What does a ¾ tang mean on a knife?
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What does a ¾ tang mean on a knife?
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It means that the tang of the blade extends more than halfway into the handle, but does not emerge at the end. Rather than being peened or flush with the end of the handle, it usually has a shaped tail, perhaps with a notch or barb, to hold the handle on.
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It is like Benjamin Muller says, but a 3/4 tang on a knife does not always need to be hidden or like a rat tail tang. The tang can be riveted too but not be the full length of the handle. I am going to find an image for one.
Here is one from Beebe knives.
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It means the tang reaches three quarters of the length of the handle. A good example of a blade with a three quarter tang is the katana.
Just in case this answer gets downvoted for being too short, I’m going to write an extra sentence.
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Many people mistakenly refer ¾ tang as a full tang because of the popularity of the term. However, the 3/4 tang runs past the hand grip positions of handle and stops short of being exposed at the end of the handle. The tang is nearly the same width of the blade and gradually tapers until the end. This is a substantial amount of steel to stand up to the high amount of torque the blade needs to withstand during the use. The full tang is just as strong as the 3/4 tang. The only difference being is the tang is extended through the end of the handle where it is secured at the hilt.
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