Cold Steel XL Tanto Voyager: Portable Penetration

Tanto blades are good defensive choices and the Cold Steel XL Tanto folder is a high value blade with seemingly high combat efficiency: lightweight at only 5.3 oz, good reach with its bright finished 5 blade, ergonomic handle, excellent deployment stude, and excellent VG-1 steel choice (subject to change). Downsides would include limited EDC capabilities (all tanto blades imo), pinned construction prevents disassembly and maintenance, and poor pocket clip execution that needs modifications (shown in previous videos by Nutnfancy). While the usual Bowie or clipped shaped blades will still penetrate and slice extremely well while still tackling all kinds of utility tasks with ease, the Tanto remains primarily a combat style knife choice. It is somewhat overrated in capabilities and overyly hyped for marketing purposes (unless you need to stab car hoods frequently) but its reinforced tip and sharp tip/edge transition do indeed make it a valid defensive knife choice. For its reasonable cost and outstanding weight, the CS XL Tanto folder is one of the best of the high value tanto options. ////////////////Nutnfancy Likeability Scale: 6 out of 10

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[stealthbeast]

Your mom's pretty cool bro.

[Tork64]

Went ahead and bought it, have it in my hand right now, love it. thx for the review.

[m4fourlife]

sorry to ask but how much is this knife and where did your mom get it from? i can not find anywhere but on cold steel's website and its $87 on there. and by the way i love all of your reviews, they are always in depth reviews.

[SuperRip7]

Looks like a mini meat cleaver.

[newhuskytwenty]

@mojothemigo Come to Europe and you could not carry a knife, either, lol

[tubevideoguy762]

@mojothemigo

Yeah she's only represented me in 1 misdemeanor case in which I accepted a guilty plea bargain to a less civil infraction charge and was fined $500 plus court cost but she has said that it's not "ill" intent that the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt it's "criminal" intent so carrying any size blade you wouldn't ever be charged unless the state though they could prove you were about to stab or rob somebody with it. Which I wouldn't do. Likely you'd be detained and released

[mojothemigo]

@tubevideoguy762 Veeeeeeeeeeery interesting. Problem is, I am scared to have charges brought up at all. Also, has she come across a case of it having to be used? I guess a defense would be carrying that huge folder for random tasks, but luckily I had it on me for that creep that guy trying to kill me. Thank you for replying with that info, I thought for sure the size, style, and market advertising of a blade would be used to show intent.

[tubevideoguy762]

@mojothemigo

The exact wording of the Michigan criminal statue is "no blade in excess of 3 inches in length may be carried on one's person with criminal intent" I had that checked by my attorney and she said that in her 14 years of practicing law she's seen a large majority of illegal weapon possession charges dropped because there was no proof that the client planned on committing a crime with it. She also said that's why it's a good thing that the burden of proof is on the state.

[mojothemigo]

@tubevideoguy762 Well, he didn't see it. Scroll down, I commented not too long ago how the blade is over 3" and with ill intent. I am currently carrying a knife a tiny bit over 3" and is a fantastic box cutter. It is going to be difficult to convince a cop and a judge that the 5 1/2" bowie or tanto made by a company that markets their knifes for the most part as defensive weapons and tests them on meat that it is just a nifty box cutter.

[DeadlyHaunt]

do you shank ppl with these? lol

[tubevideoguy762]

@mojothemigo

........nope?, i carry the voyager xl tanto and HAVE been stoped by police for an unlawful turn and when asked if i had any weapons i said a pistol and pocket knife. all i was told is do not reach for them. this was in montcalm county michigan not wayne or any detroit areas

[TardyTheTurtleOG]

@mojothemigo

I recall not being able to carry any double edged blade, but its been a while...

There is also no harm in carrying a 5+ inch blade for cutting tasks and say a Spyderco Tasman SpyderEdge for self defense.