CS Recon Tanto for Survival Knife?

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I just traded someone for a CS Recon Tanto. Anyone ever use one in the woods for survival or other? How did it perform as a survival knife? This is my first time using a tanto for survival.
 
IT's probably more than sturdy enough....I'm not a fan of the tanto style blade for a woods knife... more for penetrating than it is for detail oriented tasks...but htat's just me...I guess it all depends on what kind of tasks you think you'll use a survival knife for..
 
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zman308 said:
Good knife ,but not very good to skin and animal with.
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I wouldn't really agree with it not being a good knife to skin with.. As long as you mean the tanto in general....The only thing that wouldn't be good for skinning is the length...

Some of my favorite skinning knives are a Tanto or Wharnie....

The sharp tip is what I use mostly for skinning....

However the knife is too long..Half that blade length would be Ok...

In general though it would be an OK knife for outdoors use.. A tanto can come in handy for quite a few different things in the woods...

Maybe not ideal,,but give it a shot. You got it now,, may as well beat the snot out of it..

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Having personally broken a CS Recon Tanto trying to baton with it, I would be very hesitant to recommend one as a survival knife.

If you plan on using one for that purpose, you should take it out and beat on it a lot in benign circumstances to make sure it's up to snuff.
 
FoxholeAtheist said:
Having personally broken a CS Recon Tanto trying to baton with it, I would be very hesitant to recommend one as a survival knife.

If you plan on using one for that purpose, you should take it out and beat on it a lot in benign circumstances to make sure it's up to snuff.
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howd you pull that off, ive batoned through everything in sight with mine and never even come close to feeling like it has even hesitated for a second. i love that knife and stand behind it 100%. with its wedge shaped blade it batons like a hot knife through butter
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I am also of the school that tantos just don't belong in the woods..... unless you're out there killing ninjas. If that's the case, San Mai tanto all the way.
 
Years ago I carried a Cold Steel tanto as an edc and because it was what I had it was used to gut and butcher at least a half dozen deer and other game and it worked as well as any other sharp 5 or 6 inch saber ground knife the tanto point was like having a second small knife for fine cutting in tight places if you have a tanto it will do just fine, Dont worry about the PC crowd
 
I like CS. I also see a lot of pics of air force pilots using recon tantos as survival knives. It seems like a very reasonable knife for survival. I don't plan on gutting any large game, only small game this year and fish. I will also have a mini bushman and a US made Schrade Beast folder as back-ups. I could skin with just about anything.
 
I never really got used to using a tanto blade. I bought one many years ago and didn't care much for it. I never bought another.

For general outdoor/survival use, I'd like to have a drop point as first choice, then a clip point, spear point or bowie as second choice. A tanto style blade would be way down on my list.

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
You know, I am generally against tanto blades.


But recently, I had a long series of emails with a professional woodworker. His stuff has been on the cover of woodworking magazines and Lee Valley catalogues. It's art in wood. He's also a keen bushcrafter. I was curious (seeing as bushcraft is basically food prep and woodwork) about his thoughts on knives.

Anyway I asked about what he would use to replace his woodshop if he could only have one knife, and what he wanted was an American tanto. And if you think about it, a hell of a lot of woodwork is done with chisels. His all-round choice was a scaled-up Keshaw Mini Mojo, with the false edge ground to a razor sharp chisel edge Crazy, eh?.


So I am not a sudden tanto convert, but it's something to think about, anyway. I think it could be a real precision tool if you wanted it to be.
 
While not my favorite shape for a survival knife, I wouldn't hesitate to go into the wild with one. Its not so much the tool as the persons ability to use that tool that counts. I traded my son a recon tanto for a ODA. We are both happy with the trade.
 
I dont see why not, I had a 8" ka-bar tanto that was a good working knife. Cant wait to get it back in my hands actually.
 
I still have the CS Magnum Tanto and I love that knife for just about any use. I bought the Magnum Tanto, The Trail Master Stag and the Tai Pan all from a store that was going out of businee about 15 years ago.
 
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