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Cold Steel brass Master Tanto, mint with near mint
sheath and box. This is the original San Mai version
with brass guard and pommel. It is 11-1/8"
overall with the San Mai steel blade and lanyard hole. It has
checkered black Kraton handle. This sheath has some light rubbed places
showing storage wear.
San Mai means “three
layers”. It is the term given to the traditional laminated blades used by
the Japanese for swords and daggers. Laminated construction is important
because it allows different grades of stainless steel to be combined in a
single blade. This allows the bladesmith to make a blade that more exactly
matches the performance characteristics he needs. A simple way to think of
this type of construction is to imagine a sandwich: The meat center is
hard, high carbon steel and the pieces of bread on either side are the
lower-carbon, tough side panels. Generally the edge of the blade should be
hard to maximize edge holding ability, but if the entire blade was hard it
could be damaged during the rigors of battle. For ultimate toughness the
body of the blade must be able to withstand impact and lateral stresses.
Toughness is generally associated with “softness” and “flexibility” in
steel, so that surprisingly, if an entire blade was made “tough” the edge
would not be hard enough to offer superior edge holding. San Mai III®
provides a superior blade with hard (higher carbon) steel in the middle
for a keen, long lasting edge and tougher (lower-carbon) steel along the
sides for flexibility.
The San Mai III
lamination is over 25% stronger than the incredibly tough AUS 8A stainless
in the normal Tanto.
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| Cold Steel brass Master Tanto, mint with near mint
sheath and box. This is the original San Mai version
with brass guard and pommel. It is 11-1/8"
overall with the San Mai steel blade and lanyard hole. It has
checkered black Kraton handle. This sheath has some light rubbed places
showing storage wear. |
X-00037 |
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