SAMURAI TANTO SWORD OR DAGGER WITH SCABBARD WELL MADE WITH 440 STAINLESS STEEL IN TAIWAN

A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATIVE BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL SAMURAI TANTO SWORD OR DAGGER.
MADE IN TAIWAN. BLADE IS MADE FROM 440 STAINLESS STEEL AND POLISHED.
BLADE EDGE IS SHARPENED TO DISPLAY A BEAUTIFULL SAWLIKE PATTERN.
OAK WOOD SHEATH PAINTED WITH A BLACK LACQUER COATING.
HANDLE IS TRADITIONAL LIKE PLASTIC WITH NYLON BAND.
Length: Total: 45cm Blade: 30cm
CONDITION: VERY GOOD CONDITION. NEVER USED. AS NEW WHENBOUGHT 20 YEARS AGO.
The Tanto is the traditional Japanese dagger. It acts like a Wakizashi and is worn at all times.The main purpose of a Tanto is to be used as a stabbing instrument but having a pretty sharp edge, it can be used to slice and cut. The Tanto has become more ornate over the years and towards the end of the Samurai era, they were mostly used as decorative pieces.  
Type 440 Stainless Steel, is known as razor blade steel, is a hardenable high-carbon chromium steel. When put under heat treatment it attains the highest hardness levels of any grade of stainless steel. Type 440 Stainless Steel offers good corrosion resistance along withabrasion resistance. 
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