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A popular style of blade, known simply as a Tanto in the US and Europe. The blade is similar in style to the Tantō, except that instead of a curved tip, the tip is squared at a shear angle. The shear angle may facilitate the stabbing effectiveness of the blade, and make the process of sharpening simpler. An American style Tanto knife
The motogasane (blade thickness) at the munemachi (the notch at the beginning of the back edge of the blade) can be up to 1 cm (0.39 in) thick, which is characteristic of the yoroi-dōshi. The extra thickness at the spine of the blade distinguishes the yoroi-dōshi from a standard tantō blade.
Shintōgo Kunimitsu (新藤五国光) was a Japanese swordsmith and was especially famous for making Tantō.He is the founder of the Soshu-den tradition. Usually he used suguha Hamon.
Japanese sword blades were often forged with different profiles, different blade thicknesses, and varying amounts of grind. Wakizashi and tantō were not simply scaled-down katana but were often forged without a ridge ( hira-zukuri ) or other such forms which were very rare on katana .
The introduction states that the Japanese tanto blade design has been brought to the west in the form of tactical knives, but this is misleading, bordering on incorrect. There are indeed "tanto point" knives, but the design is almost unrecognizable to that of a Japanese tanto. The knives in this image have what are called "tanto" points:
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A recurved tanto blade folding knife. 3.5" recurved tanto G10 scales, Titanium liners 8" 2008 A-100 A spearpoint folding knife based on an early Custom Design. 3.6" Spearpoint G10 scales, Titanium liners 8.4" 2008 Super CQC-8 A scaled-up version of the CQC-8. 4.3" G10 scales, Titanium liners 10.2" 2009 Mini A-100 A downsized version of the A ...