H-Class Tanto... Bill's new great blade

[Ambush Master]

Originally Posted by azmg

Nice blade and where might one pick this up?

A start would be to PM Bill with your requests!!

[PiterM]

My personal Holy Grail has been just kydexed... by myself of course!

[signedknife]

Piter
Your Kydex work is great. I had a look at the sheath you made for the A/F folder fantastic !!
Thanks Bryan

[Casket]

Where’d the name “H-Class Tanto” come from?

I thought that knife was going to be called something else.

Gary

[Trip_Wire (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Usually I'm not either but I'm willing to make an exception once in a while.
Thanks for the kind words.

Advantage of a tanto type blade is more steel in the tip lending it to last longer when used to pierce tough stuff and prying. Around here it's just called the "breaking knife".

Witness Piter's is still in one piece, so far.

it's a nice looking knife Bill.

I suspect the Tanto blade will pierce soft body armor better too.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by Casket

Where’d the name “H-Class Tanto” come from?

I thought that knife was going to be called something else.

Gary

"H-Class" refers to a particular grade of work as in the best custom shop work I can do, here by myself.
The Operation name for the tanto project is close hold.

[Casket]

Roger that Mr. Harsey.

Thanks for the clarification.

Gary

[Claemore]

This is my favorite of your fixed blades, Mr. Harsey. Beautiful knife!

[PiterM]

Just an update... enjoy!

[Barbarian]

VERY nice pic, Piter.

Mr. Harsey, I believe the tanto blades made by you and the late Mr Bob Lum are less angular, and a far superior design to most of the generic tantos one normally sees everywhere. Exquisite piece of work.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by Barbarian

VERY nice pic, Piter.

Mr. Harsey, I believe the tanto blades made by you and the late Mr Bob Lum are less angular, and a far superior design to most of the generic tantos one normally sees everywhere. Exquisite piece of work.

Barbarian,
Thanks.
I don't know if I've written this here before and I'm not going to try searching either but here it is:

The word "tanto" in Japanese swords refers to an edged weapon with a blade length that converted from Japan measurement to United States Customary Units had a blade length of between 6 and 12 inches.

There is no definition of a particular blade shape or point type and I have seen and handled many Japanese tantos from modern to 700 years before present.
None of these had the abrupt chisel point that has become popular.

[Ken Brock]

that Mr. Harsey does some very nice work