how did you close the hole on the top of the head?
the end of the handle is about 2 millimeters beneath the top of the eye, and sealed at the bottom, then
(in one shot, for strength) i put some
proprietary composite slurries between the eye and the haft top, which
blends into some laminates at the top edge of the haft, and then becomes
full laminate for that last couple millimeters.
the end effect,
mechanically speaking, is kind of like a chinese finger puzzle on crack - the composite clamps down on the end of the haft when you pull on it.
on the molecular level, the slurries in the cap are holding onto all the pores in the eye's surface, so the weak point of
slip-handle-designed heads
( - which is that striking down on the head, with the handle braced can possibly defeat or weaken the haft/head juncture) are reduced to an extreme.
(we got rid of that perceived minor flaw as a design point on the Daisy Cutter, my own design, but we have some retrofits to Cold Steel Heads, if an Investor ever finds the strength of them to be less than excellent.)
Daisy Cutter -
link.
the whole construction of the handle and head juncture on the
Gen 1 Mk V hawks is pretty simple, but there are a lot of steps, and if you screw up
one, you screw up them
all. - the hawk might live forever anyways, but the idea is to make it as best as it can be, not just
"satisfactory."
"satisfactory" is
BS, at least to this vector.
there are some things i want to improve on this cap design, but there always is.... 
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i have some ideas about mixing vinyl ester layups with epoxy resin lay-ups, as an example of possible improvements in areas i have never seen done... - but i've got a lot of other stuff to do before that change occurs -
the handle is supposed to be in harmony with the head, so it doesn't make much sense to make a hawk handle that can take much more than the head itself
for now, until we start getting
our own heads on line....
the cap's
still experimental, like most of my stuff - as soon as i prove something to myself, i usually move on to an experimental improvement - that's why we are on the
fifth variant of the
Gen 1 composite handles - the
Gen 1 Mk V.
given that this style of head attachment is designed to have a
Through Hole drilled through it, to accept a
hermetic plug in the top, i think this
closed version should be even stronger. - we will have to see how ballsy it is in the field - the brother who is getting this hawk is my evil twin, so if anyone can bust it up, i reckon he can -
i hope he is smarter than that though, this hawk should take any level of natural combat or utility use a person can throw at it IMHO as a Marine and woodsman, while a lot of
"testing" is just some unscientific loser trying to get a following on YouTube IMHO....
anyways,
we don't sell hawks really, we sell
a service that keeps you in hawks.
that's our
Happiness Guarantee.
just tryin' our best.
i am ranting as usual here - you will have to excuse me, brethen!
....i just love hawks....
vec
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