Why people hate on tantos?

beeinak said:
Skinning rabbits and squirrels for me was always easier if I lopped off the feet, made a slit behind the head, slid my fingers under the fur, hold the head with one hand and just peeled off the skin with the other hand. Very fast. I

I totally agree with a rounded belly making lots of things easier for most skinning and for some camp chores.

I admit I like most blade shapes as long as they are sharp. My remote cabin/land isn’t a homestead but I have a boatload of blades when I am there🤣 Good to have choices.
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Yea, I've seen people skin rabbits that way, but I've never tried it. Looks like a very efficient way. However I've never had to skin a big quantity of rabbits, if I did I'd definitely do it like that. We just grew up next to many many acres of public land, and a military training camp that we'd sneak into every day. We enjoyed just being out there and walking around with our .22lr's more than thinking about getting as many rabbits as we could. We'd normally just grab one rabbit at a time and do it every now and then. We'd go up there and shoot and hike every day though. That military training camp was cool and huge enough to where we could go all through it and very rarely see anyone. One time we found a bunker with all kinds of gunpowder and stuff. We'd also shoot and process birds though and our drop points came in very handy for that. Sometimes we'd go up there on a "survival trip" with nothing but our fixed blades, our ferro rods (or flint/magnesium sticks), and a canteen, and built a shelter and lived off the land. Sometimes we'd bring our guns. We shot, processed, and ate all kinds of things, Finches, Robins, Squirrells (extremely tasty rotisserie roasted over the fire), rabbits, trout etc. Our other friend bought a CRKT M16 tanto and we were wondering what the hell he planned to do with that. However yea, the more traditional Japanese tantos with a little belly would work ok for that too.
 
LimpCroissant said:
Yea, I've seen people skin rabbits that way, but I've never tried it. Looks like a very efficient way. However I've never had to skin a big quantity of rabbits, if I did I'd definitely do it like that. We just grew up next to many many acres of public land, and a military training camp that we'd sneak into every day. We enjoyed just being out there and walking around with our .22lr's more than thinking about getting as many rabbits as we could. We'd normally just grab one rabbit at a time and do it every now and then. We'd go up there and shoot and hike every day though. That military training camp was cool and huge enough to where we could go all through it and very rarely see anyone. One time we found a bunker with all kinds of gunpowder and stuff. We'd also shoot and process birds though and our drop points came in very handy for that. Sometimes we'd go up there on a "survival trip" with nothing but our fixed blades, our ferro rods (or flint/magnesium sticks), and a canteen, and built a shelter and lived off the land. Sometimes we'd bring our guns. We shot, processed, and ate all kinds of things, Finches, Robins, Squirrells (extremely tasty rotisserie roasted over the fire), rabbits, trout etc. Our other friend bought a CRKT M16 tanto and we were wondering what the hell he planned to do with that. However yea, the more traditional Japanese tantos with a little belly would work ok for that too.
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Sounds like great times. I love being in the woods. I quit hunting a while back and now just enjoy seeing all the critters on our place.
 
stabman said:
Got coffee today with cream on the side.
They did not include stir stick...luckily I had my ZT 0620CF, the blade of which worked quite well (didn't want to simply pour all the cream in as I like to keep it fairly dark and bitter).

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Then, after buying a turkey and a pizza, upon exiting Walmart I found a knife on the ground!
Took pictures when I got back home:

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The COMMON-MAN logo pairs nicely with the EVERYMAN translation of the Edda which arrived yesterday. Coincidence, or a case of tantos being magickal and influencing the skein of destiny, bringing me this boon? Logic dictates that tantos must be magick. ;)

Here are two more pics, with them side by side for a better view closer up:

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So there you have it.
Tantos are great for stirring coffee and finding you more knives, in addition to being capable of regular knife tasks. :D
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If they put that clip any further down on the common knife, it would be in the middle of the knife lol
 
rlewpolar said:
You don't like tantos..? Well how about recurves? You don't like those either huh. Well how about a tanto recurve!

One of these days, I’m going to add this one to the collection

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Whoah, that's the mother of all donkey schlongs! That thing would be awesome for clearing blackberry bushes and the like, I like it.
 
P.C.E. said:
It is, even in a smaller size.
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Ooh I like those micarta scales. They look nice with the oils on it from use. Yea that looks like a handy little feller for sure. A lot of people don't like recurves, and I thought I wouldn't when I first got one, but they really cut amazingly well. And they're usually not too bad to sharpen.
 
I’m guessing that some folks prolly hate on them because to them tantos seem more weapon-like than other profiles. And some folks are offended by weapons. 🤷‍♂️
Personally I think tantos are beautiful and and I particularly like the lines of the Swamp Rat Taliwhacker. It’s one of my favorite and most used outdoor knives.
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Flat ground main bevel, convex tip portion.
 
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