Cold Steel Tanto's

GYMBOOEE said:
I have one with the old-style brass guards. It's currently up for trade over at the trade forum if you're interested. I collect mostly bowies. (Might also consider selling it at a bargain price). Let me know. :)
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I'm the guy who ended-up with "GYMBOOEE's" 9 inch Magnum Tanto :), and it's a beauty!...It's a numbered one from the Cold Steel Emperor Collection, and is made out of "San-Mai" steel (which is a "sandwich laminate" of two different steels). I have polished the brass hardware to a nice "glow". If interested in obtaining this one, see my "WTT" ad over in the Exchange Forums ("Knives For Trade: Individuals").:).
 
W.T. Beck said:
The CS tantos should be fine for collecting, but don't try stabbing one into any hard material.
There was a post once by a guy who severly injured his hand while stabbing something - I can remember what - with a CS tanto. The guard was too short to stop his hand from sliding onto the blade.
Guards are a controversial subject. Some people want little or no guard on a knife because it gets in the way of making certain cuts. However, I'll bet that guy who cut himself with the CS tanto loves long guards now. I prefer them too, having cut myself with knives having slippery handles and short, rounded guards.
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This is not an advocation for no guards....

BUT there are a very large number of fixed blade knife designs from all around the world with small or NO guards, and many of them were used for the stab or ice-pick hold.

This may not suit everyone -
a "safe" hold for stabbing/ice-picking is to simply put one's thumb over the pommel or butt-end.

Another "safe" method for penetrating hard material is to support the knife handle with one hand and pound on the pommel with the other.

Since the Cold Steel Tanto came with a rather pointy "skull-crusher" pommel - they were not that suitable/comfortable to use that way.........

BUT if one views Cold Steel's "More Proof" videos - where they do extensive stabbing with lots of knives into stacks of shoe-sole leather or car hoods - you'll notice they do put their thumb over the pommel/butt-end.......

However, obviously, having a substantial hand-guard will always be intrinsictly safer.

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The first couple hundred were made by Buck Knives on contract, in the US.
 
:eek: Thanks everyone for all the information. Keep it coming, I haven't seen to much history yet. And vanman you haven't emailed me that info yet. But all and all the collection is going fine for now. I've got 14 total now all different models and vintages, I've got another one coming on trade too. Anyone out there that wants to get rid of one let me know. If I haven't got it allready I might pick it up, Thanks again Everyone :)
 
I've got one, with Brass Guards and Pommel. Bought in the early ninties. I've got it for sale, if you're interested.
 
sam45colt said:
...I've got 14 total now all different models and vintages, I've got another one coming on trade too...
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Yup.:D...And what's cool about this one, is that it'll be a "face-to-face" trade.:).:).
 
atlasfields said:
I've got one, with Brass Guards and Pommel. Bought in the early ninties. I've got it for sale, if you're interested.
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As a moderator, I have to remind you that ONLY "Gold members" are allowed to sell items here at BladeForums, but if you take it to email...:).
 
glockman99 said:
As a moderator, I have to remind you that ONLY "Gold members" are allowed to sell items here at BladeForums, but if you take it to email...:).
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Doh!! Me culpa...sorry about that.
 
I think the design was taken over by Cold Steel from a previous company that also imported some of the original butterfly knives from Japan. Names like Seto as knife maker and Taylor Knives as importer come to mind but that may be wrong.
 
I have both the original Cold Steel Tanto and the Taylor-Seto copy, the MCR-11. The Taylor-Seto is not an exact copy and the early ones were released in 1984 IIRC. The Taylor-Seto had cast aluminum handles and came in black with a black blade or woodland camo with a black blade. Later there was a "survival" model with a white and black speckled handle with a satin saw-toothed blade. There were also mini versions of the black and camo tantos and IIRC they eventually made a rubber handled version. The TS tanto was ok for the money but the CS tanto is a much better knife IMO.
 
Vanman could you send it again, it must have got deleted with the junk mail. Sorry about that, but I really would like the info if you could send it again. I'll be sure to screen my junk mail a little better.Thanks Again.
 
I have just sent it. If you can't open the files, just let me know.

I just got a notification from Hotmail :" Delivery status notification (failure)"

Is your mailbox full ? :(
 
Atlasfields thanks for the great deal on the Tanto. It arrived so fast I wasn't expecting it yet. It will be a nice one to customize or just leave stock. Thanks again :)
 
Anymore history on the fixed blade Tantos out there? Someone has to know more about the early days. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :rolleyes:
 
Kohai999 said:
The first couple hundred were made by Buck Knives on contract, in the US.
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So how were these ones markes? Not Made In Japan, Right. I just bought one that doesn't say Made In Japan, could that be something??? :eek:
 
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