Ka Bar Big Brother - full tang?

[retzius]

Does the Big Brother have a full tang or just a rat tail tang like the regular KaBar?

Is the tang suitable for use as a heavy woods knife i.e. chopping and splitting wood?

[monstrum]

the bigbrother has a full tang. the other regular kabars have full tangs as well

[Moosez45]

Actually, a stick tang. It does run the full length of handle, but its not a full tang. Easy mistake to make.



Moose

[monstrum]

thanks moosez for the corection... retzius there are better knives for the outdoor use try one of the beckers. they are made for outdoor use. the big brother has the clip point that eats up a baton. other than that i guess you can use it for great out doors i use a bk2 or a kabar 1211

[Chris Pierce]

Hey Moose,

That is a full (length) tang. It's just not a full (profile) tang. Easy Mistake to make

[Moosez45]

Hey Moose,

That is a full (length) tang. It's just not a full (profile) tang. Easy Mistake to make

Yup, you betcha. Stick tang it is.

Moose

[retzius]

thanks guys.

I wanted to see if it had a "full profile" tang. I guess it does not. Seems like an odd choice to put a stick tang on a large knife that seems like its made as an outdoors chopper.

BK9 is calling to me now

[Brad "the butcher"]

For hard use that won't see combat I think the becker 9 will suit you better, its like a 21 century version of old school mountain mans butcher knife, a do it all kind of knife.
Not many big choppers like it that can do the tough stuff and slice onions thin at camp.
Besides chopping and clear trail/limbing on my 10 acres I use it for lopping heads/tails off salmon at home and cutting loins/ribeyes into steaks..... a tall blade keeps the meat from shifting during the cut keeping the cuts even and not tapered or ragged.

Sidenote.......An old butchers trick is to put a whole loin in the deep freeze for an 1 to 2 hours before cutting steaks for the freezer, the outside freezes and makes it really easy to make perfect cuts without the meat moving around.

It should be called the combat butcher not bowie IMOP. Get the little companion knife that fits in the sheath, rounds out the big blade perfectly, great little steak knife at camp.

If you order one you won't be sorry, its still KABAR and the butcher approves

Regards

[JOMANI]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge I'm very close to buying the KA-BAR "Big Brother", and the ONLY concern I have is the tang system. But this is almost a full tang, no? The only difference (the way I see it) is that the butt is welded on separately?

[Moosez45]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge I'm very close to buying the KA-BAR "Big Brother", and the ONLY concern I have is the tang system. But this is almost a full tang, no? The only difference (the way I see it) is that the butt is welded on separately?

Welcome to the forums, Jo.

That buttcap is pinned on, not welded. Not to worry though, cuz I've never seen on break at the butt..........

The Big Brother is a solid knife, you won't go wrong with it.

Moose

[stvpourciau]

Have you looked into the Kabar 1271 "Fighter" yet? I have no experience with either of them, but it looks to me like an all around better option than the big brother as a heavier bladed utility purpose knife that still retains the need to kill in it's geometry.

If your looking for that bigger blade on a more traditionally styled Kabar as opposed to the LHB or BK9 (Both solid, renowned outdoors choices.) The 1271 lacks the serrations along the spine, yet still retains a useful portion on the blade at the bottom. Probably a big help with batoning as you mentioned splitting wood with it.

Just throwin' another option out there, Happy trails with whatever you choose!

[bigghoss]

The BK9 is one of the best outdoor knives you can get, at least for under $100. People that have the Large Heavy Bowie also seem to be very fond of it and it only has a stick tang. All of the Heavy line has the same tang and they are very popular and are far from babied.

Ka-Bar is a good company and Moose knows his blades, so if he says it's good, it's good. Buy with confidence.

[bigghoss]

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