I've got an axe for sale that I customized like this one, its up for sale on Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/550771248/modified-cold-steel-norse-hawk-w-leather?ref=shop_home_active_1
Good video brother, I actually own several cold steel tomahawks, I usually take the paint off by sanding the paint into the steel with sanding paper, well it doesn't take it off it soaks the paint into the steel, I use a little oil to clean the steel, it makes my tomahawks look forged, really I get the best of both worlds with this method the tomahawks doesn't rust and it looks forged, it also saves on time and hard work, good work, God bless brother Ps I want to say thank you for making these videos, they help me understand forging,
Nice video. I really like the tip with the birch oil. It makes the wood look old. I should try this with an old rusted axe head that I have. I kind of want to gunblue it though.
Is there reason you didn't heat treat the tomahawk head again after you put it in the forge? Is it just going to be a prop and not actually used? Just curious.
are you confident that you can heat treat it as well as it came from factory?...And hasn't some of the carbon in the steel burned away while it was in the fire? Seems like a bad idea to me
Throw that damn screw away! I didn't realize it until i had to buy 3 replacement handles that the screw makes your handle crack! Cold steel should be ashamed of putting that on their tomahawks. a tomahawk is supposed to fit on with friction and a tapered handle as well as eye hole!
The main weapon of the vikings were spears. The hand axe would be a sidearm and used both in war and as a tool. Something to bring with you on campaigns and used on the farm. But awesome work on the axe handle.
I think that’s why they make some of the cheapest axes and knives so people don’t feel bad about modding them if they sold an axe like in this video it would be so expensive
I've got an axe for sale that I customized like this one, its up for sale on Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/550771248/modified-cold-steel-norse-hawk-w-leather?ref=shop_home_active_1
Except Vikings understood how to temper metal, and would realize that by getting the metal "red hot" to burn off the paint, your metal will be soft.
Handle looks really good
Looks way better now, old world rustic charm. Well done on that Hawk.
Good video brother, I actually own several cold steel tomahawks, I usually take the paint off by sanding the paint into the steel with sanding paper, well it doesn't take it off it soaks the paint into the steel, I use a little oil to clean the steel, it makes my tomahawks look forged, really I get the best of both worlds with this method the tomahawks doesn't rust and it looks forged, it also saves on time and hard work, good work, God bless brother
Ps I want to say thank you for making these videos, they help me understand forging,
It ended up looking pretty great.
i would have used jasco on the pain, putting it in the forge and getting it red hot probably ruined the temper/heat treat of it
It's a prop, no need to have a heat treat.
Nice video. I really like the tip with the birch oil. It makes the wood look old. I should try this with an old rusted axe head that I have. I kind of want to gunblue it though.
From crap looking to amazing!
Very good, for a second I thought you were holding out on me.
Is there reason you didn't heat treat the tomahawk head again after you put it in the forge? Is it just going to be a prop and not actually used? Just curious.
Yup, I made to be a prop. If and when I want to sharpen it as an actual tool I'll have to heat treat it.
are you confident that you can heat treat it as well as it came from factory?...And hasn't some of the carbon in the steel burned away while it was in the fire? Seems like a bad idea to me
Yol Mak it should re heat treat fine and he would have to have it in a forge a lot longer than that before worrying about burning the carbon out.
it's because he's a huge jackass.
Looks fantastic!!!
...O K - that explains the 'birch oil' I saw in your last vid...
Great video, very helpful, thank you Man!
Throw that damn screw away! I didn't realize it until i had to buy 3 replacement handles that the screw makes your handle crack! Cold steel should be ashamed of putting that on their tomahawks. a tomahawk is supposed to fit on with friction and a tapered handle as well as eye hole!
Cold Steels tools are made in Taiwan
nice work m8
Nice job!
The main weapon of the vikings were spears. The hand axe would be a sidearm and used both in war and as a tool. Something to bring with you on campaigns and used on the farm. But awesome work on the axe handle.
It was beautiful, can u forge an axe.
Awesome videos!
What knife is that in the beginning when you shave off the varnish?
Thats a Condor Bushcraft knife
do your neighbors ever complain about the hammering noise?
Who cares
How long do you let the head sit in the forge?
Maybe like five minutes. It really depends on how much charcoal is in there, but it doesn't take too long.
Cold Steel need to sort their quality out.
I've had to mod every single hawk me and friends have bought
I think that’s why they make some of the cheapest axes and knives so people don’t feel bad about modding them if they sold an axe like in this video it would be so expensive
You ruined the temper. Get rid of the hex screw these are friction fit.
I would also have discarded the screw from the axehead and attached it properly.
Is it a good throwing axe ?
RichB so there worth getting?
cool
Congratulations, you killed hardening in a fire.
He's using it for a prop, he doesn't need it to be hard.
Subed
i made one 2.
I wouldn't use a forge with wet rocks, lest the shrapnel gods invade thy face.
Hm, nice work, except of that you fucked up the steel by heating it up and not rehardening it...so, thumbs down.
Thanks, I just needed it for a movie prop, thats why I didn't quench and temper it.