My new Blackhawk!

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Infraredkelp

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I just got my Crazy Crow Blackhawk tomahawk in the mail! It's my first tomahawk, I bought it specifically for throwing. I went out and got this big wood cookie to be my hawk block, but when I hit it with my hawk, it didn't stick! Even when I hit it as hard as I could it would still not stick. It just left a tiny little mark. I think that the wood is waaay to hard. So how do I soften it up? I was thinking of wetting it down to let it absorb some water. Should I just weather it out? Thanks for your help :D
 
Are you sure the edge is hitting the wood? This is only a $25 tomahawk so it probably isnt balanced very well or sharp enough. Maybe touch the edge up a bit.
 
I checked it by just hitting it without it leaving my hand.

I know that the wood cookie is the problem, not the hawk. I sharpened it for a long time. I understand that different type of wood make better hawk blocks, but the guy I got it from is an experienced hawk thrower and he said it would work well. However, the wood is way to hard, it just makes kind of a dull thud.

Is there any way I can soften the wood up?
 
Compitition Lumberjacks have some dirriculty sawing logs when they cut through the hard part of a log that is hardened by the sun. Change your timber target....
 
My wifes Black hawk would not stick in a pine round that mt CS was eating up. The CS has a bit about 1/4 thick the black hawk was about 1/2. I thined the blade and changed the angle of the edge and it sticks in any thing.

Your looking at the diffrince between a ax and a splitting maul. I have the same problem with my Hayes even in soft pine 2x4s. Won't stick but splits like hell.
 
I had a wood cookie that My VTac would not stick in. I left it outside sitting on its edge for about a month and it seemed to dry out and became soft. I can stick easily now. Maybe your wood has too much water?
 
Try softer wood...Pine, cottonwood, cedar. I use cedar 2 x 4's on edge glued together to make a 32 x 32 square
 
My uncle had the bright idea to sink an olf power pole in the ground for a nice target. I can't get anything to stick in that dude, not even with the hawk still in my hand. I am getting ready to glue some 2 x 4s and mount them on it.
 
I have two big rounds one I use as a base for the other when I throw. The round I use as a base has a center that seems to be so hard that the hawk won't even cut it, just bounces. On other spots on the same round it will bury the entire blade if I swing that hard. The really hard part seems to be to be completely saturated with sap. Anywhere on the other round I can also bury the blade up to the eye. The round are from the same type of tree (possibly from the same tree) and have been out in the weather for a year at least.
 
Bigfattyt said:
On other spots on the same round it will bury the entire blade if I swing that hard.
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All training I have had tells you to NOT swing your arm hard...
Let the weight of the tomahawk sink the blade in...
Similar to throwing a bowling ball... a smooth swing, and no 'wrist flipping'...
 
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