The Tori Tanto is a Chinese made replica of a Japanese tanto knife. Mine arrived today, and I have to say, I am impressed. It is one of the first 50 that were made with T10 steel instead of the Swedish powdered steel Hanwei uses. They were recalled, but this one got away.
I have been pretty busy forging, with the completion of a scimitar inspired knife out of a railroad spike, hardened in water, and a sort of tanto for my friend Phil who provided me with steel for a new anvil and helped me build it. The tanto was differentially hardened vi the clay method using Satanite refractory cement and transmission fluid for the quench.
Useful information about forging knives, for beginners like me.
UPS finally dropped my much anticipated Kaze Ko-Katana outside of my house last night (they didn’t bother to knock on the door, as usual). You might want to read the introduction to this full review here.. I am not a sword afficcionado, but I do know quite a bit about knives. This is my first [...]
After weeks of consideration and research on the web, I finally decided to buy a katana. Not a cheap wall-hanger, but a practical sword, forged by hand and differentially hardened.