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Cold Steel Recon Tanto San Mai Fixed Blade

Cold Steel Recon Tanto San Mai Fixed Blade 18

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Description

There isn’t a person working in the knife industry today that knows more about the Tanto than Cold Steel does. It was, after all, Cold Steel who invented and popularised this knife style in the early 1980’s. They have spent millions of dollars persuading the public, both through advertising and live or videotaped demonstrations, of the Tanto’s many advantages. Cold Steel have been producing Tanto’s for more than 30 years now, and there is still no factory or custom knifemaker around making a Tanto that can approach the cutting capability of one that is manufactured by Cold Steel.

All of their Tantos feature a deep lustrous satin finish on the hollow ground blade bevels and a contrasting line grain finish on the blade flats. This technique highlights the state of the art grinding methods and emphasizes the Cold Steel Tanto’s unique appearance. In addition, the Tanto’s come with Cold Steel's famous flattened oval Kraton® handle. The oval shape provides a solid grip and resists rolling or twisting in the hand under hard use, the kind that, over time, would destroy a lesser knife.

The use of Kraton in knife handles is another Cold Steel innovation. Kraton is an unparalleled space age material that won’t crack or rot and is immune to the ravages of bad weather. The Tanto series knives in San Mai all come with a thick, high quality Secure-Ex sheath that is sure to give years of hard service and keep your Tanto at your side.

Specification

SKU
CS35AM
Age Restriction:
18+
Blade Length (cm)
18.0
Overall Length (cm)
29.8
Blade Material:
Stainless Steel
Blade Thickness (cm)
0.5
Grind:
Hollow
Sheath:
Secure-Ex„¢
Blade Type:
Plain
Blade Shape:
Tanto
Blade Finish:
Brushed
Product Weight (g)
347
Handle Detail:
Kraton

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Reviews

  • 5

    My 8th variant of this Cold Steel Classic

    Posted by Mark R. on 20th Sep 2025

    Yes, I've got 8 Recon Tantos. All 5 of the SK5 ones with different coloued handles, Dark Earth Desert Tan Olive Drab Green Orange Black. I've also got 2 really rare ones that Cold Steel only produced for about a year between 2016 and 2017. One has a VG 1 steel for blade material and was made in Seki, Japan. The other is a Nightfall variant with dlc CPM 3V blade material. And now, finally I have the VG10 San Mai variant. This San Mai Recon Tanto is super sharp. I went from wrist to past my elbow in one smooth motion watching hair just fall of my arm. This beautiful knife went straight into my display cabinet after that. It's sharp, it's a Tanto and it's beautiful. Definitely one of my favourite knives ! ! ! I ordered it at 3pm on Friday 19th of September and had it iny hand at 10.30am Saturday September the 20th. Normal excellent service from Heinnie's.

  • 5

    Awesome knife

    Posted by Robert on 13th May 2022

    Usual excellent service from Heinnie - this knife is awesome! It was razor sharp out of the box (I trimmed my 2 -day old stubble with it!)

  • 5

    As my first personal knife purchase this knife is amazing dare I say flawless. It's was delivered in record time. Well done heinie

    Posted by Morgan Belbin on 24th Mar 2022

    Great knife.

  • 5

    COLD STEEL RECON TANTO SAN MAI

    Posted by David Campbell on 21st Dec 2021

    As good as all the advertising, and even better than I expected even for Cold Steel. Very impressive,