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Old 04-21-2011, 19:15   #10
Ken Brock
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Carolina
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thanks for the kind words guys!

I'm sure Mr. Harsey can answer the traditional vs. Amercianized tanto question but here's my stab at it

the traditional Japanese tanto had a grind more like the top knife in the picture attached here.

The Americanized version is angular and had a secondary grind on the tip, like the knife that Swatsurgeon posted or like the bottom knife in the picture I attached
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