TANTO - JAPANESE KNIVES

New product in store. Pending Further description, dimensions and photos.  Listing is for 1x O'Tanto only. - Knife & sheath. Does not include any other items in photo.

Our handmade Black Dragon tanto has a fully tempered, polished and sharpened carbon steel blade. It features a beautiful bo-hi (blood groove) on a time tested shinogi-zukuri blade profile. 

The blade is forged, hammered and folded 'Pattern Welded Steel'. Commonly known as 'Damascus Steel' as the final product is very similar to the steel mined from the Damascus mines of a bygone era. It is produced from combining steels of different grades...

The wonderful thing about our Damascus steel is its always hand-forged. Artisan blacksmiths make these knives using traditional methods, good old hammer and anvil. Honouring skills passed down through millennia. This produces something intrinsically...

Walnut wood always makes fantastic knife handles. One of our favourite timbers. This contemporary style Japanese Samurai knife is a little stunner!    See About Damascus Steel for additional info.