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A tantō (短刀, ' short blade ') [1] is a traditionally made Japanese knife [2] (nihontō) [3] [4] that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantō dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate.
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.
Tantō with blunt wooden or plastic blades are used to practice martial arts. Metal blades can be used in more advanced training and in demonstrations. Styles that use tantō: Budō (Gendai): Aikido; Shorinji Kempo; Bugei: Yanagi-ryū Aiki Bugei (Yoshida-ha Shidare Yanagi-ryū) Ogawa-ryu Bugei; Bujutsu (Koryū):
Blade with a signature Made by Tomonari (友成作, Tomonari-saku) (from the Ko-Bizen school); nashiji lacquer and paulownia design in mother of pearl inlay Blade had been damaged by fire and subsequently retempered; said to have belonged to Ashikaga Takauji: 20.3 cm (8.0 in) 37.2 cm (14.6 in) Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima ...
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.
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.
Historically in Japan, the ideal blade of a Japanese sword has been considered to be the kotō (古刀) (lit., "old swords") in the Kamakura period, and the swordsmiths from the Edo period (1603–1868) to the present day from the shinō (新刀) (lit., "new swords") period focused on reproducing the blade of the Japanese sword made in Kamakura ...
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. This common profile was chosen to allow for easy comparison between styles.