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  • SIG_Fiend

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    My dad emailed me these pics of the tanto he had made for me back in the late 80s by a South African bladesmith called Peter Bauchop (since deceased).

    This was the knife I used to defend myself in a 3-way mugging on a 3rd class train-coach in Cape Town a few years after he gave it to me, so it has some sentimental value:

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    Can't tell you much about how well it penetrates, but I do know it'll slash a bicep in half.


    Good-looking blade!
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