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Prototype Tanto

by Frist, Steven

SKU 397831

Date Added 02/13/2020

# Available This product is out of stock

Original price $345.00

Price $285.00

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Overview

This tanto by Steve Frist features an upswept blade with beautiful hamon, .168" blade stock and 1.249" blade depth, hidden tang construction. The handle has a wooden habiki and the shirasaya is Honoki wood. New from maker.

Product Details

Blade Length 5.25

Overall Length 10.25

Weight (oz) 5.4

Source From maker

Additional Specs

Knife Type Has Sheath, Hidden Tang

Blade Material 1095

Blade Details Upswept/Trailing

Handle Material Wood

Other Details Prototype

About the Maker

Frist, Steven

"In the mid 2000's I cobbled together a grinder and ruined a whole bunch of steel. These days, I have a full shop and much better skills, but my average output is only a couple of knives per month. I have enjoyed working with Damascus making "fancy" hunters, but lately I have realized that the market is in more utilitarian knives. I am currently using quite a bit of m390 and the best heat treatment available today. My knives cut. I have enjoyed a slow but steady stream of customers who want me to build them a one-off custom knife. I do my own leather or kydex work and build presentation boxes to suit the customer. The challenge of making someone else's "dream knife" keeps me from getting bogged down in a few stock patterns. As a side project, I am making some "art" knives with aspirations of being mentioned in the same breathe as some of the giants in our stock and trade. I have a lot to learn still, but the knives I am producing now are designed to appear and perform as well as anything on the market today."

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