20120819-Tangs

The top waster has a turned tang. The bottom one was hand-carved. The main differences are in uniformity across the length of the tang (and the machine turned tang isn't perfectly strait) and at the joint between tang and blade.

 

This is only an factor with waster blade blanks. Both types of handle require additional shaping to fit a cross-guard and would be indistinguishable after.

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