It's not the strength of the handle, or the blade, on many of them. It's the strength of the JOIN between them that is the real question. Any seam is a weak point. And try as you might, real world usage is hard on knives. Just wittling puts a lot of pressure on a knife. One of my mom's carving knives snapped at the handle once, becuase a turkey slipped off the fork while being turned, and that was a was a good, professional grade chef's knife. Thats a lot LESS force than a knife will take if one of is wearing it when we slip, and it tries to cushion the Earth from our impact.<br><br>