The tanto and o-tanto are both my rendition of a shobu-zukuri style, with a pinched-in spine and no yokote. But I don't claim to be traditional in anything I do, especially making a forge-finished Japanese-style blade with a paracord handle, so I throw the quasi in there as well.
If nothing else, there's a secondary bevel that true Japanese blades don't have. And a choil.
The tanto is overall 13" long with a 7 3/8" blade.
The o-tanto is 18 1/2" overall with a 12 1/2" blade. I gave it extra curvature prior to the hardening phase, and it straightened itself up to right where I hoped it would. What's weird is that I seem to get negative sori mostly on Japanese-style blades. It's like they know.
Except I didn't get a noticeable amount on the tanto. They need some length to them for the negative sori to really show up.The sheaths are Kydex with two MOLLE locks. I think of the color scheme for the paracord as "Kill Bill".
The upswept fighter has an overall length of 11 3/4" and a blade length of 6 3/8". Its paracord is black for the underlay and olive drab for the overlay. The sheath is a foldover design with a single MOLLE lock.
