The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
WWII model by Sher. If this had a handle it would be about 19" long.
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Note the thickness of the tang in the second photo. In most HI models (including this one) the tang goes all the way through the handle and is peened over at the end with a metal keeper.
MTNGNR, I stand corrected on the Kabar tang. It appears to be a basic hidden tang, but man do they seem to break. Not sure what knife I was thinking about.
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Considering that the tangs appear to be the thickness of the blade, full length, and fairly wide, one can see how they can be seen as fairly strong!