Fighting Tanto

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It's 15" overall and weighs 20.5 oz.
The blade is 1095 spring steel 10" X 1. 1/4" X 1/4" thick.
The guard, bolster, and pommel sides are 1018 steel WELDED
to the full tang.

The handle is 4. 3/4" long with scales of Curly Maple.
There is a 3/8" lanyard hole in the pommel (no lanyard incl.).
The sheath is 10 oz. leather with black steel rivets and a
black steel snap.
It's cemented at the spacer and hand stitched
using doubled waxed nylon saddle stitching thread making for an
extremely rugged, rough use sheath.

The rough beveled blade is reheated in the forge to glowing red
and quenched in strained used motor oil. After it's cleaned of slag
it's brought back up in temp. until it can be struck with a file.
I leave the file marks showing. I like a handmade knife to look
handmade.
This is how I harden / tempor my blades. They hold an edge
extremely well.


SOLD incl. S/H in the U.S. (PAYPAL ONLY).
1st. "I'LL TAKE IT" to my email address mcswood@msn.com
takes it.


Thanks for looking,
Mike
 
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I like this very, very much. Four weeks before Christmas or I would have already posted an "I'll take it."

Best of luck for a quick sale. Fantastic work, truly.
 
I'm too old to fight anymore, but back in the day, this would have fit my ruck just right. Wow, nice work.
 
Thanks Mike!!!

BTW, for those who have not had a chance to hold one of Mike's knives, they are friggin tanks!! They look even better in person and are very well balanced.

It's a crime for one to go unsold for more than a few hours :)
 
Agree on that.

If he makes a nice 12" version of this knife to go with the boarding cutlass I got from him a while ago, I'd be a happy man.
 
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