Tanto Red Oak

Tanto red oak

Tanto it is the Japanese knife. The first ones so much they appeared in the Heian Era (794-1185) being used mainly as weapons. Beginning with the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) Hirai and uchi-sori so much they became very popular as a style. After the middle of the Kamakura period the models of so much kanmuri-otoshi became the dominant patterns in the cities of Kyoto and Yamato. Thus tanto blades began to be forged longer and wider. It was an influence of the appearance of the sword shut up, an influence that also fell on Hamonof the The Muromachi period was a turbulent period, with battles that made the production of so much to become mass-produced, so the quality of these knives (not the super-quality production, but the regular ones) was lost somewhat.

Tanto red oak is a training weapon, used in the dojo to perfect self-defense techniques. Tanto wood has the shape aikuchi, i.e. the mount (koshirae) this knife has no tsuba.

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