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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2415223" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>I don't have experience with it, but it gets good reviews online. It's full-tang AUS8 steel with a fairly thick tanto blade and full-tang construction, so you're probably not going to break it. The Tanto Lite (4116 Stainless Steel - a step down from AUS8 and crappier sheath), and the GI Tanto (1055 carbon steel about as edge-retaining as 4116 only not stainless) are both in the same price-range from Cold Steel, but neither has the value of the Kobun IMO.</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming the use is self-defense (if not, there are far better EDC-task type knives out there). Honestly, you're probably more likely to be screwed by city ordinances than state laws, so I'd know those before hauling a big Samurai-sword looking knife into the place <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that if someone spots your knife (or you have to use it) that a tanto (like the clip-point) sort of inspires fear in the sheeple (and sometimes, local LEOs). 5+" bladed knives are also huge by most non-knife people's standards. I don't personally care for much above a 4-4.5" blade for self-defense or outdoor work (5" is about the max I would even take with me in the woods). If I were in a populated urban area, I don't know that I'd even take something that large with me.</p><p></p><p>Check out the Cold Steel Spikes - they come in smaller packages, but have very long (thick) blades for what they are (technically, Neck Knives). They have small, but great grips on them. You've got Becker's tweeners and neck knives as well (I actually just acquired an extra Becker BK16 that I'll probably sell shortly). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fun fact: the ironic thing about the Bowie restriction (which is IMO, the stupidest thing OK has in their knife-laws at the moment) is that the knife Jim Bowie actually carried (both at the famous “sandbar fight” on the Mississippi river and later, the modified one used later at the Alamo) is a hotly debated subject (and whether or not it even had a clip-point blade is contended by many). </p><p></p><p>Thanks to Rambo and old western movies, the label "Bowie Knife" is cemented as a knife with a broader blade than the handle, a guard, and a clip-point blade (often sharpened on the clip portion of the spine). It was, in reality, very likely to be just a large kitchen knife with a drop point that may have been sharpened on the tip portion of the spine (almost in a dagger-edge).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2415223, member: 229"] I don't have experience with it, but it gets good reviews online. It's full-tang AUS8 steel with a fairly thick tanto blade and full-tang construction, so you're probably not going to break it. The Tanto Lite (4116 Stainless Steel - a step down from AUS8 and crappier sheath), and the GI Tanto (1055 carbon steel about as edge-retaining as 4116 only not stainless) are both in the same price-range from Cold Steel, but neither has the value of the Kobun IMO. I'm assuming the use is self-defense (if not, there are far better EDC-task type knives out there). Honestly, you're probably more likely to be screwed by city ordinances than state laws, so I'd know those before hauling a big Samurai-sword looking knife into the place :) Keep in mind that if someone spots your knife (or you have to use it) that a tanto (like the clip-point) sort of inspires fear in the sheeple (and sometimes, local LEOs). 5+" bladed knives are also huge by most non-knife people's standards. I don't personally care for much above a 4-4.5" blade for self-defense or outdoor work (5" is about the max I would even take with me in the woods). If I were in a populated urban area, I don't know that I'd even take something that large with me. Check out the Cold Steel Spikes - they come in smaller packages, but have very long (thick) blades for what they are (technically, Neck Knives). They have small, but great grips on them. You've got Becker's tweeners and neck knives as well (I actually just acquired an extra Becker BK16 that I'll probably sell shortly). Fun fact: the ironic thing about the Bowie restriction (which is IMO, the stupidest thing OK has in their knife-laws at the moment) is that the knife Jim Bowie actually carried (both at the famous “sandbar fight” on the Mississippi river and later, the modified one used later at the Alamo) is a hotly debated subject (and whether or not it even had a clip-point blade is contended by many). Thanks to Rambo and old western movies, the label "Bowie Knife" is cemented as a knife with a broader blade than the handle, a guard, and a clip-point blade (often sharpened on the clip portion of the spine). It was, in reality, very likely to be just a large kitchen knife with a drop point that may have been sharpened on the tip portion of the spine (almost in a dagger-edge). [/QUOTE]
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