Tanto Bushido, Natural wood - Blade with fuller, Sharpened

Tanto Bushido, Natural wood - Blade with fuller, Sharpened

The Tanto is a Japanese knife used by the samurai. It is a single-edged weapon with a blade size of less than 30 cm without taking the Habaki into account.
If we break down the term "Tanto", we have the grouping of 2 words :

• "tan" : short
• "to" : katana, blade

This tanto is made in a traditional forge specialized in the manufacture of high quality Japanese weapons and an exclusive design.

This Tanto is a Hamidashi (tanto with guard) / Aikuchi (tanto without guard). It has a sharp blade (Maru) straight with a central fuller (Bohi), a hamon, a handle (Tsuka) in natural varnished wood, a black guard (Tsuba) and a beautiful scabbard (Saya) made of light varnished wood.

This Tanto can be used for cutting practice.

Characteristics :

Blade (Maru):

• Tanto with sharpened blade and fuller (Bohi)
• Blade composition : High carbon steel (1065)
• Blade length (with Habaki) : 23.5 cm
• Blade length (without Habaki) : 21.5 cm
• Blade width : 2.6 cm
• Blade thickness : 0.7 cm

Handle (Tsuka)

• Handle length : 14 cm

Scabbard (Saya) :

• Scabbard dimensions : 28 x 4.5 x 1 cm
• Scabbard weight : 0.105 kg

Total dimensions (length and weight) :

• Length of tanto (with scabbard) : 43 cm
• Length of tanto (without scabbard) : 39 cm
• Weight of the tanto only : 0.335 kg
• Total weight of the weapon (weapon and scabbard) : 0.44 kg