Need explanation on construction of tomahawk

[Kevin the grey]

This is a copy of a british infantry light tomahawk . In the advertisement it said it had a hammer back which just turned out to look like an ax head back . Not a biggy as I don,t plan on driving nails . It will be more for driving tent pegs or other like camp tasks . The question I have concerns the inside of the eye . This looks like a flat piece of hot metal was folded over a form to make the eye and the two sides were hammer forged together to form the blade . Inside the front of the eye you can tell two pieces of metal were sandwiched together and some hot metal flowed out of the two forged halves . I hope I am describing this correctly . This is the first time I have seen an eye formed in this manner . Is it a common practice to forge the blade and eye this way ? All my other tomahawks have an eye which looks like it was forged from one piece of metal . I realise there is more than one way to skin a cat so there must be more than one way to form an eye . The reason I question this is because I use my hawks for throwing and already had one split after an hours use . I am also going to post this on the maker/forge forum in case it is better suited for that forum . What do you think ?

 

[Kevin the grey]

If anyone is interested there is a great response in the forgers forum including a link to a site describing almost exactly the forging of my hawk . It is described as a trade hawk . I do not know if a British infantry hawk would have been made in this manner