WTF? Baka na Otanto!

[tokashikibob]

Gents,

I picked up this wonderful Otanto over the weekend. I really like the feel of this one in hand, much better than a Ka-Bar. The octopus (s) are really first rate work. Super dense hada, is there a name for this?

Two hole mumei nakago, How do you like the inventory system? No more gummy sticky residue with tags!

Any informational comments are most appreciated as always!

Best Regards,

Bob

[tokashikibob]

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[Jamie]

Can you add pics of overall bare blade and nakago please.

Looks nice, too bad someone carved numbers in it.

Nice koshirae.

[Toryu2020]

Not an octopus but also not a bad looking tanto...

-t

[Marius]

Muji hada. Typical shinshinto.

[Gasam]

Hi

 

Bit off topic, but the bit that carved the numbers struggled with the hard steel of the ha :-)

[kusunokimasahige]

It looks like a price was carved in. What sign is the last digit ? Looks like the Yen sign.

 

Ouch !. But could be polished away.

 

Nice Tanto !!

[truelotus]

octopus ?? it does look like one ... how about amaryuu ??

[Gunome]

it is a dragon :D

[Stephen]

Kraken

[Fuuten]

Kraken

 

Not to derail this threat. But i'm gonna go with you and/or a very groovy barber with a very aesthetically pleasing way of representing himself.

 

On topic though, its really a shame someone thought it was a good idea to carve roman numerals on the blade..

[tokashikibob]

Kraken

 

Not to derail this threat. But i'm gonna go with you and/or a very groovy barber with a very aesthetically pleasing way of representing himself.

 

On topic though, its really a shame someone thought it was a good idea to carve roman numerals on the blade..

 

Thanks to everybody for the information on this tanto - Kraken, I agree with Stephen it's a dead ringer according to wiki. Pretty cool theme I guess the artist was a Godzilla or Gamera buff.

 

Shinshinto Muji - Yep, that it! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

 

I'm guessing the serial number must be something a soldier thought was a good idea due to the U.S. Army / MacArthur order.