Cold steel tantos

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adrieni

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Has anyone handled a leatherneck tanto or a kobun? I was looking at them as hunting knives. They looked decent for general use and boar hunting but no one near me carries them so I can't really handle them.
 
I have a Kobun, the handle is a bit narrow for field dressing but it's very tacky and has a good grip. To be honest I don't think it would work all that great for field dressing if you're concerned at all with poking into things that shouldn't exactly be poked into. However, the blades are strong, sharp and they seem to hold an edge well too. I think if one turned the tanto into more of a spanto (oriental curved style bottom edge as opposed to the sharp angle of the american style) it would probably work pretty good. I'm keeping mine as is though, can't beat it for changing someones mind when they want to permanently borrow any of your stuff...if you know what I mean.
 
I think you'd want one of their clip point fixed blades for that, more than the tantos. If you can find a copy of the SK-5 Leatherneck clip point, that model came with a full flat grind. The later 4116 model is a sabre grind.

The Bird and Trout is a very small fixed blade neck knife. The Roach Belly, Outdoorsman Lite, or Pendleton Lite Hunter would also be good choices.
 
A large, heavy blade tanto is the absolute last knife I would want for field dressing game. I'd rather use a Victorinox, seriously.
 
this is more of a kill things that get too close knife than field dressing. and general use. I have a canadian belt knife that i use for dressing
 
adrieni said:
Has anyone handled a leatherneck tanto or a kobun? I was looking at them as hunting knives.
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It looks like you want something inexpensive to stab wild pigs, and use as a general camp knife. Hmmmm, ok. Maybe a Becker BK-5. BK-7 or 9. I believe that Condor actually has a dedicated boar knife but they also carry stuff like the large Hudson Bay knife and the new Moonshiner or whatever it's called coming out. You don't need to spend a boat load of cash to get something tough, useful and fun.
 
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