Cougar Allen
Buccaneer (ret.)
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Remember a thread a while ago on the Gigand neck knives? I said, among other things, that I thought the hidden tang of the Mosquito went about half the length of the handle, and that I didn't think there was any danger of the handle breaking ... well, I was half right. The tang does extend about half the length of the handle.
I wasn't using it when it broke. I was carrying it in my back pocket and I found it in two pieces. I guess it must have broken when I sat on it. Now I suppose you'll all want to know how much I weigh ... 180 pounds (82kg) (but it's all muscle; I sink like a stone in fresh water).
I still don't think it's likely to break in use. If you were prying with it you wouldn't naturally apply most of the force to the part of the handle that extends past the tang.
Just don't sit on it.
I guess I'll mold a new handle for mine out of Miracle Weld epoxy putty. Trouble is the handle was the thing I liked best about the knife ... I'll probably buy a new one, too. Oh, well -- it's only a $15 knife.
-Cougar Allen :{)

I wasn't using it when it broke. I was carrying it in my back pocket and I found it in two pieces. I guess it must have broken when I sat on it. Now I suppose you'll all want to know how much I weigh ... 180 pounds (82kg) (but it's all muscle; I sink like a stone in fresh water).
I still don't think it's likely to break in use. If you were prying with it you wouldn't naturally apply most of the force to the part of the handle that extends past the tang.
Just don't sit on it.
I guess I'll mold a new handle for mine out of Miracle Weld epoxy putty. Trouble is the handle was the thing I liked best about the knife ... I'll probably buy a new one, too. Oh, well -- it's only a $15 knife.
-Cougar Allen :{)