How to correct a mis-aligned eye?

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I recently decided my 15 year old "throwing" tomahawk needed some mods. It wasn't until I stripped the finish & did some grinding that I realized the eye (oval) is mis-aligned with the blade by ~10-12 degrees. I don't guess it makes THAT much difference but it now bothers me. Anyone have any experience/ideas to straighten things out? Big hammer? Propane torch & big hammer? I WOULD try to grind inside the eye back to square, but it appears the "walls" (I SURE that's NOT the right technical term) of the eye would then be too thin. Thanks for the help!
 
If I understand correctly what's going on...

I don't think I would try to fix it. If you heat it up with a torch, you'll ruin the temper. A pic would help though so that we could better visualize what you have going on.

Matt
 
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The "eye" should be soft. You should be able to put the sharp end in a vice and manipulate the other end....maybe...
 
If it's a teardrop or oval,the only way would be to heat the head and hit on the side that is skewed outward,hmmm hard to explain,but you have to hammer back into alignment----then redo the heat treatment----whoops meant to say with the drift in the eye--
 
I say hang it so that the haft is 10 to 12 degrees off in the opposite direction to compensate! :D
 
I have noticed the same problem with some of the Norlunds that i have had in my hands. I just live with it.
 
The more I look at it & mull-over my options, I think I'll...think about it some more while I assemble another hawk! It DOES bother me though, now that I KNOW it's there & everything. :o
If the eye is soft, can I vice the sharp end (edge down), put an old shaft in the eye (I don't have the drift) & convince the oval to see things more my way?
 
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If the eye is soft you should be able to. If it is a cast hawk I really don't how how they are heat treated. I'm sorry I think more in the forging way than mass produced.....
 
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