custom/handmade Japanese inspired tanto pics

Here's one I did a few years ago

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Dawkind said:
Joe Walters/Chris Olofson

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Hey Dudley... that has always been one of my favorites. I haven't seen Joe around much lately, and I really miss his sense of style.

You've probably all seen these before... but here are a few of my tanto-esque knives.

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Erin - BEAUTIFUL work! Cal - I really dig those Knight Kwaikens - I shoulda grabbed one when I had the chance.

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Daniel, how do they cut with that thickness?
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They actually slice very well, I'll do a video next time I make one.

Here's a .315" thick blade push cutting paper, on the second cut with the tip you can see it slices very well and the grind is very steep.

I think the key is that they are a zero bevel chisel grind, the tanto I posted is a roughly 20 degree inclusive grind.

[video=youtube_share;R-zGpnJrXGE]http://youtu.be/R-zGpnJrXGE[/video]

OK... More tanto pics! Great work everyone!
 
There are some positively awesome pieces in this thread. Mr. Burke, I don't know how I missed this one of yours, but it's fantastic!!!!

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Also, I think I'm actually getting sick of hearing myself gush over how much I dig your blades, Stuart - they're truly inspiring to me.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
Also, I think I'm actually getting sick of hearing myself gush over how much I dig your blades, Stuart - they're truly inspiring to me.
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Thanks!! You inspired me to do the kwaikens.

Roger, I prefer to wait until this is delivered before discussing it but the centerpiece is an Edo period Tsuba, about 200 years old. What a gorgeous piece.

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sasquatch1 said:
i like the 2nd from the top and the bottom one, cane we get some specs on them please?
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Second one down is for my Leather working friend who makes holsters and gives me free all his left over stingray skins. I have done quite well with the free skins and have not bought any in 4 years. The name of it is 'Ohn" which means ''favor or obligation'', which is very fitting since it is free to him (he is making the sheath himself). I used left over high carbon and alloy armor plate mystery metal to make this hissatsu (yeah I know...I really don't know what it was except for the carbon (.95%) and the alloy mix. I got it for making CQB combat hawks). The rest is just red stingray and epoxied cord wrap. I lived in Japan 3 years and studied martial arts there as well as blades and kendo.

The bottom was from 0.341" piece of beta titanium and is 24"long by 1.5" high from widest point. The edge is titanium carbide and is about R60 and the back is about R50. It was bead blasted and it has an interference fit titanium guard that is rainbow heat colorized, light gray stingray and gray cord. It has Japanese engraving on it with a chisel that calls it "Ghost". It went to a dear friend who then sold it due to money problems. I have hidden away material for 2 more buried as I don't want the material stolen from the shop. I had a total of 40 pounds of the 5/16" beta ti I got for almost nothing 4 years ago and I am not doing anything with it. Needless to say....it weighs about one pound....and really can cut....when I presented it to my friend he was crying and I got a man hug in front of his wife.

I love seeing these all in here and I find all of them inspiring in some way...tactical...traditional...Americanized...they all appeal to me as I like simplicity and the lines.
 
A genre i really like

Here ya go

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PH

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MARTIN & PH

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