Found this Hawk today.

[udtjim]

I was digging around in the back of the gun closet today and found this new hawk. Well I bought it about 12 years ago but it got set back and forgotten. I don't know if these pictures of the head are good enough to judge but what do you think this would need for Mods to be a good chopper/splitter.

It is marked M & W Canada on one side and Black Hawk on the other side

Included in the shot is the knee of my long handles

 

[BarberFobic1992]

i dont think you can really make much of a splitter out of a hawk, but you can definatly maka e good chopper. i would just take the edge back to thin out the grind, then it should chop pretty well.

 

[hollowdweller]

That looks pretty nice. The edge is thick but the head looks good sized and the bit is wide enough for serious chopping IMO.

 

[j williams]

Thin out that grind!! Damn its thick!!

Not much you can do with a hawk for splitting,but they do make a nice chopper.

 

[udtjim]

Yeah it's thick. I forgot that I had it but remembered after I started looking it over. I used to me into the Buckskinning stuff and I bought this and one other hawl at the same time. I use the other often and keep it in the Jeep.

 

[aggopian]

Nice Hawk...*cough*

 

[siguy]

i could be wrong, but it looks like it is cast, and based on how thick the edge is, i would hazard the guess that it was intended as a display piece.

even if it is something like mild steel or wraught iron, it could be made to cut...the edge retention wouldn't be good at all though.

if i am wrong, and it is good steel that has been well heat treated, then i would say thin the edge way out and it would probably be a good little chopper. from here, it looks like it would probably split about as well as a 14" Fiskars...which is to say that it would be adequate for small wood and a bother for large wood (though possible)

 

[tholiver]

S.I.R Catalog 2001/2002 page 258
"Canadian Blackhawk Axe- The ideal axe for camping, back packing and competitive throwing. The Blackhawk is cast from a steel/iron alloy. Weight 1 3/4 lbs. with the 18" hickory handle $29.99"