Skeletonized Tang in 3V?

[CloudsRest]

What are your thoughts on this tang? It’s a Lionsteel M5 in 3v. I was soooo excited to get it, and it feels absolutely great in the hand. From nearly all perspectives it’s a perfect bushcraft/survival/edc fixed blade…until you take off the scales. Would you hesitate to put this knife through its paces? I’m not sure if I should forget about the tang and not worry about it, or if I should look for something with more meat in the handle.

https://imgur.com/a/9e3NMa9

 

[91bravo]

Non issue. Lots of fixed blades are skeletonized without issues with use. Lionsteel makes a great blade, so use that thing!

 

[Tsujigiri]

I would think my hand would break before I can put enough force on the knife to break the handle... Also, since the handle is the full thickness of the blade blank, it's probably stronger than the blade even with that part hollowed out. The part they hollowed out doesn't contribute as much to resisting torsional loads anyway.

 

[Alone]

I'd have to agree with 91bravo and Tsujigiri .

The Becker BK-2 is skeletonized in a similar fashion...maybe not as much, but pretty darn close...and it's known for taking STUPID amounts of abuse.


I'd have no issue showing that M5 a little "tough love".

 

[shinyedges]

Non issue. Lots of fixed blades are skeletonized without issues with use. Lionsteel makes a great blade, so use that thing!

This.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Benchmade's Puukko 200 is also skeletonized with some holes in the tang, which doesn't worry me at all. There's still plenty of steel there.

 

[luethge]

You won’t have any problems - especially with rounded edges at the stress points. If it was skeletonized by the front pin , towards ricasso - I’d pass.

 

[PNWhovian]

I would use and enjoy that blade without any worries as to the handle.

 

[whereismyknife]

I'd have to agree with 91bravo and Tsujigiri .

The Becker BK-2 is skeletonized in a similar fashion...maybe not as much, but pretty darn close...and it's known for taking STUPID amounts of abuse.


I'd have no issue showing that M5 a little "tough love".

I totally disagree. I was going to give an example of bk2 in particular, but as evidence to the contrary. I am one of the people whose bk2 was broken before. There are many people like me whose bk2 is broken and I think the reason for this is the completely skeletonized handle.

I would like to add "with rounded edges at the stress points" Maybe it makes a difference. I don't know about that.

 

[TC]

It is much, much more important that edges and corners are properly chamfered/radiused so that there are no stress risers that will lead to a failure. ASFAICT that has been done here, as it has on my M7s.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Non-issue. Use it up.

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

You won't have any problems. Should be good to go

 

[91bravo]

I totally disagree. I was going to give an example of bk2 in particular, but as evidence to the contrary. I am one of the people whose bk2 was broken before. There are many people like me whose bk2 is broken and I think the reason for this is the completely skeletonized handle.

I would like to add "with rounded edges at the stress points" Maybe it makes a difference. I don't know about that.

Many people with broken BK2s? I find that really hard to believe that “many” BK2s have been broken due to regular knife usage.

 

[Alone]

Many people with broken BK2s? I find that really hard to believe that “many” BK2s have been broken due to regular knife usage.

I find it hard to believe even with hard use/abuse.

 

[HexY3co]

That's nice. I'll be looking at those.

 

[Wandering_About]

Send one to Joe X from the YouTube, his results should tell you what you want to know.

 

[whereismyknife]

Many people with broken BK2s? I find that really hard to believe that “many” BK2s have been broken due to regular knife usage.

I find it hard to believe even with hard use/abuse.

It seems a bit strange to me to buy bk2 for regular use?

You can find a few broken ones with a little internet search. Likewise, in a knife purchased for its durability, even these should be sufficient proof.

 

[Alone]

Send one to Joe X from the YouTube, his results should tell you what you want to know.

Or, instead of sending it to that jack off, he could save the $50-$70 international shipping and just bang it against a Schedule 40 pipe and stab a car door, himself.

It won't tell him anything about the actual performance of the knife. But hey, at least he'll have a broken knife.

 

[19-3ben]

Many people with broken BK2s? I find that really hard to believe that “many” BK2s have been broken due to regular knife usage.

It’s hard to believe because it’s nonsense.

A broken BK2 falls into the same category as the unreliable Toyotas, drinkable Mezcal, and sane redheads. They can be found, but they are exceedingly rare, and you’ve got to search very hard.

 

[19-3ben]

It seems a bit strange to me to buy bk2 for regular use?

You can find a few broken ones with a little internet search. Likewise, in a knife purchased for its durability, even these should be sufficient proof.

And how many tens of thousands of them are out there? It’s an extraordinarily popular knife. If you have searched and found “a few“ that broke out of all that have been built, that’s a pretty exceptional success rate.