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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
English: Several common and uncommon tanto profiles with cross sections at various key locations. The general blade shape is based on an approximately 25 cm long, 17 mm wide (near the tang), approximately straight hira style blade forged in the early 14th century.
While the straight tip on the "American tanto" is identical to traditional Japanese fukura, two characteristics set it apart from Japanese sword makes: The absolute lack of curve only possible with modern tools, and the use of the word "tanto" in the nomenclature of the western tribute is merely a nod to the Japanese word for knife or short ...
Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese knife fighting systems that used the tantō (短刀), as a knife or dagger. [1] Historically, many women used a version of the tantō, called the kaiken, for self-defense, but warrior women in pre-modern Japan learned one of the tantōjutsu arts to fight in battle.
Tantō, a Japanese combat knife; Tanto, a type of tactical knife tip style or knives with said tip style. Daihatsu Tanto, a concept car based on the Daihatsu Move kei car; Kris Paronto (born 1971), known as Tanto
Visual glossary of Japanese sword terms. Japanese swordsmithing is the labour-intensive bladesmithing process developed in Japan beginning in the sixth century for forging traditionally made bladed weapons [1] [2] including katana, wakizashi, tantō, yari, naginata, nagamaki, tachi, nodachi, ōdachi, kodachi, and ya.
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Gassan school yoroi-doshi tanto. Signed "Yoshiteru", c. 1865, 0.5 in (13 mm) motogasane, (blade thickness) at the hamachi (the notch at the beginning of the cutting edge), 10 in (250 mm) nagasa (cutting edge), "ayasugi hada” which looks like a series of undulating rolling waves.