Just posting about my progress.
Got my tomahawk. It's the cold steel trail hawk.
Out of the box, the edge was pretty bad. It had a primary grind with an secondary grind that was pretty obtuse.
So I took my bastard file out, made a single primary grind till the bevels met, then went to the stone. Used an old 1 dollar bench stone and then worked on it with the stones from my lansky system.
Now it is sharp enough to cleanly slice paper. That's good enough for me.
I did some tree/sapling/vine/weed removal at my grandma's house. I took my new hawk and a Corona Cane knife.
The hawk worked pretty dang good on the trees. The biggest was roughly about 5 inches in diameter. The tomahawk wasn't good for thinner stuff, as expected.
The corona cane knife isn't a wilderness knife, but it is pretty good for the money. Clears vines, and cleanly cuts through thinner saplings that the tomahawk would just bounce off. It even has some good weight for chopping bigger wood. I could chop through a 2 inch thick sapling quite easily with one hit.
I can see why some like a bigger knife, after working with the cane knife.
All wood cut was live softwood. No hardwood was cut.
Back on subject.... The hawk is a small little guy, but it can deliver. I like the hammer poll.
I can throw it easily, but I keep my cold steel shovel for throwing. Much, much, better and more dangerous as a thrower. I won't throw this tomahawk, keep it for chopping and such.
Holding my hand near the head, I could easily debark a stick and carve with the hawk. But I like my pocket knife for that kind of work.
Now I just need to make a sheath for it.
Overall, I like it. Got it for 22 dollars too, which ain't that bad.
Take care and thanks for reading my mumbling,
Scottman
Got my tomahawk.
It's the cold steel trail hawk. Out of the box, the edge was pretty bad. It had a primary grind with an secondary grind that was pretty obtuse.
So I took my bastard file out, made a single primary grind till the bevels met, then went to the stone. Used an old 1 dollar bench stone and then worked on it with the stones from my lansky system.
Now it is sharp enough to cleanly slice paper. That's good enough for me.
I did some tree/sapling/vine/weed removal at my grandma's house. I took my new hawk and a Corona Cane knife.
The hawk worked pretty dang good on the trees. The biggest was roughly about 5 inches in diameter. The tomahawk wasn't good for thinner stuff, as expected.
The corona cane knife isn't a wilderness knife, but it is pretty good for the money. Clears vines, and cleanly cuts through thinner saplings that the tomahawk would just bounce off. It even has some good weight for chopping bigger wood. I could chop through a 2 inch thick sapling quite easily with one hit.
I can see why some like a bigger knife, after working with the cane knife.
All wood cut was live softwood. No hardwood was cut.
Back on subject.... The hawk is a small little guy, but it can deliver. I like the hammer poll.
I can throw it easily, but I keep my cold steel shovel for throwing. Much, much, better and more dangerous as a thrower. I won't throw this tomahawk, keep it for chopping and such.
Holding my hand near the head, I could easily debark a stick and carve with the hawk. But I like my pocket knife for that kind of work.
Now I just need to make a sheath for it.
Overall, I like it. Got it for 22 dollars too, which ain't that bad.
Take care and thanks for reading my mumbling,
Scottman
