Cheap Forged Hawk Heads

[333.okh]

Any chance these will last very long at all? Hold an edge?

http://www.black-bear-haversack.com/index.php/cPath/220_830

I have a Trail Hawk and I am looking for a little bigger and different styles head this time. Carry in the wilderness for work and uses will be game prep, camp fire wood, shelters, brushing trails, and hopefully never defense.

 

[foxx]

As a generic observation, most manufactures will proudly boast assets, and ignore flaws. They just don't give lots of info. Forged sounds good, but where's the other details? Steel? HT process? Hardness? The best steel for a tool must also be forged/heat treated correctly for it to hold an edge.
I just don't know anything about them, or what else to tell you. Sometimes you get what you pay for. On that note, I've seen great hawks for sale here on Blade forums, two last week for $78. No sheath, but great looking handles, great quality, and you would know the metal and his process. Buy it once, and you'll be happy. Search, Kentucky you'll see.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Ragnar of RagweedForge sells lots of forged hawks and has a good return policy. You might ask him about his experiences.

 

[pullrich]

Interesting, their 'mouse tomahawk' heads keeps showing up on a poplular auction site as "antique tomahawk", selling for big dollars. Fools and their money, eh?

 

[bearhunter]

i'm thinking about ordering one of these;
http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CCTP&Product_Code=4934-121-074&Category_Code=842-100-000
or on of these;
http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CCTP&Product_Code=4934-123-054&Category_Code=842-100-000
i've been told that the blackhawk was made in canada. not sure about the other but you would assume that is is as well. their suppose to be pretty nice.

 

[1066vik]

the heads from black bear haversack look identical to the ones I purchased from crazy crow years back (and still offered on their website)
great for throwing and teaching others to throw, because they're soft enough to deform rather than chip badly.
not particularly hard or good at holding an edge for that same reason.
the hammer poll is useful for driving tent stakes.