I can't say I'm all that impressed with the tiny tangs on the top two blades in that picture. The bottom blade has a relatively beefy tang with good rounded shoulders, though. I know that a sgian dubh will probably not be put under a lot of stress even if it's used for general day to day cutting chores but I'd still want mine to have something more substantial than a rat tail tang. Just my $0.02
Last edited by JRB; 30th May 07 at 07:38 PM.
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