Two- versus one-part tangs

[S/V Liberty]

Originally Posted by Ian McColgin

It's more normal for the forks to be on the cable rather than the chain plate or mast tang for simplicity of manufactoring but hardly always, especially with the large number of fork mast tangs one finds made up from, as your terminology correctly puts it, two parts.
G'luck

Yes that was my question ... In fact the majority of mast tangs I've seen are made up of two parts (a "fork tang"?), mating to an eye at the top of the shroud. Yet it seems to me that a one-part tang (an "eye tang"?) is superior because it's easier to ensure fair loading of the clevis pin. The only critical parameter in an eye tang is the angle made with the mast whereas with a fork tang you need to get at least two if not three angles right and then get two holes lined up properly.

So why aren't one-part tangs more commonly seen?

Seth