Buck 119 tang type?

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Hi,

I was just wondering what type of tang the Buck 119 Special has? It doesn't look like it's full tang... Thanks!
 
The 119 Special is a full tang, but it is not an exposed tang such as a 124 Frontiesman or any other similar knife that has a slab (two separate pieces) handle. The 119 tang runs completely through the handle into the butt which is riveted to the tang.

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Buck Knives, Inc
 
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Dang tough knives, too... I cut up my first moose with a 119 with a Kraton handle, which was quite an innovation at the time. Gave away my 119 with the phenolic handle; it's still going strong on the BC 'wet coast', over a decade later.
 
Its widely accepted terminology that the 119 is called a hidden tang and the 124 a full tang . Both would have a pinned pommel but only the full tang has a pinned guard . Like the Akonua or Kalinga . DM
 
Skytorn said:
Hi,

I was just wondering what type of tang the Buck 119 Special has? It doesn't look like it's full tang... Thanks!
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It has a full tang.

Best,
Haebbie

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wow what a nice 119 collections there my friend!
and what happened ?
she get her pink blanket back from you? ;)
 
((grin))
well, Dave sometimes I'm not allowed to take the pink towel.
But I'm sure. Daughter Nele will borrow it again later.

Here are some other 119 together with the 119 blank.

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I just bought my first Buck 119 Special, and VERY happy with it. I have to give you kudo's though, you've got the mack daddy collection goin' on there. Really nice!!! If I've found anything I'm not crazy about on the 119, is it has no hole in the butt for a lanyard, which I could do, but it'd void my warranty. grrr I honestly wanted another Gerber when I decided to buy another knife since I'd had one many years ago, and ya just couldn't kill the dang thing. In a pinch, I had even driven 16d nails with the butt of it lol. But Gerber basically did what too many other American manufactures did, and sent the jobs to China, so Buck bein' a proudly MADE IN THE USA brand, I'm now an official member of the family. This household won't have Gerber in it anymore unless somebody leaves a baby on my doorstep LOL
 
are, Welcome, you can put a different pommel on your 119 which would allow you a lanyard hole and its not so difficult. DM
 
I only have one 119, and I don't really use it for anything except to cut up an occasional deer roast (I use a 110 for hunting), but I sure like it nonetheless.
 
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the 119 has a full length stick tang or concealed tang?

Most knife collectors today take the term 'full tang' to indicate a tang that is fully as wide as the blade itself. For example, the Buck Alpha Hunter.
 
northingeasting said:
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the 119 has a full length stick tang or concealed tang?

Most knife collectors today take the term 'full tang' to indicate a tang that is fully as wide as the blade itself. For example, the Buck Alpha Hunter.
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The 119 is a full tang and it is concealed, but to reduce it to a "stick" would be inaccurate and disrespectful. It isn't an exposed tang but it is full and runs the length of the handle. The Idea of most collectors taking the term "full tang" to mean exposed and as wide as the blade, isn't true, IMO...
 
I think the semantics here are important. An example of another style of knife - like Arno Bernards I have - is in order. They have full width tangs - visible from the sides - that taper as they approach the butt. They are described as 'tapered tang'. I don't feel the term 'full tang' is appropriate for the 119, or many other similar Bucks, any more so than it would be in describing the infamous KaBar Utility Knife. Perhaps they would be better termed as 'reduced tang'?

Stainz

PS I do feel that such terms as 'super value', 'icon', and 'must have' are totally approriate in describing the basic 119, however. Additionally, the expression, 'too pretty to use', can be added to the 119BR's lexicon of terms!
 
mbjannusch said:
The 119 is a full tang and it is concealed, but to reduce it to a "stick" would be inaccurate and disrespectful. It isn't an exposed tang but it is full and runs the length of the handle. The Idea of most collectors taking the term "full tang" to mean exposed and as wide as the blade, isn't true, IMO...
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No disrespect intended. I'm just a big believer in standardized and clearly understood terminology and definitions.
 
Listen, It's not disrespectful to me, it's to the knife. Its listed and known as a full tang. You can dissect it any way you want, call it what ever you want but it doesn't change the fact, its a full tang, like it or not.
 
The 119 is not a full tang knife.

The 124 is a full tang knife.

They are WAY, WAY different.

Not disrespectful, just the facts.
 
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