What's a Tanto? Quick overview of the evolution of the tanto blade design!

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  • Опубліковано 25 січ 2025

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  • @louisville4762
    @louisville4762 Рік тому +7

    日本人です。
    日本人以外でここまでタントーポイントについて深く考えてる動画を初めて見ました。
    素晴らしいです。

  • @kjvwarrior777
    @kjvwarrior777 Рік тому +5

    I remember too when Cold Steel came out with those chisel style tantos. They make great work knives (folders) for scraping.

  • @ScottMiller-n4j
    @ScottMiller-n4j Рік тому +2

    Beautiful knives, just starting to get into them last few years, so much too learn

  • @sethprice241
    @sethprice241 2 роки тому +3

    Very nice explanation. I kind of knew the story but that smoothed it over. Thanks.
    Great presentation as usual.
    Well done sir.

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks for watching, Seth! 👊🗡️🔥

  • @jonbowles508
    @jonbowles508 Рік тому +5

    I own this eafengrow and I love it. I like no back guard at all if I'm using a finger choyal. The finger Choyal and jimping throw this knife into the obvious category of Japanese cowboy ranch tanto!

  • @erichusayn
    @erichusayn 2 роки тому +3

    Very cool array there. As a hadcore katana enthusiast, apart from a traditional style tanto, I love my CRKT hisshou, with after market proper saya so I can put in obi and use as a companion to a katana. I think if the samurai of old were to be resurrected today, I think we would all be surprised by what they would choose off the shelf today.

    • @erichusayn
      @erichusayn 2 роки тому +1

      I also prefer the term "American style tanto" as well.

  • @mikereese15
    @mikereese15 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome knowledge. Appreciate you sharing that with us.

  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 Рік тому +4

    Great video! I love tantos, specifically traditional Japanese style tantos...ie...James Williams designs. I have two Cold Steel Magnum Tanto XII's that I love but overall I find most Americanized tantos unappealing, especially the ones that almost look like chisels.
    Incidentally, the inventor of the American Tanto is Bob Lum not Lynn Thompson, according to Sal Glesser and a bunch of other knowledgeable people. Lynn Thompson capitalized on the design and mass produced it and made it a known commodity.

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard 2 роки тому +3

    I have a pair of the old Spyderco Bob Lum fixed blades.
    They are beautiful.

  • @kal0Blades
    @kal0Blades 2 роки тому +2

    what a great topic .... loved all the tantoes in my life. Excellent video Thanks.

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому

      Great hearing from you sir! Stop by more often... 👊🗡️🔥

  • @jeremyspaulding7735
    @jeremyspaulding7735 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent video!

  • @genuinelyconcerned3504
    @genuinelyconcerned3504 2 роки тому +3

    First knife is gorgeous 😍

  • @flashforce699
    @flashforce699 2 роки тому +2

    I got a great Tanto from a suprising place called Karate Mart its like a Extrema ratio and the handle is exquisite Its made from 1060 manganese High carbon steels and that is what train tracks are made of. Like all high carbon steels you have to oil it of cource , it is called the Modern tactical Tanto,the kydex fits perfectly its worth checking out for only $69 I think its a great buy for a quarter inch thick and 12 inch long chunk of High Carbon pointy goodness

  • @Ten_Mil_Will
    @Ten_Mil_Will 11 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video! Appreciate you taking the time to break it down. As far as the pronunciation goes - I say "Tan Toe", not "Tahn Toe" when I am referring to the "Americanized Tanto". I realize that is NOT the Japanese pronunciation but, like you said, it isnt a Japanese knife. So.... your actual traditional tantos get the Japanese pronunciation BUT the Cold Steel creation is its OWN thing and gets its own pronunciation 😁 Does that make sense? Those Japanese style knives are "Tahn toes" but that American one is a str8up TAN toe 😎

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  11 місяців тому +1

      No worries here with regards to pronunciation. We americanize a lot of foreign words and a knife by any name is still the same knife!!! 👍🗡️👊

  • @chrisscarbrough7663
    @chrisscarbrough7663 Місяць тому

    Great video. The HZ6 is a Hira-Zukuri suguha (geometry). Otanashi Noh Ken is merely the name of the knife by CRKT (J.Williams Design).
    The HZ6 is a great knife and it’s good to see it presented here!
    Thanks for the great video!

