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From: othomas@athena.mit.edu (Oliver J. Thomas)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: For sale: Cold Steel Master Tanto
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Date: 18 Jun 91 18:45:38 GMT
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#I know that the Cutlery Shoppe commissions many special order through
#Cold Steel, but I've never heard of Cold Steel making carbon steel (i.e.
#rustable) San Mai III (trademark) steel.  I don't they could still
#call it San Mai III if they did. In my experience all Cold Steel Tantos
#are 400 series stainless, including the Master Tanto (one of which I also
#have), which has a harder piece of steel sandwiched between two springier
#layers.  All 3 layers are normally stainless steel.

My impression was that only the center layer was Stainless Steel, but then I
never bothered to check up on it... Thanks for the correction! You heard it
here first, folks! A great knife and practically carefree,too!

#If this is really a San Mai III CS tanto then this is a very good price.
#I payed $140.00 many years ago for the knife with just the basic leather
#sheath (which sucks).

Sure is. I found that compared to my other "cuttlery tools" I don't use the
Tanto that much. It looks pretty menacing and gets a lot of strange comments
in a "civil" environment.  

As for the price, I'm really more concerned that it doesn't end up in
someone's back yard helping to dig up flowerbeds, but if you would LIKE to pay
more, no objections!

Thanks for the info and words of support, Robert.

Oliver