>>178066Thats not how argumentation works.
You are supposed to give the evidence to your claim, to the man who offered the counterpoint.
You show a sword that is not a wall hanger, not a reproduction (primary source) to prove the claim that sword had a rat tail tang.
As to everyone else, many of you appear to be confusing "hidden tang" with rat tail tang.
A rat tail is a rod welded to the blade metal, often times of a lower quality steel and weld job. Good fighting knives, poor working knives.
A hidden tang is a full tang, but is not the full width of the blade (but is still the same piece of steel).
For beautiful and durable knives, the hidden tang was used.
>>178086Shows a photo of a hidden tang. Notice how it would be covered, is not the full width of the blade, but is still a part of the blade steel.
A rat tail tang is inferior to a partial tang (which is not full width) which is inferior to a partial tang that is full width. At this point, hidden tang, full tang, and full width partial tang are kind of even, and then it depends on the knife/how it was made/ abuse/ steel quality/ scale quality.
