Fire with a Tomahawk only-Try it!

[wildmike]

I sold my Tomahawk to friend a good while back. But I've done this with an axe or hatchet several dozen times.

Try it with just a GB mini.

 

[imaginefj]

That hawk gives you an edge

 

[One Legged Josh]

Not a hawk, but I did it with a shovel a while back.


[youtube]0Oy3SlswON8[/youtube]

 

[SouthernCross]

G'day Ruben

Yes sir, carbon steel rules.

-RB

I take it you do realise that stainless steels will also readily strike a spark from both firesteels & mischmetal rods?

What matters with firesteels & mischmetal rods is not the type of steel, but the edge used (ie a rounded edge doesn't work anywhere near as good as a squared edge).

Striking a spark with flint is a different matter.


Mick

 

[SouthernCross]

I sold my Tomahawk to friend a good while back. But I've done this with an axe or hatchet several dozen times.

Try it with just a GB mini.

+1

BTW, a small hatchet also works well as a wood plane (from June 2009)...

[video=youtube;5arG-3KvQWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arG-3KvQWs[/video]

....and the handle & head of a small hatchet makes a hell of a lot more comfortable grip when used for extended periods of time than the head of a tomahawk by itself (especially when the head has been deliberately removed).

And the handle of a hatchet is as easy to replace.



Kind regards
Mick