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Best Tanto Knives For EDC [Buyer’s Guide 2025]

Every culture has their own distinct blade — be it the Filipino balisong, Scottish Sgian Dubh, or Old English seax. But perhaps none is as enigmatic as the Japanese tanto. Most of the time, however, our preconceived notions of the tanto are completely wrong.  In Japanese, the word tanto means “short blade.” As the style arose midway during the Heian… more