus why I carry a tanto tip after breaking the tips off of drop type tip knives. Yes tips are strong, the junk I do with mine wouldn't even try with most knifes. Make emergency screw driver 
For working it's great |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:14:41 PM EDT
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Are those tanto profiles? Looks like something else. But eh I could be wrong.  . This is the correct name for a short dagger. We have adopted the tip style found on most Nihontou and call anything with that tip a "tanto". Really, tantou can have any shape with or without a distinct yokote (line defining the tip and the rest of the sword). It just means small sword in Japanese.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:15:29 PM EDT
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I have have used this for everything. Digging, prying, cutting everything including wire conductors. Turning wing nuts. Pulling nails. It won't brake. They are tough as shit. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/225920/IMG-0786-147562.JPG Yep. Love them. I've got 4-5 old ones in the same condition as that one. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:15:33 PM EDT
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points. I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/007/508/watch-out-we-got-a-badass-over-here-meme.png I was that guy wasn't I? 
ETA: I work retail, and all our hard goods come in boxed. It wasn't an exaggeration, I really do cut through that many each week. I posted a pic in Star Screams EDC knife thread of a stack of boxes from one truck once, and that was a small delivery. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:17:36 PM EDT
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He is talking about a Tantou http://japanese.reader.bz/images/2010/12/14/173314.png. This is the correct name for a short dagger. We have adopted the tip style found on most Nihontou and call anything with that tip a "tanto". Really, tantou can have any shape with or without a distinct yokote (line defining the tip and the rest of the sword). It just means small sword in Japanese. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are those tanto profiles? Looks like something else. But eh I could be wrong. Awesome. Learned something new today! |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:17:50 PM EDT
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I typically round off that corner of the blade. To make it look like a Hinderer profile. It keeps the heavy tip, while giving a more useful belly. https://www.rickhindererknives.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/XM-18-3inch-Flipper-2-vie.jpg You are my new hero, that is a great idea. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:22:00 PM EDT
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I have limited diving experience, but I recall that my dive instructor recommended that kind of blade for diving so you could pry on things and the tip wouldn't break, e.g. oysters.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:23:55 PM EDT
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You say 75-100 boxes.... Have you ever done 45 with a blade? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hmm. I open 75-100 boxes a week at work. Never had an issue no matter what blade profile. Have you ever done 45 with a blade? There is no other way to blade, than at 45. 
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:28:53 PM EDT
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Info on this blade? I'm not into tanto blades. Only own one and it's been relegated to the knife box. The one shown above looks useful based on length and style. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Info on this blade? I'm not into tanto blades. Only own one and it's been relegated to the knife box. The one shown above looks useful based on length and style. Cold steel Oyabun. 9" blade. Discontinued. Mine is still mint. Razor sharp. Not for box cutting. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:34:47 PM EDT
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Stab through car doors or oil drums without breaking the point? I have a Cold Steel Recon Tanto from the mid 90s and it's a pretty beefy knife. I also have a signed Pat Crawford titanium Combat Tanto that I wouldn't punch through doors with. Chris Someone's watching too many cold steel promo movies. "Buy a warhammer, you WON'T regret it" Almost made me go out and buy a warhammer right then and there. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:36:34 PM EDT
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I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, they cut shit. I've only got a couple tanto blades, but they work just as good as my drop points. I disagree. My tanto's are suckier at opening my amazon boxes. Try sharpening it. I use a tanto to open boxes by using the second point, not the main tip. It cuts well thru box tape without over penetrating. You want to use more than just the tip. 
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:38:10 PM EDT
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I like my tanto.. http://i63.tinypic.com/aox4cx.jpg I also have this one. https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.z8koYOrqGBsay5_-cDgRJAEsDh&w=280&h=210&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&pid=1.7 eta: completely forgot I had this one too. I used it to skin a deer. Very sharp. https://productimages.knife-depot.com/f1/3_520839.jpg I like crkt knives. Overall good value and take a good edge but dull very quick. My spyderco has the same blade steel as a bunch of crkt 8crmov13 or whatever (i think I am missing a letter in there) but the spydie holds an edge way better. May be all in my head. |
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:40:40 PM EDT
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Well, if it was good enough for the Lone Ranger.......... |
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