How Good of a Display Knife, This Tanto?

This kind of gift (souvenir) knifes look pretty and probably are OK for ordinary work. But when you enter the realm of "Japanese knife (true sward)", these look-alikes are totally unacceptable for they don't have the quality to meet the requirements essential to the clan that has been cherished by worriers all over the world.
 
paua said:
This kind of gift (souvenir) knifes look pretty and probably are OK for ordinary work. But when you enter the realm of "Japanese knife (true sward)", these look-alikes are totally unacceptable for they don't have the quality to meet the requirements essential to the clan that has been cherished by worriers all over the world.
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Is this what one would call a Freudian slip? :D
 
Probably every soldiers endeavor to become worriers. These kind of knifes are not tools but weapons. They were the most effective ones hundreds of years ago and probably will stay that way hundreds of years later. Even with automatic guns and ballistic armour, during close range combat, when someone is resourceful and skillful enough to fight you with a true sward, probably your only chance is to have a similar one in your hand. So it is not a bad idea to have the real McCoy in your living room.
 
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I own two knifes that are not very practical or of good quality. They look interesting and are cheap so I bought them. I like stuff that is inexpensive and fun :-)

Off topic: not all warriors worry and some people consider Freud a fraud.

Rafael
 
There are many cheaply made tantos in Japan made, bought, sold, and used -- and never have been destroyed. That's quite amyth. Nozh, you need to use something other than internet rumors as sources for your information, becuase it's misinformation.

Yes, I have seen them firsthand -- with my own eyes --there. You are blatantly misinformed.
 
Brian Jones said:
There are many cheaply made tantos in Japan made, bought, sold, and used -- and never have been destroyed. That's quite amyth. Nozh, you need to use something other than internet rumors as sources for your information, becuase it's misinformation.

Yes, I have seen them firsthand -- with my own eyes --there. You are blatantly misinformed.
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Well, as I sad before - what called tanto here is not even close to Tanto in Japane. All this Unagasaky type of blades called here tanto has nothing to do with real Tanto. Only special kitchen knife made for eel preparation has this type of blade in Japanese knife culture.

If you can find thread where I represent first "Tanto II" made by Kiku Matsuda you may see where I got all this info from. Because before I also was mislead by misrepresentation of tanto here.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
Nozh,

I understand what you mean. I was, in fact, talking about the true Tanto design, not the Americanized or other variants. Just letting you know my experiences.
 
Here it is:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498904

See in particular kuribo comments and my questions to him.

"A tanto is defined in Japan as a blade with a cutting edge less than 12 inches in length, with hamon and hole through the tang."

"...The definition of a Japanese sword by the Japanese government is as I listed above. "tanto" simply means "short sword". It is all about length, i.e., less than 12 inches is a tanto, though it also means that the blade has a hamon, mekugi-ana, etc. as that is the requirement to be considered a nihon-to, or Japanese sword..."

"...There are variations based on blade shape and/or mounting style. For example, a yoroi-doshi is a thick tanto made for piercing armor. The aikuchi is a tanto blade in a mount without a guard (tsuba). You can't really call anything without a hamon or mekugi-ana a tanto. The blade you are discussing is simply a knife, not a tanto. Of course, you can call it a "modern tanto" if you want, but it does not meet the Japanese definition. In Japan, a knife is a "hocho", or, for something of the modern variety custom made like this blade, they call these "cutomu naifu" - custom knife!..."

etc...

This is my sources and I tend to belive him more then like some marketing drone talking about penetration tip and knife made out of broken sword...

Thanks, Vassili.

P.S. Thanks for your search link - it does work pretty well!
 
Which end? That makes all the difference! :D
 
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