Unokubi Zukuri Tanto (Tendick-Williams Blade design) Cutting Video

BenR.T.

BenR.T.

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Hey guys, here is the other recently completed Williams project.
This one is a 12" blade, Unokubi Zukuri tanto in CPM 3V.
It is based on a traditional, although not extremely common blade style. It is similar to a Kanmuri Otashi style blade, but it leaves more steel to reinforce the tip.

Here is a pretty decent chart showing the different styles.



James does't typically have tsuba on on his designs, so this one features a low profile turks knot "guard". It's small enough to act as a hand stop, but not so much it makes the profile to thick.

Here is the finished blade.



Here is James cutting a tanto size tatami mat.....


And finally a sword size mat...


Needless to say I am quite pleased with the performance. :cool:
 
So clean! So fine! Love this design, Ben. Apparently James does too! Thanks for sharing the profile/cross section designs, always appreciate this kind of information. Watching James cut with your blade is pretty impressive. Mike
 
that guy can cut!
 
Yet another fantastic design, and it clearly cuts with scary ease. The blackened flats and fullers look great, and as much as I love the Titanium guards you've used on your Tanto/Wakizashi models in the past, the Turk's Head knot suits this larger design well. Nicely done.
 
I love everything about the whole package. And what does one do when that's the case? Hopefully see it for sale in the Exchange, and it was.

Bob
 
Way back in 2006 I was working on an article on the Hissatsu and playing phone Tag, trying to talk to James Williams with no luck. Had to leave to work the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, FL. We got our booth set up, and I looked across the aisle, and there was James, demonstrating his techniques of using the Hissatsu. Got to watch and talk to him over the next three days of the show, and as is evident in the videos, he knows what he is doing, and obviously so does Ben. John
 
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