Cold Steel has always been a marketing company producing attention grabing advertising to sell product. The original tanto was marketed using magazine ads showing the tanto thrust through an automobile car door. The idea was to show the tip was not damaged as it penetrated the car door. Indeed this Japanese made tanto is tough as well as beautiful.
This knife features a tapered smooth polished brass pommel and polished brass guard. The pommel is shaped to focus power to a point to maximize offensive destruction. Sometimes called the skull crusher pommel. The pommel has a lanyard hole. The full knife length is 8.25" and the blade length is 4.25". The blade width is 3/16. From the guard to the pommel is a rubber-like diamond patterned handle covering called Kraton which provides a good grip. The handle is somewhat oval shaped to prevent the knife from rolling in the hand.
The primary blade grind is hollow (concave or curved inward) from roughly the middle of the blade cheek to the blade edge giving the remaining blade spine the full 3/16 thickness. The blade's hollow grind has a high polish satin finish and is extremely smooth. The high cheek of the blade is line grain satin finish but not as polished and the top of the spine is flat with a high polish. The blade has a gradual upswept profile similar to the Japanese katana swords.
Specifications:
- Blade length: 4.25"
- Blade Thickness: 0.1875"
- Handle Length: 4"
- Handle Thickness: 0.5"
- Overall Length: 8.25"
- Blade material: High Carbon Steel
- Handle material: polymer / brass
- Sheath: stitched Leather
MODEL: 13A PO