Skunk, I was not thinking fragile, maybe more along the lines of if your chopping something the slimmer tang could cause more resonance and hand shock throughout the knife almost like a tuning fork. Plus the way the tang is prifiles while not 90deg angles could POSSIBLY leave room for stresses. I am VERY new to knives and I am learning as I am going, I am NOT questioning the workmanship in any way but this allows me to question and learn at the same time.