There is no knife Tang style that is called a "Stick Tang". That type of Tang style is actually called a Rat tail Tang. It is used in knives that generally end with the Rat Tail Tang either welded, glued, or screwed to a pommel at the end of the handle. Altough it can be a reasonably strong and suitable for some light chopping as with a Bowie that utilizes this type of Tang, a full Tang is much stronger and is by far the more superior and sought afterTang style when it comes to knife strength.
@mkeulr there actually is, and if you want to get precise, a "bowie" doesnt really exist anymore either, unless you want to use that term for any knife that looks like the original bowie knife, which was a large drop point pixed blade, not a clip point knife. However, through the years it has came to mean a style of knife that is different from the original. Rat tails usually refer to a tang that is shorter and does not go all the way through the handle. A stick is connected to the pommel.
Usually when a tang of any length breaks, it is less because of what you where doing or because of the tang, and more because of it not being annealed right.
But I dont know in your case, but as you said, both are great. I have seen full tang knives snap too.
I never really thought about the manufacturing aspect of full tang vs. stick tang. I still think that full tang is better. I haven't had problems with high quality stick tang knives but always with cheapo stick tangs.
Yea, but that is with any aspect of any knife, on cheap knives you usually have problems around the board, and on nice ones you dont, with anything, not just tangs.
There's an article on barkriverknifeandtooldotcom about stick vs full tang. The author found through testing that stick tangs are perfectly durable with batoning unless the knife is not held level.
Stick tangs are just fine, and for many years that was the standard, it was the kitchen cutlery industry that pushed the full tang on the public, since they where cheaper and easier to make.
Dont get me wrong, full tangs are nice, but for most applications and users, they are a bit overbuilt for the tasks at hand.
do u think the buck 119 is good
mmazooji 1 month ago
Why you have dirty nails every time?
nice vid
poljoprivreda 5 months ago
What is the smallest knife you have in this video?
Thank you.
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There is no knife Tang style that is called a "Stick Tang". That type of Tang style is actually called a Rat tail Tang. It is used in knives that generally end with the Rat Tail Tang either welded, glued, or screwed to a pommel at the end of the handle. Altough it can be a reasonably strong and suitable for some light chopping as with a Bowie that utilizes this type of Tang, a full Tang is much stronger and is by far the more superior and sought afterTang style when it comes to knife strength.
mkeulr 1 year ago
@mkeulr there actually is, and if you want to get precise, a "bowie" doesnt really exist anymore either, unless you want to use that term for any knife that looks like the original bowie knife, which was a large drop point pixed blade, not a clip point knife. However, through the years it has came to mean a style of knife that is different from the original. Rat tails usually refer to a tang that is shorter and does not go all the way through the handle. A stick is connected to the pommel.
QuietBearr 1 year ago
I bent my Ka-Bar
hogielove 2 years ago
everybody is talking about tang so... i had a full tang and it hand made basicaly unbreakable.
i have a nice stick tang. i loves it had it for years. but then the stick tang snapped batoning with it in the woods.
i just prefer full tang but there bothe fine to me
themegajosh09 2 years ago
Usually when a tang of any length breaks, it is less because of what you where doing or because of the tang, and more because of it not being annealed right.
But I dont know in your case, but as you said, both are great. I have seen full tang knives snap too.
QuietBearr 2 years ago
@QuietBearr yea we have full tang kitchen knives and there full tang. one broke cutting tamatoes lol
themegajosh09 2 years ago
I never really thought about the manufacturing aspect of full tang vs. stick tang. I still think that full tang is better. I haven't had problems with high quality stick tang knives but always with cheapo stick tangs.
hugo2x 2 years ago
Yea, but that is with any aspect of any knife, on cheap knives you usually have problems around the board, and on nice ones you dont, with anything, not just tangs.
QuietBearr 2 years ago
There's an article on barkriverknifeandtooldotcom about stick vs full tang. The author found through testing that stick tangs are perfectly durable with batoning unless the knife is not held level.
888zzz 2 years ago
Stick tangs are just fine, and for many years that was the standard, it was the kitchen cutlery industry that pushed the full tang on the public, since they where cheaper and easier to make.
Dont get me wrong, full tangs are nice, but for most applications and users, they are a bit overbuilt for the tasks at hand.
QuietBearr 2 years ago
Great video Logan. i agree with your perspective on the tang. Glad to you you in the U.S. How is life in Colorado?
TheRedHawk123 2 years ago
Yea people are just getting too caught up in the whole full tang thing....
Sometimes it is better to have a full tang, but not always.
CO is good, glad to be back home in the states more than anything.
QuietBearr 2 years ago
got Glock?
BuildMoreFences 2 years ago
sweet good information
tigerseye094 2 years ago
Thanks man
QuietBearr 2 years ago