1095 high carbon steel is one of the highest carbon content steels used for both sword-smithing and knife-making. It’s arguably the best steel available for both Katana and knife-making, with characteristics including a very reliable, hard and sharp battle edge, along with excellent blade elasticity and resilience, which 1095 being technically a higher carbon content spring steel, is renowned for.
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 lacquered hardwood scabbard, along with its painted artwork and solid brass knife fittings, complement this Samurai Tanto 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 reverent piece of combat art. It’s highly collectable, a pleasure to own and makes a formidable close quarters Japanese Tanto knife.
Key Features:
- 1095 steel Tanto blade knife – hard, reliable cutting edge, along with excellent blade elasticity & 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.
- High ornamental & dagger display value – decorative knife with intricate fittings, a modest color scheme and a beautiful painted artwork scabbard.
Tanto Blade Knife Specifications:
- Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
- Overall Tanto length: 55cm.
- Tanto blade length: 33cm.
- Width of blade: 3.2cm.
- Thickness of blade: 0.6cm.
- Blade material: 1095 high carbon steel.
- Genuine clay tempered blade with visible wave Hamon line.
- Hardness: Core & spine – 30 HRC; edge 60 HRC.
- Handle (Tsuka) length: 16cm.
- Handle (Tsuka) material: Hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin & quality polyester cord Ito (handle wrap).
- Tanto sheath (Saya) material: Painted artwork and lacquered, hardwood + quality Sageo (scabbard wrap).
- Knife fittings material: Brass.
- Mekugio: 1x bamboo pin.
- Bo Hi (fuller): Double blood-groove on both sides of the blade.
- Tang: Full tang Tanto knife.
- Weight: 0.8kg (including scabbard weight).
- Included: Sword bag.
- Item: Best Tanto knives.