One piece knives

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Hello all,

Does anyone have any recommendations for one piece knives? Not necessarily made out of one piece of metal, but the end product is an all metal handle continuing onto the blade?

Is there any accurate term for this kind of knife and where could I find some?
 
I suppose if a knife was in two pieces: it would be broken!
There's a lot of custom bladesmiths in here who could build you a real beauty.
I've got 2 from David Mary, and both The Knife 01.JPG11-17-21 01.JPGare real beauties!
 
Dive knives are often just a pretty chunk of "stainless" steel...
 
I wonder if you are referring to a full-tang knife? That's one where the "handle" portion of the blade is the same shape as the handle scales (although some people consider a narrow tang that extends all the way through the center of the handle to be a "full-tang", that's not the definition I follow).

Fixed-blades that are designed in such a way that the blade, guard, and full-tang are made from one piece of steel are often called "integral". They often have handle scales attached to the tang, but sometimes they are just all steel.
 
Here are some various examples-

This is a classic "integral" design. The blade, guard, tang, and pommel are all one piece of steel, with handle scales attached. This one just happens to be a dagger, but they can be any blade style.

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This is an example of a "full-tang" knife (not yet fully assembled) when finished the edges of the tang would be visible all the way around the edges of the handle.-

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Here are a few examples of true one-piece knives made from a single piece of steel (the first one has a tubular hollow handle with a screw-on butt cap to create a storage compartment, obviously the cap is a separate piece)-

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And this one is an example of a "skeletonized" one-piece ("skeletonized" means a large hole or holes in the handle/tang other than for handle attachment or a lanyard)

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A divers knife like the type Bob mentioned (with "skeletonized" handle)-

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And here is a chart showing a few different and common styles of tangs that I happen to agree with (although I refer to a wider "rat tail" tang as a "stick" tang)-

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Carothers and Busse make pretty good full tang knives. Also check out the knifemakers for sale section, lots of good ones there as well.
 
Killgar, sometimes a stick tang blade is not fastened at the pommel, but epoxied into a hole drilled in the handle. A friend made some antler handled knives in the 90s by that method.

Parker
 
catspa said:
Killgar, sometimes a stick tang blade is not fastened at the pommel, but epoxied into a hole drilled in the handle. A friend made some antler handled knives in the 90s by that method.

Parker
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Yeah, there are a variety of ways to secure a handle to a tang.

I wasn't offering that diagram as a complete, all-encompassing description of knife tangs. I only posted it as a visual to show the OP the basic difference between a full-tang, and other types of tangs (of which there are more).
 
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Some cold steel throwers have an edge on them, like LaFontaine, Jack Dagger, and True Flight. They are pretty much a bombproof slab of tempered steel.
 
Many thanks for the replies. Some nice things for me to look into.

I didn't mean full tang, I meant as in where the handle is literally metal aswell. I.e. no handle placed on top of the tang.
 
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