In general terms Tanto is the dagger. It is a traditionally forged dagger carried out by samurai for the close combat operations. It can be sharp from both the edges and any one of the edge. The length of it is around 15-30 cm and as such it is easy to carry along with the big round curved katana alongside. This is particularly used for stabbing out the opponent in a close combat. It is forged and made as the strongest in the midsection and helps in piercing the enemy defense. The power of strike is more as it can be hold in both the hand and can be used to strike with the full power.

There are special words used in Japanese with the combination of Katana and Tanto. It makes a complete samurai and no people apart from them carries out these weapon with them. In case you want to add a new list of equipment in your samurai collection it would be original Tanto. These can be bought out at the sites online like Bladespro.co.uk which contains an exclusively Japanese traditional made swords and equipment. Also all these blades are having strength that is of the original blade.