Reverse Tanto should be more popular

I usually EDC a 942 and a 710s for work.

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I recently picked up a 913D2 Stryker (assisted opener):

I didn't care for the way it almost jumped out of my
hand when opening, and the pressure need to close it.

I removed the torsion assist bar, a very simple process.
So now it's just a regular manual opening liner lock.

What a great knife!
3.5" D2 Spearpoint blade, titanium liner lock, full G10 scales.
Hefty feel in large hands, and still flicks open very fast.
(The 942 could have numbered days..)


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I recently reviewed the Kershaw Random Leek (link below) and like the reverse tanto blade very much. For practical purposes, a reverse tanto is very much like a modified Wharncliffe, the only difference being the forward portion of the blade spine which is really just cosmetic ... but the reverse tanto's 'cosmetics' are quite handsome, IMO.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=594351
 
Reverse tanto seems mostly a marketing term. It's really more like a modernized spey blade. ;)
 
If you look at the edge of a reverse tanto and the edge, not top, of a Delica, aren't they pretty much the same? I'm looking at my Reverse Tanto Leek right now. Basically an wharncliffe edge with a bit of a rise towards the point is what I'm seeing.
 
wanna do this:

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Steven Andrews did this over at the Benchmade forum.

Anyone else think this makes it look awesome and way better?
 
i like it a lot, i just received my first one the other day, its a kershaw random LE leek.
(also my first leek) im quite pleased :)
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TWO THINGS:
1) The pictured 940 looks more like a SKINNER than anything else.
2) The TANTO pictures most people have in their heads do not really have a Japanese orgin but are the result of a dream Cold Steel's Lynn Thompson in the early 1980's.
--ho
 
To me these aren't really reverse tantos but modified clip points. Also, the tip won't be as strong as a regular tanto because it doesn't have the thickness of the spine behind it, it only has the thickness of whatever the primary grind is.
 
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