Japanese Tanto 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 these blades.

The primary starting point for any Japanese Samurai knife building project.

Key Features:

• Select from T10 steel or 1095 steel knife blanks – two of the best knife smithing steels available.
• Genuine clay tempered blade, with visible Hamon. 
• Perfectly balanced & versatile fixed Tanto blade – equally effective cutting, slashing & thrusting blade. 
• Shinken knife blade – fully functional, deadly and sharpened blade.

Japanese Tanto Blade Specifications:

• Blade length: 31cm (with Habaki fitted – 33cm).
• Blade width: 3.2cm.
• Blade thickness: 0.7cm.
• Tang length: 13cm.
• Blade material (optional): T10 or 1095 high carbon steel knife blade. 
• Tempering: Genuine clay tempered blade, with visible Hamon. 
• Hardness: 60HRC.
• Tang: Full tang knife blade. 
• Item: Japanese Tanto blades.