Got myself a Cold Steel Tomahawk recently to mod. Finally finished it today.
Firstly I removed head of handle. Sawed about 5 inch of end of handle, sanded smooth up to 400 grit. Then very lightly stained with dark oak stain to highlight and age grain before fine sanding up to 1000 grit and oiling with linseed oil.
Stripped horrible paint of head with nitromors. Reground profile of edge with file to give a more convex edge. Removed much of the pitting with a flap wheel on a drill, smoothed of all edges. Made sure to clean inside the eye as had some nasty burs that marked the handle on removal. Now comes of smooth without marking. I gave head an acid etch with vinegar and tealeafs which came out nice. Finally I finished the cutting edge with wet'n'dry to get nice and sharp.
The mask and belt loop I got of ebay from a maker in the USA, just couldn't resist!!
Firstly I removed head of handle. Sawed about 5 inch of end of handle, sanded smooth up to 400 grit. Then very lightly stained with dark oak stain to highlight and age grain before fine sanding up to 1000 grit and oiling with linseed oil.
Stripped horrible paint of head with nitromors. Reground profile of edge with file to give a more convex edge. Removed much of the pitting with a flap wheel on a drill, smoothed of all edges. Made sure to clean inside the eye as had some nasty burs that marked the handle on removal. Now comes of smooth without marking. I gave head an acid etch with vinegar and tealeafs which came out nice. Finally I finished the cutting edge with wet'n'dry to get nice and sharp.
The mask and belt loop I got of ebay from a maker in the USA, just couldn't resist!!