  • @w.gordonfocht9671
    @w.gordonfocht9671 Рік тому +1

    thanks for the tutorial .... i loved it.

  • @RobertBosley-wh9tl
    @RobertBosley-wh9tl 4 місяці тому

    Nice knife looks perfect

  • @Bfr3shBrian
    @Bfr3shBrian Рік тому +1

    I have the same Eafengrow, didn’t know it was a clone. What’s the original knife?

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  Рік тому +2

      I got that information from a couple of different sources and viewers but have been unable to locate the name of the original however I'll keep trying.... 👍🗡️

  • @CamboTriton
    @CamboTriton 2 роки тому +2

    I could never debate blade shapes. I know what I like and I buy it. Only important thing to me is that it's stainless steel. Impressive knowledge of Tanto blades, though! Thanks for sharing.

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому +1

      I'm certainly with you there. Find what you like and works for you, then go with it! 👍🗡️👊

  • @olafkliemt1145
    @olafkliemt1145 2 роки тому +1

    thanks for clarifying.

  • @babyreps365
    @babyreps365 Рік тому +1

    What is the first knife called with the ef marking

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  Рік тому +1

      Efangrow EF-123 ua-cam.com/video/OH8gAi7Cq6M/v-deo.html

  • @AlexsKnivesSuch
    @AlexsKnivesSuch 2 роки тому +1

    Or the Kyoto by Cold Steel.

  • @knives2my497
    @knives2my497 2 роки тому +1

    I love them all! 😁👍

  • @melvinjohansson988
    @melvinjohansson988 8 місяців тому

    Please, I need to know which knife it is in the thumbnail with the red handle

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  8 місяців тому

      Red Handle? 🤔

    • @melvinjohansson988
      @melvinjohansson988 8 місяців тому

      @@OGBladeReviews My apologies, I am unsure of how I ended up commenting on this video. I meant to ask for the knife on the far left of the thumbnail on your video named "Collection Vid: Japanese Inspired Fixed Blades! Tanto? Kwaiken? Kiridashi! Check 'em Out" released six months ago.
      I found it to be a beautiful knife with a beautiful red handle and would love the name

  • @xFallenAngel
    @xFallenAngel 2 роки тому +3

    Tamashi doesn't mean knife, it means soul. The extra i at the end is probably just so they can trademark the name.

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you! Knew I was incorrect as soon as the words left my mouth 😅 May have been thinking of kiru for sharp.

  • @vladimirkovacevic1656
    @vladimirkovacevic1656 4 місяці тому

    thats beautiful tanto and pretty g10

  • @buscadorparanormal
    @buscadorparanormal Рік тому +1

    Lo más similar a un tanto tradicional que e visto y tengo es la navaja de Ruike p-127 B

  • @profesorEDC
    @profesorEDC 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant, thank you 😁🙏

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it professor! 👍🗡️👊

  • @RobertBosley-wh9tl
    @RobertBosley-wh9tl 4 місяці тому

    Educational thx

  • @phillipmargrave
    @phillipmargrave Рік тому +1

    Tāntō

  • @XrayMike17plus1
    @XrayMike17plus1 2 роки тому

    LOL , 'taaanto' - not Tonto kemosabe... we live in such a multicultural age.

    • @OGBladeReviews
      @OGBladeReviews  2 роки тому +1

      Yes and if your history goes back far enough you will remember that masked man and his sidekick! 😅🗡️👊

    • @XrayMike17plus1
      @XrayMike17plus1 2 роки тому

      @@OGBladeReviews Sorry, couldn't resist. Thanks for that tanto vid. Very informative - as usual..