Hand Forged Spike Tomahawk with Tiger Maple (SOLD)

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This piece is a spiked tomahawk hand forged in L6 tool steel from a vintage ball peen hammer head. The heat treat came out very well and this hawk will chew through some wood. It will arrive sharp enough to shave with. The carry system is designed to be used left or right side carry as well as many other carry options and consists of a dangle-style belt loop with a stout 1/4" thick leather drop ring. The mask is 9 oz. leather with copper rivets.

SOLD USD Shipped CONUS. Paypal is notchback86@msn.com. More payment options available at my Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/UglyDogBlades/tools/listings/stats:true/493406826


Tool Specs
Steel - L6. Normalized 3 times to refine the grain structure of the steel and then computer controlled heat treated and tempered to 58-59 Rockwell Hardness
Dimensions: Overall Length of the tool is ~ 14". The head measures ~8" from spike to blade edge and the blade is ~ 2.5" in breadth
Weight: ~ 18 oz.
Handle: Hand carved from highly figured big leaf maple referred to as "quilted" to "tiger". The pictures do not do justice to the depth and beauty of the grain of this amazing piece of wood. The tool is light, and well balanced that will serve you well for light and medium duty use.














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Beautiful work! I abaolutely love curly maple. Have you ever tried Aqua Fortis to stain it?
 
ohioan said:
Beautiful work! I abaolutely love curly maple. Have you ever tried Aqua Fortis to stain it?
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No sir, but after doing a quick google search on it, I certainly am going to try it. This one uses Tru-oil. Thanks for the tip!
 
I used it on my flintlock rifle I built. Nothing brings out the figure like aqua fortis.

The stuff Track of the Wolf sells works. The stuff you make yourself works best, but it's kinda dangerous to make. I had a high school chemistry teacher help me with it in the schools lab.
Use a heat gun, and make sure you neutralize the stain after oebany metal it contacts will rust away.

Also, try Chambers oil finish from Jim Chambers.
 
I would love one of these in a straight Tomahawk tapered handle in the same wood!
 
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