Bob Lum Tanto

[AllenETreat]

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This is next on my list ; I'm REALLY sick & tired of hearing on Bladeforums.com about how fixed blades are superior to folders, so I'll shoot for this fixed one. It's of course smaller ( and more compact <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) than the "common faire" tanto's on the market, which is why I like it. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> If it MUST be a fixed blade I'll stake my @$$ on this one and let the "chairborne commandos" be damned.

Any REASONABLE opinion(s) from you forumites

out there?



"...and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one..." Luke 22:36 <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>



ATE <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>



Edited by - ATE on 8/13/2002 8:37:45 AM

[spydernut2008]

You're right. Folders kick @ss when compared to fixed blade knives. A folder is about 1/2 the size of a fixed blade with the same size blade, Most fixed blades are hard to carry around for every day use and they don't have a pocket clip.
Stick with the folders they're the best for anything. I even take my folder hunting!
Take care and till next time remember:

life without spyders sucks

[sam the man..]

mmmm... talking about the Lum Tantos, they are my favourites.. You can't stop admiring these <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>s and I think Spyderco had done an excellent job with the FB03! You can't go wrong with the fixed blade Lum.. Every dollar and cent you put in makes this knife an incredible work of art.. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Sam

have bone implant will travel..

[Zabrewolf]

ATE,
It is a Lum Tanto by <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>.


Do I need to say more? I have always found tantos to be hardy versital blades, fixed or folding. If you really want a fixed for EDC for possible defensive use and this tanto seems too large look at Masters of Defense, Ayoob, Razorback. Otherwise I think you will be perfectly happy with a folding <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Lum Tanto.


"Ne vyklykaj vowka z leesoo, ..... bo tsej vowk maje <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> ." Don't call the wolf out of the forest, because this one carries a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> .

Edited by - Zabrewolf on 8/13/2002 1:35:46 PM

[dialex]

Hi, ATE. The tantos are one of my favorite blades. Though, I'm ashamed to admit that the BL Tanto does not hit the spot. I don't have one, but as I saw in the pics, the handles make an unnatural angle with the blade, which does not seem comfortable to me. (Just my humble oppinion). But I like the 46GBK (the folding one).

[AllenETreat]

I guess it's just my "fixation" with things
from the Orient DiALEX ; I have a Junglee
"Yakuza" <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I practically stole from The
Sportsman's Guide ( about half it's MSRP ),
thing is, at about 11" it's kinda big, so I
think the Lum would be optimum. I used to have a Blackjack Knives Highland Dirk ( boo,
hiss! ) I used to carry in a pocket holster
I made which I REALLY loved, had it taken from me though <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I guess it's want of something lost ( or something like that ).
Oh well.

ATE <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>