Mod'ing The CS Trail Hawk

[irsh]

This thread has inspired me. Ordered my first 'Hawk today, CS Pipe Hawk (and the CS Spetsnaz shovel because why not?).

 

[irsh]

Received the Pipe 'Hawk today. I liked it well enough to order the Spike, Trail and Rifleman 'Hawks.

 

[Pirate63]

 

[Blue Sky]

I have to ask, what is the nail for?

 

[Gato do mato]

I have 5 or 6 Cold Steel tomahawks and a few axes. On tomahawks, it is a mandatory service to fix/correct that sharp point on the axe's eye. A round file or a Dremel (micro angle grinder) is sufficient to correct and prevent the eyelet from fraying the cable.
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[irsh]

Does CS use something new for the black coating? This stuff isn't giving up with Kleen Strip.
UPDATE: Wire wheel to the rescue. It still took more wheel-time than expected. That is some durable stuff.
Cold Blued and oiled for now...

 

[irsh]

Hafts stained and urethaned, set-screw holes welded shut, Pipe 'hawk bowl chopped, Trail haft cut 4", Rifleman re-profiled to remove the top step, chamfer eyes, and re-blued.

 

[Pirate63]

I have to ask, what is the nail for?

Just ornamentation.

 

[Pirate63]

 

[Pirate63]

 

[TonyManx]

One last post, I forgot my CS Viking axe. If your interested in the Handle (haft) design, it is an old gunstock makers trick of wrapping the wood with a cotton or hemp twine and them flame burning it, in my case I used butchers cotton string the kind used to wrap a roast with.
thanks for looking and I'll stop flooding the site with my stuff.

So the twine leaves the protected area? Do you wet it ?

 

[tim777us]

I know I'm a bit late for this.

 

[tim777us]

 

[Klok]

Recently picked up an viking bearded axe/hawk from CS.

The fit and finish out of the box was kind of shit, the grain in the shaft isn't straight, the head came screwed on to shaft at some crazy angle without being pounded all the way up. The tip of the axe on the top came pre bent. But nothing I shouldn't be able to fix. that said, this thing is just fun.

 

[TonyManx]

Recently picked up an viking bearded axe/hawk from CS.

The fit and finish out of the box was kind of shit, the grain in the shaft isn't straight, the head came screwed on to shaft at some crazy angle without being pounded all the way up. The tip of the axe on the top came pre bent. But nothing I shouldn't be able to fix. that said, this thing is just fun.

I only own the Rifleman hawk. It arrived in good shape. I sanded the handle, applied BLO. Deburred the eye, welded set screw hole.

 

[TonyManx]

I only own the Rifleman hawk. It arrived in good shape. I sanded the handle, applied BLO. Deburred the eye, welded set screw hole.

What l haven't done yet is shorten the handle. Going to cut an inch at a time. Probably needs about 4 inches removed.