Hello Joe,
I was just trying to think of a situation where one would need to stab a knife through a car door.....How about when a '66 Buick, suffering from Mad Car Disease attacks you?
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Hello Joe,
I was just trying to think of a situation where one would need to stab a knife through a car door.....How about when a '66 Buick, suffering from Mad Car Disease attacks you?
Originally posted by glockman99
I never saw anything too much wrong with Tanto...He was a good friend/sidekick for The Lone Ranger..
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Originally posted by Cougar Allen
Um ... Joe ... are you taking any medications? Cough syrup, maybe? One time I took two tablespoons of cough syrup when I should have taken two teaspoons and it had an amazing effect on me.... Seems like you've forgotten some things you used to know.
Auto bodies are made of very thin mild steel and just about any knife can penetrate it. The only exceptions are filet knives (too flexible) and maybe some folders; some folders have a lock that'll give if you breathe on it....
Nobody ever used anything even vaguely resembling an American tanto to penetrate armor. Most real tantos are slashing knives and the few that are thrusting knives bear no resemblance to an American tanto; they look just like the European daggers designed to thrust through armor ... naturally.... A katana has a complex point design that's never single-sided and never just a simple angle, and they're designed for slashing anyway -- the story about using broken katanas to make tantos out of is possibly the most bizarre part of the legend.
Back to what's wrong with an American tanto:
Well, if it has a single-sided grind it doesn't want to cut in a straight line. That doesn't matter for some purposes, does for others. Other than that, the lack of any belly at all severely limits what you can do with it -- try to skin a deer with an American tanto sometime. (It can be done, of course -- you can skin a deer with the lid off a tuna can if you have to, or a sharp rock -- but they're not the best tools for the job.)
Originally posted by Joe Talmadge
But I have seen plenty of traditional tanto patterns with the reinforced point style.
Hopefully that makes you feel better that I've retained all my faculties![]()
Okay, you and I agree on all of the above, though I still have an argument. I'd argue that the architype of the Americanized tanto is the Cold Steel tanto -- it's a geometric tanto, two-step grind (flat at tip, hollow along primary edge), and double ground. Chisel grinds on that, or at least the popular rise thereof, came later.
I consider Americanized tantos that have a chisel grind or a dropped/clipped tip to be "modified".
Actually, one other interesting point to the above. At least one experienced outdoors guy, Ron Hood, is a fan of tantos for outdoors use. Now, tanto lovers needn't get too excited, since as far as I can tell Ron and his fans may be the only folks in the world using tantos for this purpose. But, given that Ron has probably forgotten more about outdoorsmanship than I've ever known, I'd hesitate to say the tanto is useless for this, though I imagine Ron has developed special techniques, and for the vast majority of people tantos are a bad choice for this usage.
Not exactly. All military stuff including Kalashnikov assault rifle bajonet were ground on the single side to reduce production costs only, nothing to do with care about performance, strength and any other utility purposes. Directly inversely disregarding them completely.Many of the 19th and 20th Century issued military bolos (e.g. the US 1005, 1904, 1909, 1910) had single sided grinds to enhance performance and add strength
All military stuff including Kalashnikov assault rifle bajonet were ground on the single side to reduce production costs only, nothing to do with care about performance, strength and any other utility purposes.
... "triangle of death" ...
I saw only few knives what were worth requested price, in my personal opinion of course. However I saw a lot of collectors who have bough a lot knives they never will use anyway.
Originally posted by Keith Montgomery
I find the traditional tanto to be a beautiful and practical blade design. Excellent for both slash and push cutting. The big problem that I have with traditional tantos is that they cost a great deal. Not that they aren't worth it, it is just that I don't have that kind of money to spend. Wish I did.