Ontario Marine Raider tang style?

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Does anyone know if the Ontario Marine Raider has a properly designed tang, that is to say, very broad with radiused corners at the tang junction?
 
Dingy,

The middle hole in the tang is a processing hole. It holds the blade to the fixture pin during the grind operation.
The Spec Plus Line has been around for 20+ years and the middle hole has never been an issue as far as weakening the tang.
Please rest assured.
Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Director of Engineering
Ontario Knife Company
 
Toooj said:
Dingy,

The middle hole in the tang is a processing hole. It holds the blade to the fixture pin during the grind operation.
The Spec Plus Line has been around for 20+ years and the middle hole has never been an issue as far as weakening the tang.
Please rest assured.
Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Director of Engineering
Ontario Knife Company
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you had told me that about processing hole in another thread , thank you again .:D
 
I said this in a previous thread (maybe the same one dingy mentioned :D): I don't recall ever having seen a broken tang on a Marine Raider, despite the fact that many people have used these knives super hard. It's a non issue, imho. Buy one, use the heck out of it, and don't sweat it. :thumbup:

edit: Moondrop, thanks for the link. :cool:
 
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ChainSmoker said:
It looks... acceptable. I really wish ALL knives could just have a sandwich tang though. I just want a bowie-style knife with a true crossgaurd that would be functional as a survival knife. I really haven't found much.
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I have the Raider Bowie. Have not had it long. But I have been working it. I have not babied this knife.


There is a thread here on it. I would not be afraid to take this knife into the bush as my only blade. As said above not many reports of broken Raiders. But some people can break an I-Beam.

The Raider fills the Survival role very well. I find it to be very capable blade,



Depending on what you are looking for and what you can spend. Randall, Blackjack, Bark River all make Full Tang (sandwich)Bowies. As do others.

But if the Raider doesn't do it for you, I have two words, Von Tempsky. It answers all your questions. But it will be more expensive.

I checked out your profile. In hopes of seeing where you might have to survive? But there isn't much there to go on.
 
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I could not really tell if the photos (from the site referenced above) show a radiused tang. It looks like a squared off tang but not sure. If you want an OKC knife with full sandwich tang, the RD9 is a good buy, although it does not have the full guard. True bowie style with full cross-guard plus full sandwich tang seems pretty much impossible to find. Don't know if anyone ever made such, for that matter. Look at the pictures in Norm Flayderman's American Legend bowie knife book. If I remember correctly, all of the old time bowies with full cross-guards seem to have been narrow hidden tang construction. Maybe full cross-guard + full sandwich tang just makes it too heavy to be effective as a fighting knife. Or maybe it's just easier and more cost effective not to make 'em that way.
 
Hi guys.
Have any of you had problems with the guard loosening under use?
Mine rattles after some use, but i can stop it buy dropping the butt of the handle on something hard.
Kind of anoying.
 
G. Scott H. said:
I said this in a previous thread (maybe the same one dingy mentioned :D): I don't recall ever having seen a broken tang on a Marine Raider, despite the fact that many people have used these knives super hard. It's a non issue, imho. Buy one, use the heck out of it, and don't sweat it. :thumbup:

edit: Moondrop, thanks for the link. :cool:
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No kidding. Never, ever have I seen an Ontario product fail under normal use. In almost 55 years of carrying and using knives, I have never seen any quality knife fail (except in the kitchen) when under normal use.

Unless you are batoning cinder blocks, chopping up dump trucks, or building a two story log cabin (using it to fell trees, trim them out, size them, cut your dowels, and use it as a hammer to fit the logs) with a knife like that it will never fail.

All the baloney about using them as survival knives and thinking they might fail because of a hole in the tang... really? How many times has anyone here ever read of a person in a true survival situation such as a plane crash, stranded from a boat sinking, an auto crash on an unused road, a plague, suddenly finding themselves trapped in the jungle, or anything else ever being saved by a knife?

I have a three different Ontario products that aren't as robust as the Marine Raider and they have performed all kinds of "camp chores" (which is the really unglorified, uncool name for "survival skills" these days) and they are excellent. The Marine Raider is more than enough knife to match any task put to it.

Robert
 
My SP-10 is turning out to be a pretty dang versatile knife. Its a great general carry woods knife. On hip or pack.
 
Is the Ontario stick tang tough? Yes. Can it fail more easily that a full tang? Yes

That being said, most people wont do it.

I had a sp5 come loose I'm the handle, but I am not complaining. Ontario covered it, and my next sp5 has had no issues.

If you want a full tang bowie with a guard, check out ex ghurka khukuri house. They have some wild full tang stuff.

But it will cost you a lot more than an Ontario. The Ontario is an awesome knife.
 
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