Tantos were initially designed to puncture armor in ancient Japan, and these can easily poke holes in an assailant, or a box, bag or other bothersome item you may come across. For a EDC backup, I think the tanto is a fine choice. However, the finger grooves allow for a good purchase, and lend themselves to control of the tip. I didn’t find this useful, but didn’t find it to be a burden either.Īs you can see in the photos, both blades a relatively small, and barely fit in my medium size hands. The Minimalist comes with a braided fob in the back, for whatever reason. Since I wanted something to carry weak side, I carry it OWB vertically, but wore it a bit in the small of the back and it’s barely noticeable. The sheath that comes with it is very nice, and includes a lanyard to wear around your neck, as well as customizable belt loops to carry it vertical or horizontal. The blade itself is made of 5Cr15MoV steel for my knife nerds, and has a hardness of 55-57 RC, and is stainless. The 2.125 inch tanto blade is full tang, and the green and black Micarta handles are both pleasing to the eye, and the finger grooves are comfortable. I personally sharpened mine up to make them razor sharp. While these blades did not pass the paper test outright, they did arrive sharp enough for defensive applications. The Minimalist has a nice grind on the blade, with a strong tip. I prefer this one to the Keramin for my particular applications. I have a SOG Gambit, and a SOG Mini Pentagon I really like, but wanted to check something out that was a bit lower profile and more aggressive – enter the CRKT offerings you see before you.įirst up is the CRKT Minimalist Tanto – a tanto fixed blade. I went on the search for a new fixed blade EDC after thinking of the need for something a little more low profile, yet easily deployable from the weak side.
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