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Pacific Cutlery Kuzan Oda Tanto
model 750, mint, was designed by Japanese maker Kuzan Oda who worked with R.W. Loveless in the 1970's and
may now reside in Alaska. Overall the knife is 10-1/2'' long,
the blade is 5-3/4'' from guard to tip and 3/16'' thick, it has
a mirror polished finish with simulated (bead blast) "hamon" (the temper line found on traditional Japanese
blades) it has the smooth transitions of the Japanese style blade versus the
sharper bevels of the "American Tanto". The handle is
molded rubber, the guard is Stainless Steel and is silver
soldered to the blade. There is also an ambidextrous (belt slits
on both sides) leather sheath included. The knife and sheath are mint.
The knife is marked: Balisong inside the butterfly logo and
Tanto by Kuzan Oda and on the obverse: Japan over Pacific
Cutlery Corp. over North Hollywood, California.
Made
over 20 years ago. Not easy to find and not common! Very well
done!
The G. Sakai Company of Seki City Japan manufactured
2500 of these for Pacific Cutlery Corp. in the mid 1980's along with a
lower-priced version with a die-cast versus molded rubber
handle. Pacific Cutlery was the second company that was started
in California and would later move to Oregon and become Benchmade Knives. The first was originally Balisong
Inc. and it was in California also. Most of this information is
based on information from Dan Williams from Country Knives.
No sale. The coupon does not apply to this item.
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Pacific Cutlery Kuzan Oda Tanto
model 750, mint, was designed by Japanese maker Kuzan Oda. Overall
the knife is 10-1/2'' long, the blade is 5-3/4'' from guard to
tip and 3/16'' thick, it has a mirror polished finish with
simulated (bead blast) "hamon" (the temper line found on
traditional Japanese blades). No longer in production. |
X-00076 |
299.00 |
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