Cold Steel head set screw?

[messer454]

Does anyone know if all of the traditional type hawks (Not Vietnam) made by Cold Steel have the set screw like the trailHawk now? I had an old frontier and it did not. Thanks

 

[Blue Sky]

I think all the current ones do. I just bought a Norse Hawk and it has one, I know the Trail Hawks do. I don't see why the new Frontier's wouldn't. Unnecessary IMO, I plan on filling it in on my Norse Hawk once I get to it on my project list.

 

[Snake Dr.]

I just got 2 New Cold Steel/American TomaHawk's, The Frontier Hawk and The Rifleman's Hawk and they both have the Set Screw Hole, Take Care !

 

[messer454]

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[Dwight McLemore]

Guys: Be careful with the length of the set screw. Don't let it go too deep. Otherwise, if you do a lot of throwing it can split your handle with repeated use.


Best
Dwight

 

[Snake Dr.]

Guys: Be careful with the length of the set screw. Don't let it go too deep. Otherwise, if you do a lot of throwing it can split your handle with repeated use.


Best
Dwight

Thank's for the Info. Dwight, The Head to Handle Fit Is so Good on the 2 Cold Steel/American Tomahawk's I just got I aint useing no set screw, Take Care !

 

[messer454]

I don't want the screws for throwing and will probably take them out then. I was just thinking for a self defense type though it would prevent the head from moving after the wood shrinks in the trunk. Maybe?

 

[Tractorshaft]

Guys: Be careful with the length of the set screw. Don't let it go too deep. Otherwise, if you do a lot of throwing it can split your handle with repeated use.


Best
Dwight

Drill a little hole where the "Set Screw" touches the handle, using this indentation as a drill guide, drill yerself a little hole and epoxy a 1/4" long piece of drill rod or old piece of drill bit steel into the handle. this will give you a non-deforming contact spot on the handle to tighten the set screw down on. You can even dremel a few serrations into the steel inset if you really want the set screw to "Grab" good. If your'e gonna be a bear, be a grizzly .

Jer

 

[sadlsor]

I tried to teach myself how to throw a 'hawk. I absolutely destroyed the shaft of a Trail Hawk. The set screw dug in, but after a few (or a lot) of bad hits, the screw just dug a trough in the handle as it was forcefully smashed back down towards the grip. That's what happens, I suppose, when you repeatedly hit the target with the wrong end.

Eventually I made some langettes (?) to support the head, in and effort to prevent the head from sliding back down to the grip, and destroyed those as well. The head just kept slipping down. Then I drilled holes through the handle and used small bolts, secured with nuts, running all the way though the shaft. The bolts were between 1/4 and 3/8-in, and utlimately just doubled over.

The head is fine, but the shaft is toast. I bought a new Trail Hawk to use for motorcycle camping trips, and was going to order a new shaft for the old one, but figured I probably should get some instruction first, to save a little bit of wear and tear on the next victim of my throwing education.

Eventually I could stick 4 to 5 in a row, but never 10. Often it's still 3 or 4 tosses to 1 good stick.