Combat Tomahawk Pass around

[ooitzoo]

Tomorrow I will be heat treating #88 to send out. Any suggestions on color? Bright orange?

What are the choices?

[broe]

Okay...I guess it will be number 032 as I found one left over from another order and it now is Od/ gray/black stripe. It will be mailed Friday. Ready Lava Lamp!!!??? LOl....

[lava_lamp]

Bring it on!

[broe]

Maybe Lava lamp can put those specs up I forgot to weigh it and stuff....I know about the weight but not exact.

[lava_lamp]

Maybe Lava lamp can put those specs up I forgot to weigh it and stuff....I know about the weight but not exact.

Got it today. Will do. I sent you an email with some questions...

[lava_lamp]

Shipped back to Broe yesterday. Review posted. Thanks!

[broe]

Thanks lava! will send it right back out after I check it out.

[broe]

..should be on its way to arcadiaknives on Friday.....

[arcadiaknives]

Receieved the package yesterday late. Took it out of the package and gave it a look over. Writing stuff down and taking pictures to report later.

[jwaj]

Nice looking hawk broe and great review lava_lamp. Looking forward to reading the other reviews.

[arcadiaknives]

Received the Combat Tomahawk Saturday, April 28th at 3:30 pm.

Specs:
OAL- 13.56” 344.44mm
Head- 7.125” 181.01mm
Cutting Edge- 2.018” 51.31mm

Handle Width @:
Head- 0.831” 21.12mm
Above Wrap- 0.879” 22.23mm
Below Wrap- 0.952” 24.18mm
Thickness- 0.381” 9.63mm

Weight:
W/Sheath- 27.2oz 770grams
WO/Sheath- 25.4oz 720grams

Observations
Hawk only had one layer of bubble wrap. The cord on the 2 part kydex sheath is different from the handle wrapping cord.
The plunge lines are visually uneven.
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Spike cover needs to be put on first. Eyelets on cutter side were put on the opposite side as spike cover. Blade cover has to come off first.

Blade shows evidence of overheating on the lower .700” portion. Not sure what it was from, but it looks like it covers the whole lower tip, not just the edge.
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Took it to the shop & sharpened up the edge. The blade is flat ground and has very little secondary bevel.

While chopping I did notice that you had to put your hand through the wrist sling. It flings around a lot while chopping. I would at least cut it shorter, say 7 or 8 inches long. The grenade cord keeper is really cool.

Testing:
Started by chopping into a 5/4 piece of old pine. It took some work, but once I got through the first few strokes the chips were flying. Next I turned to a small tree by my outdoor water faucet. With the small cutting edge it took some focus to hit the mark. It did the job pretty well.

Chopped up some electrical wire with total ease. Weight alone chopped it.
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Hacked up a mailbox with the spike and hawk. Like butter.
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[arcadiaknives]

Chopping and spiking the crap out of some ¾” plywood. Spike did good damage. Chopping went okay. This isn’t the best wood cutter, and I know it wasn’t built for that purpose.
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Took it with me to work. Wanted to test it on some old clay pipe. First I showed it to a guy at the water plant and asked him if he had anything to test it on. He’s like, yeah follow me. He took me over to a section of cut up 24” PVC water pipe. It had been setting behind a holding tank for at least a few years.

I took a few swings with the spike and only went in 3/8 to 1/2 inch. Next I took one solid whack with the hawk and really messed up the edge.
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I thought the hawk was going to destroy the pipe, at least crack the heck out of it. Upon observation the edge had rolled both ways. At this point I am stopping all testing.

I really wanted to put it through a few more tests to find more of it’s strong points and limits. In my opinion the edge needed to be more blunt with a convex grind. There wasn't any support for the edge for it's intended purpose.

Pat

[broe]

There was extra cord for the owner to cut shorter as needed. You can subtract cord length but not add to it. It was a cover I developed for shows to keep butter fingers from dropping them on their feet. As per our conversation I believe the metal has flaws which I want to check on. There has never been a failure at anything less than concrete block and that was only minor so I am pulling this one out and getting another one made. If it cannot perform on the heavy pipe I cannot allow it to go further. I also need to find which batch it came from and test another from that same batch. Thanks a lot for your review.

[broe]

I got it back from H/T where I had it computer controlled hardened the entire hawk. Seems I have some defects in material (pictures to follow). I did a Rockwell test of the entire blade in 1/4" grid squares and I have a portion of the edge and the head that is below 51R. It should be at least 55-57 on the edge. More later....

[broe]

Okay. Ready to resend this thing back out. Gonna send different one for the test at end of the week. Legato I think is next.

[BobSig]

Can I join this Passaround or is it too late? I didnt see a list, and I really want to play with that hawk.

[BobSig]

does the silents mean you are thinking about it?

[broe]

Yes Bobsig...I wasn't on for a while ...busy

[BobSig]

Yes Bobsig...I wasn't on for a while ...busy

I understand busy. If the yes means I can join then, awesome! Ill send you an email with my info.

[jwaj]

Broe, did you ever have a chance to post those pictures of the first one with the HT / Material issue. Just curious.