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I want a tanto
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You will like the knife ! Have fun !
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I would at least try the supplied sheath first .
I don't have any problems with them .
Just be careful to use the spine only to contact the sheath when drawing and sheathing the blade .
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Just some ideas without thinking about price…
Hogue - EX F01 or their HK series Tanto
Bastinelli - PY Tanto or RED
Kabar - Short Tanto
Nevermind, I see you already decided. Congrats!
Hogue - EX F01 or their HK series Tanto
Bastinelli - PY Tanto or RED
Kabar - Short Tanto
Nevermind, I see you already decided. Congrats!
Thanks. I have good feeling about it
I just know I'll order the kydex one sooner or later, not to have that worry over my head all the time...I would at least try the supplied sheath first .
I don't have any problems with them .
Just be careful to use the spine only to contact the sheath when drawing and sheathing the blade .
If I regularly use my knife, I will re-touch it up every other time, at least. So that it is primed for the next use. I can't be the only one here.
Heck, be like the barber or butcher, sharpen the knife before using.
In this case, why does the "sheath issue" matter?
Heck, be like the barber or butcher, sharpen the knife before using.
In this case, why does the "sheath issue" matter?
It kinda sucks to have to sharpen it every time you pull it out from sheath IMO...
Totally understand. You shouldn't have to.
The professionals, who cut for hours a day, just get on with it because it is part of the job.
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To be clear about the Secure-Ex sheaths, hypothetically one could withdraw the knife along the spine for an infinite number of times and it will never dull the blade at all. The problem is in real world use, it's very difficult to do this, and all it takes is a few little bumps to knock that hair popping edge off, a few more here and there, and then you start seeing problems. Try withdrawing a double edge blade from these sheaths and not hitting the edge is damn near impossible. Add the fact that many models do not have a very wide opening in the sheath. The Recon Tanto is a bad offender at this, the SRK even worse.
Just gotta be careful as you can withdrawing to try and keep that edge on there.
Just gotta be careful as you can withdrawing to try and keep that edge on there.
I don't have a problem with the CS secure ex sheaths. Whenever I take my knives out I ensure the spine is slightly pushed against the sheath, second nature now. For the price they are decent enough sheaths. Although making your own leather sheath isn't very difficult and quite inexpensive even for some decent leather (lots of videos online).
So I just pulled the trigger and ordered Recon Tanto. It also cheereed me up to get "Shipped" email just around 40minutes after payment and "Package in transit" with tracking code after!
I've ordered from that site once before and experience was the same, if you order in the morning - it gets shipped same day.
Anyways, it should be here within 2 weeks, in meanwhile I'll either order that kydex sheath online or make deal with local maker to send him the knife once it's here.
I've ordered from that site once before and experience was the same, if you order in the morning - it gets shipped same day.
Anyways, it should be here within 2 weeks, in meanwhile I'll either order that kydex sheath online or make deal with local maker to send him the knife once it's here.
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Love the knife on the rightmost with the exception of the sharp, triangle-y crossguards.Cold Steel Warcraft Tanto. Some of the best 3V I've come across in a production knife.
4th from the left in this pic:
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Thanks.
That's a blade by Mineral Mountain.
It's a dedicated "fighter" and as such, has those blade stop/catch guards as part of the design.
It's a well made knife.
Update... my Recon Tanto should arrive this week. Gonna post impressions once it arrives.
Also ordered custom kydex sheath from RK Custom about the day after I ordered the knife.
Why?
1. So I can carry and use the knife without constant dulling.
2. Local custom maker was slow on responses and I got no real price info either so it felt kinda odd to spam and double text the guy in order to buy from him.
3. Considering the time it'd be needed for the knife to arrive and then for me to send it to him, and then for him to make the sheath and ship it to him - it takes less time for my sheath to be made in the US and gets shipped to EU.
4. Even with shipping cost and import tax - it's not that expensive (around the same price as custom sheath here)
Also ordered custom kydex sheath from RK Custom about the day after I ordered the knife.
Why?
1. So I can carry and use the knife without constant dulling.
2. Local custom maker was slow on responses and I got no real price info either so it felt kinda odd to spam and double text the guy in order to buy from him.
3. Considering the time it'd be needed for the knife to arrive and then for me to send it to him, and then for him to make the sheath and ship it to him - it takes less time for my sheath to be made in the US and gets shipped to EU.
4. Even with shipping cost and import tax - it's not that expensive (around the same price as custom sheath here)