{"id":10868,"date":"2016-01-24T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T17:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2016-05-07T18:55:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T22:55:32","slug":"first-tacticals-diamondback-folding-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10868","title":{"rendered":"First Tactical&#8217;s Diamondback Folding Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10871\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/First-Tactical-Knife-Line-642x412.jpg\" alt=\"First-Tactical-Knife-Line-642x412\" width=\"521\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/First-Tactical-Knife-Line-642x412.jpg 642w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/First-Tactical-Knife-Line-642x412-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firsttactical.com\/pages\/ourstory.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">First Tactical\u2122<\/a> makes products for Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue.\u00a0 Their products are conceived in concert with professionals who work in these fields.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firsttactical.com\/products\/Diamondback+Knife+Tanto\/140007\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diamondback Tanto folding knife<\/a> is designed and tested by end users to make it functional.<\/p>\n<p>A 3.43 inch AUS8 blade comes in a modified tanto or spearpoint shape.\u00a0 Unique to the Diamondback Tanto is their Thumb Bridge over the blade opening hole.\u00a0 It adds a lot of real estate for the thumb to open the knife.\u00a0 It also provides a large shelf upon which the thumb can place pressure to cut materials that are hesitant to yield to the edge.<\/p>\n<p>The G10 handle scales are shaped to comfortably fill the hand for heavy duty cutting chores.\u00a0 The liners are stout, as the 5.61 <!--more-->ounce weight testifies.\u00a0 A right or left tip down clip keeps the knife deep in the pocket.\u00a0 First Tactical includes a hex wrench and two spare clip screws with each knife.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10875\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-black-440x278-1.png\" alt=\"140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-black-440x278\" width=\"585\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-black-440x278-1.png 440w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-black-440x278-1-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10870\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications.png\" alt=\"140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications\" width=\"417\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications.png 800w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/140007-diamondback-knife-tanto-le-specifications-683x1024.png 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Blade: AUS8 steel<br \/>\n&#8211; Blade type: Modified tanto<br \/>\n&#8211; Handle: G-10<br \/>\n&#8211; Blade length: 3.43in \/ 87.0mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Blade thickness: 0.14in \/ 3.6mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Liner thickness: 0.06in \/ 1.5mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Handle thickness: 0.77in \/ 19.6mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Open length: 8.00in \/ 203.3mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Closed length: 4.58in \/ 116.3mm<br \/>\n&#8211; Weight: 5.61oz \/ 159g<\/p>\n<p>The First Tactical Diamondback Tanto sells for just $64.99.\u00a0 FT is a direct manufacturer-to-customer operation which eliminates mark-up by distributors and retailers.\u00a0 They also market pants, shirts, boots, gloves, socks, flashlights and outerwear.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Tactical\u2122 makes products for Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue.\u00a0 Their products are conceived in concert with professionals who work in these fields.\u00a0 The Diamondback Tanto folding knife is designed and tested by end users to make it functional. A 3.43 inch AUS8 blade comes in a modified tanto or spearpoint shape.\u00a0 Unique to the Diamondback Tanto is their Thumb Bridge over the blade opening hole.\u00a0 It adds a lot of real estate for the thumb to open the knife.\u00a0 It also provides a large shelf upon which the thumb can place pressure to cut materials that are hesitant to yield to the edge. The G10 handle scales are shaped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10868\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[848,765],"class_list":["post-10868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knives","tag-first-tactical","tag-tactical-knives"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-2Pi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10868"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11080,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions\/11080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}