AFRIPICS - Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tant?) blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century Japanese A tant? is a dagger or blade shorter than 30 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tant?). Japanese. blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century. Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, gold, silver. Daggers