Honshu Tanto Twins!

[Ian Haines]

Hi, Chaps...

Yeah...I seem to buy things in twos, when I can afford to. I saw these on the United Cutlery site, recently and refused to eat or drink until I had two of them on my home's goodies list.

= The blade is around 10.75 inches and, overall, the cute babes are 16.75 inches long.

= The point is like a darning needle! Oh, and, while I'm on that subject...ouch!

= The blood groove is deeper than Kate Beckinsale's lust-appeal!

= They have a pleasant weight, a point to die for (!), fabulous rubberised checkered grips and a partially sharpened edge on arrival. I'll enjoy sharpening these to a razory type choppy thing with my diamond-dust sharpeners.

= The sheaths are thick, tooled gun-holstery type/thickness leather and have that gorgeously strong leathery smell about them. (Is there a way I could spray that smell around my home?...anybody know?)

However, I noticed that the leather's "skin" on the edge of the front of one of the belt loops was a touch looser, like some fake leather layer...odd! I wasn't too pleased with that, I must say.

I hope you like my new buddies, anyway.

Ian.