Tanto challenge

[LostCause]

For next 2 months (May and June) I will be using exclusively these 2 knives.

I heard plenty of people say how tantos aren't particularly useful for anything except stabbing car hoods.
I like tantos. And my guess is that it's just a myth. So, after seeing another challenge on here (small knife challenge), I decided to do a tanto challenge. And thanks to personal bet with my real life friend - I will only be using tanto knives for next 2 months.

Now I wonder if anyone disliking tanto knives will try to do similar challenge and if that might change their opinion of tanto blades...

 

[norcalAF]

You need a tanto Inkosi in your life, the grind is spectacular!

 

[Blues]

As is the Umnumzaan...

 

[LostCause]

You need a tanto Inkosi in your life, the grind is spectacular!

As is the Umnumzaan...

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Price of both is eye watering in all honesty. As for my financial situation - Recon1 will do. They are however beautiful knives.

 

[norcalAF]

This is by far my favorite tanto. It is firmly in the never sell pile!

 

[LostCause]

This is by far my favorite tanto. It is firmly in the never sell pile!

That's a beautiful knife, how is it as EDC?

 

[norcalAF]

It doesn't get carried much these days, but it is wicked sharp and the wave works very well.

 

[Richard338]

I like American tanto blades in folders. I carried this BM daily for 20 years. I have rotated through a few new things, but recently landed on this OTF.

 

[LEGION 12]

 

[Barman1]

I only own one for some reason.
Not a bad one to own though.

 

[AntDog]

In.

 

[LostCause]

I plan to use Recon Tanto even to prep meat for 1st May BBQ. I look forwards to seeing how it performs on such tasks.

 

[DocJD]

If you include the traditional type tanto that has just a single curved edge , with no second point / front edge , you can do almost any task .

These are more pointed , which is all that limits some tanto tips with low angle leading edge .

 

[LostCause]

If you include the traditional type tanto that has just a single curved edge , with no second point / front edge , you can do almost any task .

These are more pointed , which is all that limits some tanto tips with low angle leading edge .

I 100% agree, but I'll just use what I already have at hand. Buying a knife specifically for a challenge isn't really my thing for few things:

1. I'm kinda broke at the moment.
2. I want to see performance of knives I already own.
3. These knives are also pretty much what a lot people imagine when they hear a word "tanto".
4. I'm willing to bet there is more people out there that own Recon Tanto than Fox Ryu for example. In Europe, Recon Tanto can be bought for under 60€ which is what your average Joe will buy, more expensive variations still have same size and grind. About Recon 1 - I'd get Voyager for tanto folder... but I got Recon1 tanto as birthday gift (because I lost my spear point Recon1), so that's why I'm using Recon1.

 

[1911bphil]

I can incorporate this into the large knife challenge using my Golden Eye Tanto. I'll also use my Koben as my fixed blade along with a few other knives I carry.

 

[eveled]

Definitely not participating in this one.

 

[David Mary]

A tanto, like any, knife is going to be more useful if it was well designed and executed, and less useful if it was poorly design and/or poorly executed.

 

[norcalAF]

A tanto, like any, knife is going to be more useful if it was well designed and executed, and less useful if it was poorly design and/or poorly executed.

Funny you should mention this, I have a very well executed tanto of yours!

 

[91bravo]

Someone send me a tanto so I can participate!

 

[David Mary]

Someone send me a tanto so I can participate!

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