Tanto in a Kitchen knife set?

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gte217e

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Hey everyone,
Has anyone ever seen a tanto knife in a Kitchen knife set? And what could be the use of a tanto knife in the kitchen if one was provided.

Asking for a friend; and this is actually a serious question.
Personally, I have no clue what a tanto knife could be used for in the kitchen.

Thanks
 
gte217e said:
Hey everyone,
Has anyone ever seen a tanto knife in a Kitchen knife set? And what could be the use of a tanto knife in the kitchen if one was provided.

Asking for a friend; and this is actually a serious question.
Personally, I have no clue what a tanto knife could be used for in the kitchen.

Thanks
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Looking cool while cutting in the Kitchen would be the primary use, and of course if you were attacked by Ninja you would have a defensive knife in hand! I don’t claim to speak Japanese by it’s my understanding that the name of Tanto means Women’s Knife! —————-Unless you are referring to the Lone Rangers side kick! Tanto?
 
the Japanese eel knives have a tanto look to them
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Looking cool while cutting in the Kitchen would be the primary use, and of course if you were attacked by Ninja you would have a defensive knife in hand! I don’t claim to speak Japanese by it’s my understanding that the name of Tanto means Women’s Knife! —————-Unless you are referring to the Lone Rangers side kick! Tanto?
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Umm..were did you hear this "woman's knife" thing?
Tanto is written 短刀, literally "short sword/knife".
I can assure you that it does not mean "woman's knife".
Women of Samurai class carried a short Tanto known as a Kaiken.
(Often written Kwaiken, but pronounced Kaiken.)
Perhaps this is the source?
 
KenHash said:
Umm..were did you hear this "woman's knife" thing?
Tanto is written 短刀, literally "short sword/knife".
I can assure you that it does not mean "woman's knife".
Women of Samurai class carried a short Tanto known as a Kaiken.
(Often written Kwaiken, but pronounced Kaiken.)
Perhaps this is the source?
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From others that were advanced in the art of Japanese sword fighting & Sword Making, As I said, I don’t claim to be able to read or speak Japanese.
 
Yes, I saw you specifically stated that you do not speak Japanese. So I never implied that you did.
I do however. Whoever these "others" are they gave you misinformation.
That's all. No big deal.
 
I have used a Cold Steel Recon Tanto to split Rutabega and Cabbages to prepair them for the pot.

I'm not particularly proud of it but I also own a cheap Taiwanese Katana to split watermelons
with a minimum of fuss and muss, but only because someone stole an Ancestor's Sabre during
a burglary and I needed something with a long enough blade and the Katana was cheap, but
though cheap and 440 stainless it took enough of an edge to be "useful" while "processing" a deer
 
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