Reverse Tanto should be more popular

[mongomondo]

The Benchmade 940 blade has the best of both worlds in my opinion. Has the reinforced tip that a tanto provides but it still has the smooth uninterrupted cutting surface of a regular blade. It looks a little ugly, but it works. Anyone else think the reverse tanto is great?

 

[jeepin]

I love em, I think they look great.:thumbup:

 

[kda89508]

The 940 is one of the best! Kevin :thumbup:

 

[Shawn B.]

I love the reverse tanto blade configuration. I stopped edc'ing my 913D2 after I purchased a Rift 950. Super smooth opening and you gotta love the AXIS lock.

 

[samhain73]

It is the sheepsfoot perfected. :thumbup:

 

[lsstaipei]

It reminds me a traditional Japanese utility pattern for whittling.It works really well.

http://www.ehamono.com/washiki/higo/index.html

 

[ducksoup]

What's the difference between reverse tanto and clip point?

 

[tomcrx]

Reversed Tanto????? Sounds like a marketing term LOL, is it great at not un-peircing things?

Designer: "Let's put a wharncliff blade on it!"

Marketing: "But it won't attract the uninformed. They are 40% of our market"

Designer: "So."

Marketing: "I know lets call it the 'Reverse Tanto' ?, That will be uber-cool."

Designer: "WTF. If you say so."

 

[Phil Elmore]

I'm really sick and tired of people deriding anything with which they happen to disagree or that they do not prefer as somehow "mall ninja."

 

[tomcrx]

I'm really sick and tired of people deriding anything with which they happen to disagree or that they do not prefer as somehow "mall ninja."

So sorry Phil that the comment and sarcasm somehow cause your immune system to malfunction and render you ill. I edited the post to remove the odious term. My humblest apologies.

 

[enderwiggin]

What's the difference between reverse tanto and clip point?

Clip Point

Modified (Because of the curve at the top of the blade) Reverse Tanto

Wharncliffe

 

[Nikx]

Umm, a Wharncliffe comes down with a smooth curve on top and the edge is very straight with no belly.

Benchmade's "reverse tanto" is curved both on the top and bottom, with a thick reinforced tip.

I don't see how you could equate the two.

 

[tomcrx]

Umm, a Wharncliffe comes down with a smooth curve on top and the edge is very straight with no belly.

Benchmade's "reverse tanto" is curved both on the top and bottom, with a thick reinforced tip.

I don't see how you could equate the two.

Some "reverse tanto" designs, like Boker, etc have a straight edge and the tip is straight back to the spine at an angle. i.e. hold a western tanto upside down and imagine the spine is sharpened and the rest is dull.

Benchmade's looks more like a spearpoint with the top grind flattened

Most western "tanto points" are defined by a yokote where the tip and edge grinds meet or at least a distinct differentiation between the two. The Benchmade style Reverse or any other that I have seen do not have that feature.

 

[diamdave]

I think the Kershaw Leek Reverse Tanto is a picture perfect example. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture

 

[jlfletcher83]

I really like them I think they are a very useful blade shape. I love my 940 and the 950 looks awesome I might get one.

 

[chasden]

So, would the Hatamoto fall into the "reverse tanto" category?

 

[shecky]

I'm really sick and tired of people deriding anything with which they happen to disagree or that they do not prefer as somehow "mall ninja."

Only a mall ninja would say something like that. *Git him, boys!*

The blade pictured looks more like a clipped point to me. "Reverse Tanto" conjures a different blade style in my mind. The Americanized tanto is a blade that has at least two distinct edges that intersect near the point of the blade. One edge usually has minimal to no belly running most of the blade length, sharply intersecting a second, usually straight, edge near the tip, making for a fairly stout and durable point.

As depicted, the "reverse tanto" doesn't seem to have two distinct edges that intersect. It simply has a short clipped point like a spey blade.

 

[440hard]

shecky is right, the 940 is actually a "clipped clip point" or "dovetail clip point".
I guess "reverse tanto" sounds cooler, it's easier to remember anyway.

Regardless the Benchmade Osborne model 94x is an outstanding medium use knife
design with a silky smooth axis lock, highly recommended if you've never tried one.

-Ron

 

[Bimmer1]

Check out the mini-Grip model 556

 

[65535]

I have a 940, my SMF replaced it as did a 710 D2 for before I lost it. It's a silky smooth folder with a surprisingly tough blade for such a small size. I go back and forth between my opinion on it. I really am a die hard spear/drop point fan though.