My custom tomahawk is now finished!

[Samon]

The spike is hardened I think to the pommel that i left. You can see the hardened steel hamon under the paint and if I recall the steel was just as hard on the hammer poll as it was on the end of the spike. As for weight.. I still have the spike rusting away in my garden so i could weight it for you if I get time. It's not heavy anyway but it probably cut off a hundred grams or more.

Not idea on length of the handle as I swapped it a while back.. But I cut off a few inches so it's that much less than the original, maybe 18"?

Plenty of models to choose from though, the pipe hawk already has a hammer poll as does the trail hawk. (the riflemans hawk is just ugly, too heavy and not really in keeping with the whole idea behind them so I'd avoid it personally)

 

[forrestdweller]

i was looking for something with enough hammer poll for hammering in nails or opening nuts so for me it's ""spike hawk vs. pipe hawk"".... i was planning to make a shorter handle (14-16"") and use it as a belt hatchet...

 

[Samon]

There is plenty of room to hammer nails with the back of the lopped spike. And shortening the handle is only a minute with a hacksaw a away. If you want a small, light and smart little belt hatchet I'd say get the trail hawk, as the other heads are very long in the bit and might be somewhat wild during swinging.

 

[forrestdweller]

i like the blade shape (and the fact that the cutting edge is a bit longer on the spike hawk) of the pipe hawk and spike hawk more... rather then ruining a good handle by cutting it up i was planning to make a shorter one(=use the factory handle in case of bad balance...) - plenty of offcuts @work for that!