Skeletonized tang

[Splicer2014]

Hi! New to the forum. Just got a bk16 and I love it. However I was wondering how much batoning it can handle because of the skeletonization in the tang.

Batoning with wood on wood.

And I also got an esee 3 and 4 hm. Do they have the same tang or do they have solid tangs?

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Hi! New to the forum. Just got a bk16 and I love it. However I was wondering how much batoning it can handle because of the skeletonization in the tang.

Batoning with wood on wood.

And I also got an esee 3 and 4 hm. Do they have the same tang or do they have solid tangs?

Baton on! If that’s your thing. Your hitting the spine of the blade. The skeletonesed tang just makes the Knife/Machete etc easier to carry with you..

 

[schwep]

If it's properly done, skeletonization is no problem. Lots of metal structures are skeletonized, up to the profiles of airplane wings. It maintains stiffness with far less mass/weight. As having visible, full-width tangs with interchangeable scales has become a bit of a fad, makers need to skeletonize their tangs to obtain similar balance and decent chopping performance as in more traditional knives with reduced, enclosed tangs. In the end both types may have similar amounts of steel in the handle, just distributed a bit differently.
I think you don't have to worry about batoning your BK. Splitting wood is not nearly the worst thing you can do with a blade anyway.
Have fun.

 

[BitingSarcasm]

Hi! New to the forum. Just got a bk16 and I love it. However I was wondering how much batoning it can handle because of the skeletonization in the tang.

Batoning with wood on wood.

And I also got an esee 3 and 4 hm. Do they have the same tang or do they have solid tangs?

Welcome to the forum. If you look at the main forum page and scroll down, you will come to a heading "Manufacturer's Forum." There is a heading in there for Becker Knife and Tool https://bladeforums.com/forums/becker-knife-tool.827/ which is an excellent resource for all things Becker related. ESEE comes up quite a bit there too, the knives have quite a bit of overlap with Beckers, asking your question there will likely get a quicker response than general. As stated above, your 16 will be fine at batoning as long as you do it correctly.

Be careful if you go to the Becker subforum though, because if you poke too deep you will start reading about the 9. The 9 is a great knife, it hits a sweet spot for affordable excellence. And if you like Becker designs, you will probably end up with one.