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Arasaka Tactical Tanto

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My first knife design, a digitally overhauled version of a very old pencil drawing. I made this for my cyberpunk 2020 game. It's the standard issue combat knife for Arasaka security guards and company field troops, how I imagine it. Since Arasaka is a Corporation that sports a very traditional japanese company design in almost every aspect, the knife was meant to resemble a traditional japanese tanto, but still ought to be a fully functional and modern combat weapon with some futuristic, cyberpunk feeling.

I ended up with this design: A full-tang, modern "tanto" blade, partly serrated, with a large, tsuba-style handguard (disc shaped), a black rubberized handle that is meant to look somewhat like the classic, silk ribbon wrapped handles of traditional japanese blades. The pommel is rather modern, featuring a glass breaker and an eyelet for a lanyard. On the handle, you can see Arasakas chrysanthemum logo. The inscription on the blade sais "Arasaka Corporation. Tactical Tanto, Combat Issue. Made in Japan". The Kanji icon is supposed to say "Arasaka" (If you can tell it doesn't, I'd be happy to be told so). 
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If your interested then the serrations are placed ok, they can be used for ropes and stuff. You could switch them to the back for a cleaner main blade. The finger cut outs are actually worse than having a smooth handle, they set your grip to a specific point and generally make the grip worse, also you cant choke up the grip. You typically only see a cut out for the index finger. Otherwise nice design, great work.