Tanto
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A Japanese knife or small sword, they are forged generally in hira-zukuri, meaning that they have no ridge-line, unlike the shinogi-zukuri shape of a katana. They were generally very thin and therefore would cut soft targets extremely well.
It is also the shortest of three similar swords, the wakizashi and the katana -
A tanto is very similar to a katana. It is shorter, about 6-12 (15-30 cm) and very thin. It was designed for stabbing, but could be used to slash.
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Word when a Mexican teenager looks like hes 30.
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When you team up with a bro to double team a broad and the balls rub together creating friction and sparking a small fire, needing only marshmallows and smores
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Urban/Gangsta nickname for someone from the streets
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A person of Indian descent . Not Native American, The India Subcontinent
Originates from the epic Film Whos Harry Crumb? starring the legendary John Franklin Candy. -
Tanto in Aikido. A single-edged knife.
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A tanto is very similar to a katana. It is shorter, about 6-12 (15-30 cm) and very thin. It was designed for stabbing, but could be used to slash.
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It's also the smallest of 5, not 3, sizes in the katana/gatana family... nődachi/ődachi being the greatsword, and the nagamaki being a katana on a roughly equal length hilt. -
A tanto is very similar to a katana. It is shorter, about 6-12 (15-30 cm) and very thin. It was designed for stabbing, but could be used to slash.
@agnes
It's also the smallest of 5, not 3, sizes in the katana/gatana family... nődachi/ődachi being the greatsword, and the nagamaki being a katana on a roughly equal length hilt.
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