Anyone have Tanto Remorse

Wavicle said:
The only way I will give up either Tanto is when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.


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Ha! So does the Umnumzaan get as much pocket time? I love carrying my small seb. Was worried the much larger Zaan would not fair as well to carry every day.
 
I have owned two - an Umnum and a small PJ. They are cool looking but I personally never really found a situation where I said to myself, "Man I wish I had a tanto blade.". However, there were times I felt a more traditional blade shape was preferred.
 
nickj79 said:
Ha! So does the Umnumzaan get as much pocket time? I love carrying my small seb. Was worried the much larger Zaan would not fair as well to carry every day.
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I work in an office so most weekdays I carry a small 21 (usually an Insingo) but on Friday's and weekends I switch to a large- an Umnumzaan, 25, or Inkosi and of those a Wilson Combat 25 has seen the most pocket time.


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VolGrad said:
I have owned two - an Umnum and a small PJ. They are cool looking but I personally never really found a situation where I said to myself, "Man I wish I had a tanto blade.". However, there were times I felt a more traditional blade shape was preferred.
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Thanks, that helps. I need to really decide between Zaan and large 21. People say you haven't gotten the true Sebenza experience without the large. But the Zaan looks more unique.
 
I picked up a new small 21 last week. I went back and forth on which blade to get. I love the look of tantos but in the past I haven't found them to be best for EDC. I *really* liked the look of the 21 tanto so against my better judgement I went for it. I was worried I would regret it. I can confidently say I have zero regrets. I love the knife and the blade. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
 
nickj79 said:
Thanks, that helps. I need to really decide between Zaan and large 21. People say you haven't gotten the true Sebenza experience without the large. But the Zaan looks more unique.
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If you want unique get the large Insingo.
 
I love my CR Sebenza and Inkosi but both have the regular blade and I got to say the one thing I don't love about the blades is their tip seems abit fragile. The tanto version seems to have remedied this thin tip issue.

The Insingo seems to help resolve this as well.
 
Never found the tips to be an issue when used as designed. They don't make good screwdrivers or prybars ;)
 
I am not one to take time only to emphasize the negative aspect of things, but because OP asked, but I ended up not liking my tanto Umnumzaan and traded it away.

I never carried it because I found a belly to be more useful in all of my uses. It ended up sitting in a drawer and I missed the original Umnumzaan shape with the harpoon-ish tip. Tanto remorse might just be a general thing for me though - this summer I got a great deal on a brand new 0620 from a dealer for under $90, but I ended up giving it away because I just can't bring myself to use a tanto for anything other than utility yard work. I understand that people could have great love for tantos, and the Umnumzaan had a great grind, but even on my favorite knife design it did nothing for me at all.

Hope you like whatever you pick!
 
All three Sebenza blade styles are among my EDC users in small, also a regular small in the past, and although the Insingo is a great slicer, the regular awesome as could be, the Tanto has the stoutest point. Way thicker for piercing. Once loaned a small Tanto (micarta) to another to chip-up a 5lb block of ice, whuld never have loaned an insingo, regular, or std blade type for that. That tanto showed no visible, or felt issues with that level of use.

But I love 'em all, only wish that Damascus was an option for 2 of the 3 styles. And then there is the Large size...

Mike B.
 
Man I wish I could get some hands on with a CRK Tanto...all I can tell u is the clip point is excellent!


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One use I find the Tanto excels in is cutting paper. This is when you lay a sheet of paper flat on a surface and use the point where the two edges meet to cut it like an exacto knife. I often lay paper flat on an old flatscreen TV cardboard box and cut it in exactly this way. With the regular blade you have to angle the knife to do this, less so with the insigno.
 
Page two needs some pics.
If you put a tanto in your pocket and carry it exclusively for a month, you'll understand it's really a useful style of blade. Just don't do any food prep with it :), it sucks for food work.

 
Ajack60 said:
Page two needs some pics.
If you put a tanto in your pocket and carry it exclusively for a month, you'll understand it's really a useful style of blade. Just don't do any food prep with it :), it sucks for food work.

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is it just the angle of the picture or is the handle on the Umnumzaan on the far right shorter than on the one with the old pivot?
 
Just the angle of the pic. Imagine a horizontal line using the thumbstuds as a reference.
 
Acadian said:
is it just the angle of the picture or is the handle on the Umnumzaan on the far right shorter than on the one with the old pivot?
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Yeah, just the angle of the knife, I didn't have the knives laying evenly parallel to each other
 
Lapedog said:
One use I find the Tanto excels in is cutting paper. This is when you lay a sheet of paper flat on a surface and use the point where the two edges meet to cut it like an exacto knife. I often lay paper flat on an old flatscreen TV cardboard box and cut it in exactly this way. With the regular blade you have to angle the knife to do this, less so with the insigno.
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Thats funny i had to do the same thing but i used the regular and it worked great for me. I kinda messed up one of my girls tri-tats so i cut out a stencil using a piece of paper and my large tanked and used a sharpie to fill it in. It worked great you could hardly tell a difference until the end of the run and sweat made the sharpie run and the swim washed it away:-)
 
I sold a Tanto Small Micarta 21 because the blade shape was not needed for my daily tasks. I prefer the other two blade shapes for everday needs. I would not seek out a tanto seb unless I got a smoking deal on one. Just personal preference.
 
kidcongo said:
The tanto does not pierce better. It is the worst at peircing, due to the thick obtuse point. It is the strongest tip mind you. That is the only advantage when piercing,

I own all three CRK blade shapes. The tanto looks awesome, but is probably the least useful all around, of the three shapes.
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My take is that it is the strongest of all CRK (Sebbie) grinds, the hardest use. While I find a place for Insingo & Regular grinds, that Tanto point is the toughest of the 3, and the belly is almost as straight as an Insingo. Once my Son was helping at a bar, and needed to chip down a 3-4lb block of ice. I gave him the small Micarta Tanto Sebbie that was my EDC that day (still in the rotation) would not have loaned any other Reeve in my collection. That Tanto did a fine job, no visible issues.

Mike B.

ps: only improvement I've ever wished for is a better steel, like a SanMai Cold Steel Tanto (80's) that I own, one example. Or Damascus...
 
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