Tanto Tango

[gris91]

Can someone that has used both Tanto's and conventional blades give me their points of view? I see no advantage with a Tanto, I mean, lesser good for penetration but maybe better at cutting or what?

 

[SIFU1A]

depends on the tanto, emersons are hard to sharpen chisel edge blades which imho do not cut as well as a regular "V" grind blade for normal edc use, but are ok for sure, and also i like the handle shape and the "look" the emersons have myself, others like a BM stryker or spyderco lum are "V" grinds (well most of them) which really cut just fine for edc and are not hard to sharpen. i think the tanto has the edge in penetration, others are better for slicing and edc carry.

me, i just like the way emersons look, and the grip fits my hand well, and have finally learned to sharpen the chisel grind blades, so i like them, though some dont

seems like ya either really like them/or hate them not a lot of middle ground.

greg