Lots of the old battle swords were constructed with stick and hidden tangs.....that tough enough?
As Jim implied, it's more about how well the tang is constructed and things are mechanically designed, fitted and applied. If the rest of the blade is not designed and HTd properly the tang won't matter much.
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