The single-barrel Stevens 940Y ( under $35 ) is made with a side lever rather than a top-tang lever because many youngsters aren't strong enough to operate a top tang to open a gun -- and the side lever does indeed open very easily.

A hole is punched through the tang nakago, called a mekugi-ana.

The length is measured in a straight line across the back of the blade from tip to munemachi ( where blade meets tang ).

A fixed blade knife, sometimes called a sheath knife, does not fold or slide, and is typically stronger due to the tang, the extension of the blade into the handle, and lack of moving parts.

* Balisong: A folding knife also known as a " butterfly knife " or " batangas ", with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is hidden within the handles.

" The energy drink is citrus-based ; it lacks Moxie's gentian root tang, caramel color, and ( as of 2008 ) its distinctive branding ; similarly, the waters are simply carbonated waters with fruit flavors marketed under the Moxie brand.

The blade was around 18 inches ( 55 cm ) long, on the end of a pole 6 or 7 feet ( 180 – 210 cm ) long However, instead of having a tang like a sword or naginata, the blade is affixed in a socket-shaft configuration similar to an axe head, both the blade and shaft varying in length.

The illustrations sometimes show a socket mount and reinforcing langets being used, but sometimes they are missing ; it is possible this weapon was sometimes manufactured by simply attaching an old sword blade onto a long pole on its tang, not unlike the naginata.

This style is often referred to as a " narrow " or " hidden " tang.

* In a " full " tang ( most commonly used in knives and machetes ), the tang has about the same width as the blade, and is generally the same shape as the grip.

Here are two Japanese sword nakago ( tang ), the top one is from a katana, the bottom is from a tachi, you can see the difference in the placement of the mei ( signature ), if you follow the curve of the blades you can see that if the tachi was worn tachi style with the cutting edge down the mei would be pointing away from the wearer and if the katana was worn with the cutting edge up in katana style the katana mei would also be pointing away from the wearer.

" According to Variety, " Until the women and children arrive on the scene about two-thirds of the way through, The Magnificent Seven is a rip-roaring rootin ' tootin ' western with lots of bite and tang and old-fashioned abandon.

The core of the grip is a brass chest encasing the tang of the blade.

Excess casting on the end of the sort, called the tang, is later removed to make the sort the precise height required for printing, known as " type height ".

* Oak Smoked Wensleydale is cold smoked to produce a cheese with a special tang and texture

The figure with outstretched wings on the tang is a Lasa, an Etruscan form of Lar who was a facilitator of love like the Erotes or Cupid.

It is categorized as a tang shui糖水, ( pinyin: táng shǔi ) ( literally translated as sugar water ), or sweet soup.

Formerly within the parish of Birstall the village is located on a prominent ridge between Pudsey Beck and Cockers Dale, its place-name probably derived from its location between the two valleys, from the Old English term tang, meaning tong or fork, such as a river fork.

The blade has a long tang ( nakago ) which is inserted in the shaft ( nagaye or ebu ), the blade is removable and is secured by means of a wood peg ( mekugi ) that passes through a hole ( mekugi-ana ) in both the nakago and the nagaye ( ebu ).

The signature on the tang ( nakago ) of the blade was inscribed in such a way that it would always be on the outside of the sword when worn.

The handle, used to grip and manipulate the blade safely, may include the tang, a portion of the blade that extends into the handle.

Today, most modern factory-made machetes are of very simple construction, consisting of a blade and full-length tang punched from a single piece of flat steel plate of uniform thickness ( and thus lack a primary grind ), and a simple grip of two plates of wood or plastic bolted or riveted together around the tang.

It consists of a dagger-shaped blade made of bronze ( or later iron ) mounted by the tang perpendicular wooden shaft.

* In the case of a rat-tail tang, the maker welds a thin rod to the end of the blade at the crossguard ; this rod goes through the grip.

Yari were spears of varying lengths ; the straight blade usually had sharpened edges, sometimes protrusions from the central blade, and fitted to a hollowed shaft with an extremely long tang.

The pommel was historically peened onto the tang of the blade ; thereby holding together as one solid unit the blade, guard, handle, and pommel.

Notable Cheddar cheeses include " Quickes ", which in 2009 was awarded cheese of the year by the British Cheese Association, " Keen's ", with a strong tang, " Montgomery's ", with an apple aftertaste.

Specula were cast in bronze as one piece or with a tang into which a wooden, bone or ivory handle fitted.

The Knights ' new name changes almost nightly, improvised by the actor playing the lead Knight ( originally Hank Azaria ), but always starting with " Ecky Ecky Ecky F ' tang F ' tang Olé Biscuitbarrel ..." which itself references several famous sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus, including Election Night Special.

* Hsinchu: pork balls, 貢丸 （ gòngwán ）, which are often eaten in soup ， 湯 ( tang ).

Many tang wai activists framed the Plains aboriginal experience in the existing anti-colonialism / victimization Taiwanese nationalist narrative, which positioned the Hoklo speaking Taiwanese in the role of indigenous people and the victims of successive foreign rulers (; ; ).

The name Tong comes from the Old English term tang meaning tong or fork and refers to the village ’ s position on a raised sliver of land between Ringshaw Beck and Cockersdale which converge at the eastern extreme of the manor.

Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.

Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang.

Most jian of the last century or so are assembled with a threaded tang onto which the pommel or pommel-nut is screwed.

Often occurring with the full tang more typical of knives than swords in Europe, which is commonly believed to reflect a legal claim to nonweapon status, these blades may ultimately derive through the falchion ( facon, falcon ) from the seax.

* The metal ring which holds a chisel blade's tang to the handle

Manaslu is known in the Tibetan language as " Kutan l ", in which " tang " means the Tibetan word for a flat place.

Inside of the grip is the tang which is threaded at the end to allow the pommel to fasten the foil assembly together.

The blade's tang extended through the handle, which was cylindrical, normally carved from wood or bone.

Most files have a narrow, pointed tang at one end to which a handle can be fitted.

The biscuit and tang are the same standard size, regardless which court size is used.

The complete tang of the kampílan disappears into a crossguard, which is often decoratively carved in an okir ( geometric or flowing ) pattern.

The liberal use of prahok, which adds a salty tang to many dishes, is a characteristic which distinguishes Khmer cuisine from that of its neighbours.

Unlike wakizashi, tantō, and katana, which have had history of strict measurements regarding the nagasa, and even the tsuka in some cases ; the nagamaki varied in nagasa, nakago ( tang ) length, kissaki style, etc.

Nagamaki presumably could have koshirae in a tachi or katana style as well as a nagamaki style, however there are examples of nagamaki with rather long nakago ( tang ), which could be fitted with a longer staff for a haft and effectively function as a naginata.

All traditional Japanese swords are fitted very snugly to their tsukas and held in place with a mekugi ( bamboo peg ) which is fit through a mekugi-ana ( hole in the tang and hilt ).