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Strange Tanto Or Nata Knife


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Here is very strange tanto or nata knife I picked up some time ago on eBay. I think it is probably Showa period. It has very strange blade with "bottle opener" and very nice horimoto. I didn't found any Japanese blade like this. Do you have any idea what it can be? Bar knife? "Alcoholic special" - to pop the bottle, cut some chasers? ;)

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A nata 鉈 is a Japanese garden hatchet with a heavy, thick, chisel edged blade – you don't want to go anywhere near a bonsai with it. Except if the bonsai refuses to be one, gets into self-realization, and grows taller than you. Then you need a nata to teach it a lesson (if spanking doesn't work, that is).

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Last week i saw a short video on youtube about Japanese (kitchen) knifes, i specifically remember seeing a kitchen knife (modern) in the same shape, it wasn't discussed extensively though, they showed hundreds:) None of the kitchen knifes had a tang like yours though.

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