Japanese Fighting Knife

Characteristics include a hard, reliable battle edge, which will hold its edge and stay sharp for longer than any other steel used for blade-smithing. Furthermore, the blade encapsulates good resilience and elasticity, as one would expect from any combat functional blade.

Further promoting perfection, is the very difficult process of clay tempering the blade. This process precisely facilitates hardening of the blade’s edge, while leaving the blade’s core and spine softer and thus resilient. Definitely a marker of advanced Japanese blade making technology and visibly identifiable on this knife’s blade. 

The natural hardwood scabbard, along with the quality and reserved knife fittings, complement this Samurai knife very nicely. And the hardwood, wrapped with real stingray-skin & quality polyester cord form a traditional Tanto knife aesthetic and very effective Japanese Samurai handle grip. 

This fixed blade Tanto dagger is a practical and inconspicuous piece of combat art. It’s highly collectable, a pleasure to own and makes a formidable close quarters fighting knife. 

Key Features:

• T10 steel Tanto blade knife – very high carbon steel with a hard, reliable battle edge, along with good resilience.
• Genuine clay tempered blade with visible Hamon. 
• Quality knife fittings, handle & scabbard materials.
• Perfectly balanced & versatile fixed blade Tanto knife – equally effective cutting, slashing and thrusting weapon.

Japanese Fighting Knife Specifications:

• Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
• Overall Tanto length: 51cm.
• Tanto blade length: 31cm.
• Width of blade: 3.2cm.
• Thickness of blade: 0.7cm.
• Blade material: T10 high carbon steel.
• Genuine clay tempered blade with visible wave Hamon line.
• Hardness: Core & spine – 30 HRC; edge 60 HRC.
• Handle (Tsuka) length: 14cm.
• Handle (Tsuka) material: Hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin & quality polyester cord Ito (handle wrap).
• Tanto sheath (Saya) material: Natural white hardwood + quality Sageo (scabbard wrap).
• Knife fittings materials: Zinc alloy / brass.
• Bo Hi (fuller): Single blood-groove on both sides of the blade.
• Tang: Full tang Tanto knife.
• Included: Sword bag. 
• Item: Best Tanto knives.