Japanese Tanto Knife

The process and technique is renowned for smithing the finest combat blades, and certainly forms a very lethal foundational core to this Japanese Samurai knife. 

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 Shinken Tanto fixed blade knife.

Completed with a hardwood, wrapped with real stingray-skin Tanto sheath, solid brass fittings – with many decorations plated in genuine gold, and a hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin handle and quality-cord handle, forming a traditional, practical and effective hand-grip.

This Japanese Tanto knife is razor-sharp and deadly, and is executed with superb craftsmanship. It’s highly collectable, a treasure to own and a formidable Tanto weapon to use.

Key Features:

• Folded knife blade – hard, reliable cutting edge, along with renowned blade elasticity & excellent resilience.
• Genuine clay tempered blade, with visible Hamon. 
• Premium fittings, handle & scabbard materials.
• Single edged knife blade – primary cutting edge, with full structural strength blade spine.
• Curved knife blade – effective cutting, slashing & thrusting Tanto fixed blade knife.
• Sharp and fully functional combat knife.

Japanese Tanto Knife Specifications:

• Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
• Overall Tanto length: 55cm.
• Handle length: 16cm.
• Tanto blade length: 33cm.
• Blade width: 3.2cm.
• Blade thickness: 0.6cm.
• Blade material: Japanese folded steel knife blade. 
• Hardness: 58HRC.
• Tempering: Genuine clay tempered blade, with visible Hamon. 
• Tanto point / tip design: Unokubi-Zukri shape.
• Tsuka (handle) material: Hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin Samegawa & quality-cord Ito (handle-wrap).
• Saya (scabbard) material: Hardwood with buffalo horn inserts, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin. 
• Sageo (scabbard-wrap) material: Quality-cord. 
• Mekugi (peg): 1x bamboo pin.
• Fittings material: Brass, with many decorations plated in genuine gold. 
• Bo-Hi (fuller): Single blood-groove on both sides of the blade.
• Tang:  Full tang Tanto knife.
• Included: Silk knife bag; certificate of authenticity. 
• Item: Tanto Japanese knife.