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Brian Lyttle Custom Knifemaker: Tanto
San Mai Damascus Steel TANTO
(with a fully hardened high carbon steel core)


BLADE: 7.5 in. long; Overall length 13 in.
(flat ground and lethal sharp)


HANDLE: cord wrapped and impregnated with apoxy
for durability & easy cleaning;


SHEATH: Leather shoulder rig
with soft polyester-lined micarta sheath
(leather welts around the outside edge
held between the micarta pieces
with glue and pins)
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with gold color underwrap on the handle and
gold-trimmed cord-wrapped sheath with detachable belt loop