Tanto blade recommendations

Workingsloth777

Workingsloth777

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Hi all! So I'm currently looking to add a tanto blade to my collection and am just curious to see what people recommend. Here's some of my conditions

- under $250
- I'm looking for a folder but if you have a fixed blade in mind I'd be interested to hear about it
- you have to swear to pronounce tanto ( tawn-toe ) not ( tan-toe ) as it should be :)

Thx,
Workingsloth777
 
My favorites have been the cold steel recon 1 tanto and the Microtech Socom Elite Tanto.

The recon 1 is especially impressive because of the hollow ground belly paired with the stout, flat ground tip. Very functional in my experience.
 
I heard they were releasing a Para 2 tanto at blade show, Emerson is always up there.
Cold Steel has almost every model with a tanto blade tri ad lock
 
Cold steel for production, Pieter Swanepoel for handmade.
 
Grandmaster said:
I heard they were releasing a Para 2 tanto at blade show, Emerson is always up there.
Cold Steel has almost every model with a tanto blade tri ad lock
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Oh ya! I almost forgot about the para 2 tanto ( that kinda fun to say :) )

I'm anxious to see how that turns out.
 
marrenmiller said:
My favorites have been the cold steel recon 1 tanto and the Microtech Socom Elite Tanto.

The recon 1 is especially impressive because of the hollow ground belly paired with the stout, flat ground tip. Very functional in my experience.
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Im a sucker for the hollow grinds.

I think they look especially good on tanto blades.
 
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Workingsloth777 said:
Hi all! So I'm currently looking to add a tanto blade to my collection and am just curious to see what people recommend. Here's some of my conditions

- under $250
- I'm looking for a folder but if you have a fixed blade in mind I'd be interested to hear about it
- you have to swear to pronounce tanto ( tawn-toe ) not ( tan-toe ) as it should be :)

Thx,
Workingsloth777
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Any idea what size blade you are looking for? Any idea what the use profile will be? (Edc, heavy duty work cutting, just a sexy knife you look at sometimes?)
 
Lapedog said:
Any idea what size blade you are looking for? Any idea what the use profile will be? (Edc, heavy duty work cutting, just a sexy knife you look at sometimes?)
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the use profile is that it is going to get put in my collection and maybe cut some stuff every now and then ( boxes etc. ) so I'm not gonna be to picky about blade size and use. Just want a tanto to add to the collection since the only one I have at the moment is a CRKT m-14le.

So I guess this falls under (just a sexy knife you look at sometimes). :)
 
Chris8 said:
Benchmade bailout :D
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I love my bugout so I looked at the bailout but I just didn't do it for me. I don't understand why they'd use a hard use outdoor fixed blade steel like 3v and put it on a knife that is more of a lightweight edc.

Plus the grivory doesn't really do it for me anymore.
 
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Workingsloth777 said:
the use profile is that it is going to get put in my collection and maybe cut some stuff every now and then ( boxes etc. ) so I'm not gonna be to picky about blade size and use. Just want a tanto to add to the collection since the only one I have at the moment is a CRKT m-14le.

So I guess this falls under (just a sexy knife you look at sometimes). :)
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Personally some of my favourite tantos are Emerson cqc7s. I don’t know how you feel about Emersons but they tend to be my first choice for tanto folders. I also highly recommend the now discontinued ZT 620 if you can find one.

I was really impressed by the Bestech titanium Kendo I got to play with recently.

I don’t know if you can scare one up but the Spyderco Lum tantos are quite nice knives. If that para 2 tanto ever comes out the one Eric previewed had a Lum style tanto grind.

I highly recommend you just cruise the for sale section of this forum and see what tantos you can find for below 250$.
 
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