New full tang tomahawk model {The Valkyrie}

BenR.T.

BenR.T.

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Hey guys I have recently designed and am in the process of building a new full tang tomahawk. I have been asked to to a larger model, so this is it.
I understand "tactical" tomahawks aren't some of your guy's thing, but I know a few of you like them, so I wanted to share. I have snapped some pics along the way to show some of my processes.

I had the hawks waterjet cut from a very large sheet of 4140, but they still need quite a bit of work to clean them up. Here I am cleaning the top profile on one of them.

[video=youtube;sEGwJG9Bhdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEGwJG9Bhdg[/video]

Next I go through and drill all the holes to their final dimensions.



I made a simple little template to mark where I will hard stamp the blades. I use a 12 ton press that I built for the job.



And the results



The axes had quite a warp to them for some reason, so I straightened them out prior to grinding. Here is one on my granite surface plate, nice and flat now.



Here I am scribing the lines that I will grind to.

 
Here I have ground the first bevel.



The compound grind on the spike. I wanted a beefy point that would still penetrate very well.



All ground and ready for HT.



I have a large vertical kiln over at my Dad's place I use for my bigger hawks. Here it is coming up to temp, it takes about 2 hrs to reach 1550.



Opening a vertical kiln is WAY hotter than a horizontal, I need to upgrade my gloves.

[video=youtube;RgOU0V2BzF4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOU0V2BzF4[/video]

After hardening, they get a full temper. I then blast them and then spring temper the tang for extra toughness. The axes warped a bit during quench, so I straighten them at the same time. This one is nice and flat again.



Next up finishing!!
 
I don't know much about tomahawks but that thing looks serious.

What I do know is that making something like that takes experience and skill.

Great post, impressive hawk.
 
Thanks guys! I'll try and post more pics tonight.
 
What do you think your going to use for handles? Paracord or a g10/micarta style scale?
 
I decide to do something new for this model and mill "fullers" in the scales. I built a simple jig to clamp in my vise, and started cranking. I really need a powerfeed. : )

[video=youtube;-CtCT4LKPYI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CtCT4LKPYI[/video]

The end result. I will still round and smooth them out out by hand once they are attached.



This set of scales is for a custom order. Love the look of CF, just hate the itch.



Here I am flaring the stainless tubes for a rock solid handle.



And the end result all finished up and razor sharp!



A better pic of a different Carbon fiber one.

 
Hey, I'll that one with the micarta man. Didn't see that model yet on your website. Let me know hot to order. Thanks
 
Thats an awesome looking hawk Ben! I like the viking influence in its design. Will you do a video for the huntsman axe?
 
Sigarett said:
Hey, I'll that one with the micarta man. Didn't see that model yet on your website. Let me know hot to order. Thanks
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Sent you a PM

WyattEarp362 said:
Thats an awesome looking hawk Ben! I like the viking influence in its design. Will you do a video for the huntsman axe?
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Thanks! I hope to maybe do some videos of this hawk and maybe the huntsman soon. There was a right up in Blade magazine for the Huntsman in the March 2015 issue.

D.C.Johnson said:
Nice hawk. Looks like a cqc-7 on your spike :D
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Yes, very tanto like. It pierces steel very nicely!
 
Breaking a padlock with the spike.

[video=youtube;xTmIOUoo9l0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTmIOUoo9l0[/video]
 
Very cool to see your process, Ben. Lots of overlap with my approach, some different, of course. Very jealous of your horizontal grinder. :) That's a shop upgrade down the road for me, I hope, but gotta do some others first.
 
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