Buttplates and extended tangs. How do you feel about them??

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I am interested in hearing opinions on this matter. Do you like for a knife to have one? What are the benefits, (or disadvantages) if any. All coments welcome. Thank you for your input.
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Louis Buccellato
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Extended tangs, when used with pommels mounted, can be used for hammering and skull crushing, so they can have a military application. I think they have their place.
 
butt plates, and extended tangs can be very useful durring an engagement to continue an attack once you have made your first slicing move(used on the back stroke)
 
For utility use, I like them. Convenient to be able to pound with them.

The most important thing to be careful is that the damn thing doesn't dig into you while you're wearing it. I don't often carry my fixed blades, and when I do, often they're just in the sheath in a pack. I know people who carry in standard hip sheaths who *hate* any kind of pointy thing or sharp edge on the butt, because it ends up digging into your ribs from time to time.

Joe
 
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I will seriously look for them on a production blade... If it has one,, it may be a deciding factor on something I would buy.. I wouldn't pass on a blade I liked if it didn't have one..

In a custom blade,, it's a must. I wouldn't order one without it...

An extended tang can include many useful tools if done correctly...
A hammer,, pry, wire snapper and also a thong hole, or different sized holes for bending wire..

Although I like hunting knives and some fighters,, my main area of interest is in survival blades. I like them all to have an extended tang,,offering me more funtion of the knife, all in the same package.

ttyle Eric...

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Eric E. Noeldechen
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Glad to heare your opinions guys, keep em coming.

Does anyone find any down side to them? Just curious.

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I'll echo Joe Talmadge's statement about extended tangs having a tendency to dig into the hip.

An excellent example of their utility can be found on my Greco Companions, which feature drilled extended tangs for lashing onto spear shafts...
 
I used to whack things with the butt of a knife occasionally, more often using a rock, until I read a Cliff Stamp post about using the spine of a knife for hammering.

I had never thought of it before; I can't imagine why not. Think about it a minute ... the spine of a blade is usually the same thickness as the end of the tang. Why shouldn't you hammer with it? So I've been doing it, and it works better -- you don't have as much length as a real hammer (unless it's a very long knife) but you have some length, some lever arm there, you can swing it like a hammer; it works better than using the butt.

A rock is still better for serious driving of tent stakes into hard ground, and I still like a pommel for some defensive moves, but I'm doing more hammering with the spine now than with the pommel.

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
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