SeaCut Kodachi

Closed, opens tomorrow 10amIndependent shop in DowntownDirections

Available from Seattle Cutlery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Named for the traditional Japanese shortsword of the Kamakura period, the Kodachi packs far more functionality than its discreet form suggests. Although it appears as little more than a pen to the undiscerning eye, its rounded handle of milled G-10 conceals a 3.5" tanto blade of tough D2 tool steel, narrow, but tapering to a thick spine for strength. A flipper tab and ball bearings ensure rapid one-handed opening.