Are Full Tang Knives Stronger?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- There is a common notation in the wilderness community that full tang knives are much stronger than non-full tang knives, and therefore should be the only knives you pick. Today I wanted to discuss from real world experience whether or not this is true and bust the myth or notion that you must run full-tang knives only.
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I'm an old boy and I remember when Mora was making Clippers with I.M. plastic handles; their tangs were but ~1"L and still never broke during even hard use.
Something never mentioned are the millenia of western sword designs that all used rat tail tangs. The majority of sword breakage was by far the blades. There is something to be said for flex, shock absorption and historical design. The big fail are the 90% angles where the tang meets the blade along with hardness. The Glock 78 and 81 knife is a Steyer AUG bayonet to be used most extreme. It is not full or thick tanged and you can throw or do whatever you want to that knife. I think it's the field knife for five European countries. All the best as always.
I do finite element analysis of the Ka-bar in one of my videos.
Check out the DBK Boys review of the Kabar USMC fighting knife that failed. Depends on design and use. I tend to baby my knives, so blade edge performance is far more critical, to me at least. I've yet to break any of my knives, even the $10 Moras through use, but construction full tang Schrade that developed a crack along the blade due to poor constrction.
Thank you. Very informative 👍
Well if you ever have to drive the knife into some kind of material by hitting the end, then yes a full tang knife will be stronger. I would prefer my knife to have a full tang.
I dislike Cold Steel's S.R.K., but, I'd consider the S.R.K. to be full-tanged and quite rugged.
Have you tried the Terrava Puuko yet? You'd love it I think
I will soon. It's on the list
I dig both style of knives 🔪 but when I go into The woods I prefer to carry full tang Knife! I also will bring a folding knife and also a full tang knife
Cool, glad my morra bushcrafter isn't gonna give out on me with normal use.
It’s been interesting watching you reason and grow. I’ve also been seeing terminologies in the knife industry do the same. Especially the last ten years of social media and company marketing. Correct me if I’m wrong but in my day “Full Tang” meant “Visual all the way around”. Your definition would lead me to believe that all my knives with exposed tangs at the butt are full tang? I’m even seeing some Mora and CS SRK’s being termed “Full Tang” lately...
I suppose that if I could bring my Grandfather back today...he would just laugh and shake his head at how I’ve evolved...
@@dlrmon1 damn
Question: if you extend the length of the handle material to cover the full tang then it ceases to be called "full tang".
But in doing so, did the knife become weaker?
No, it's just a hidden or concealed tang and is sometimes preferred in cold climates to keep the metal away from your skin because sometimes you just have to use the knife without gloves on, of course it does not affect the existing strength of said knife.
@@jelkel25 interesting stuff. I've never really thought of it that way.
Even if wearing gloves it's good to keep the metal away from the gloves. Gloves only insulate so much.@@jelkel25
full tang knives are definitely stronger, sturdier, heavier and more prone to rust compared to hidden tang like rat tang knives. In South East Asia we make really big knives up to 30-40cm(11-15 inches) but still using the hidden tang, and they chop through the thick vines, trees in the jungle just fine, and last at least 7-10 years before retiring.
In the end, I'd prefer to have stainless steel short knives with fully exposed tang, and hidden tang for my longer, bigger carbon machetes.
There was a reason that German WW2 bayonets where foll tank!
Ours, in the early 80's, weren't. I broke mine.
What about Glocks FM81?
The correct answer to an engineering question like this is always "It depends."
The SRK is a full tang, it's a concealed full tang, not a rat tail. Almost identical to the Falkniven infact. It is nearly 3/4" thick all the way back
That's really good to know
Maybe the newer ones with San Mai have wider tangs but in no circles would it be called a full tang blade. Not in the same class as the Falkniven A1 by any stretch of the imagination.😊 The Cold Steel Recon is a beautiful blade, but also like the SRK are inherently weaker at the point where the tang and blade meet.
Another great video brother. Thanks for sharing 👍
I prefer it runs all the way through the handle
Plus the designation of full tang seems to be relative to the size of the handle. I have a lon Humphrey Blacktail that has a full tang, but the handle is narrow. If it was stuffed in a BRK bravo handle, it would be considered a rat tail. All that being said, it’s about .25 thick 52100…it isn’t going to break or bend. So this example shows durability may not be tied to rat tail vs full, but rather steel and thickness. Just my $0.02.
Good video , thanks for sharing ,God bless !
I have broke a few non full tang knives but never broke a full tang. I have broke tips off of a tops bob and a mora companion. Like Horace kephart said dont expect a knife to do what a axe is meant to do
Over time I must have seen most parts of knives break but 90% of those times the writing was on the wall before it happened. You pry with a Green River knife you will eventually loose the tip. You baton with a beautiful traditional birch handled rat tanged Nordic knife and not only do you deserve a slap, something will give eventually. It comes down to using the most important tool in your possession, your brain. You do get faults in the occasional knife even pricey custom knives, such is life but mostly it is just a case of sticking to horses for courses.
This guy has no clue what he is talking about.