full tang or not?

[pa_woodsman]

I recently purchased two frost mora knives. the first is a classic mora knife with a carbon steel blade and red birch handle. the second is a model 760 (yellow plastic handle, blue scabbard, stainless steel). i will praise the merits of the blade itself....the steel is fantastic and made of a standard I have never before encountered. I am however suspicious that neither knife is full tang. the weight/balance doesnt feel correct for a full tang knife and I dont wish to deconstruct either knife just to satisfy my curiousity. the web site for mora of sweden does not specify if either of these knives are full tang. can anyone help with my inquiry?

 

[TimberWolf7.62]

Go here http://www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html and search for "tang". He notes some that are full tang.

But then these guys http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=19586 are talking about partial tangs.

If you Google "frost mora knives tang" you get about 325,000 hits. Maybe add in the particular model names/numbers.

 

[pa_woodsman]

thanks for the links.....i think they may help with my question

 

[Reorx]

I don't think any are actually "full" tang...

<Just checked that above links... DOH!!!>

 

[cramsey3006]

Check out the destruction test of a Mora Clipper (2nd one on the xray) on youtube if you're worried about it. If you're going to use it as a knife, you'll be more than fine. For $12, I'll take that knife any day of the week. HA! I already did, matter of fact. I've got two of them!