Thank you again for answering my Q's, and for attaching the picture Simon.
what you say about full-tangs and stick tangs makes sense.
Thinking about this, it came to me how my old 1915 billhook, and our old turnip snaggers we brought with us from England, all have a long tapered tang that passes through the wooden handle, and they have never been any problem, yet have seen tons of work. I think if they were full tang, they would lose a lot of momentum.
Steve,
I will not clog up your thread with any more stuff!
Best,
Richard.
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