Personalized Cold Steel Tomahawks as groomsmen gifts *(Final update w/pics on pg 2!)*

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Hey guys, Ol' Moogoo is getting hitched in November and is scramblin' for groomsmen gift ideas. How would you guys think personalized Cold Steel tomahawks would go over?

I was thinking that since there are 6 different tomahawk designs, and i have 5 groomsmen (including my best man), i would get them all a different model, so each is a little unique. I plan on stripping the heads, etching their initials, staining the handles and adding sinew wrap for overstrike protection. What do you guys think? Stupid idea? Should I get them all the same model? I can't really say if these dudes' personalities match a certain hawk model, so there's no dimension of meaning in that aspect. So should i go forward or rethink my gift?

What about personalized war hammers? Help me out, knife brethren!

****UPDATE (10/8/11):****
Got my Cold Steel hawks in. One of the handles had excellent grain, three had ok grains and one had the absolutely worse grain you can imagine (the Trail Hawk). The heads were obviously forced onto the handles as there was wood curling around the top of the head. It was also some work getting the heads off the handles, with considerable wood curling around the bottom as they worked themselves free. The weights of the heads are as follows:

Rifleman Hawk - 25.75 oz
Spike Hawk - 14.6 oz
Norse Hawk - 13 oz
Trail Hawk - 12.4 oz
Frontier Hawk - 10.7
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I'm going to sand down the handles to provide a nice, secure friction fit instead of a forced fit, and strip the coating off the heads now. As you can imagine, I'm pretty busy planning the wedding, keeping up with work and taking classes for my master's degree, so I'll try and update as much as possible. As my own wedding gift, my fiance thought it appropriate that I have the Cold Steel War Hammer, so I got to practice with the stripping, etching and forcing a patina. I left the head submerged in etchant for about 6 hours to get my initials in there, but I think it would have benefited from a longer soak. I'll be sure to keep my groomsmen's hawks in for 8 to 10 hours. Cheers!
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Hawks and war-hammers? Sounds like a Viking wedding... very creative! Be sure to post some pics! :D
 
ROCK ON! Little awkward on the flight back: Make sure they are checking luggage! That is a great idea, not TOO expensive, and VERY original. You all have to keep 'em though! For high school grad, we all got Spyderco's of one sort or another. For the next decade, when we went on vacation or something, we all got together & took photos of all the blades together. We MOSTLY still have 'em! Alas, my little Spydie Lady-Bug was lost up in the woods of NY State / IE1777 trail near west-point. Just to AGE myself; 1st photos were taken with an Advantix camera!
 
Haha, thanks for the feedback, guys! Yeah, I'll be sure to tell them that they need to check that kind of stuff in on their flights back. I was definitely considering getting them Spydercos like you had Dangelo, but I wanted something a little different. They all know I love knives and are kind of expecting one, but a tomahawk -- no sir, they didn't know this edged-weapon sickness involves anything like that.

I'm actually sending out a random questionnaire via text message that will help me decide which hawk to get whom. I'm trying to decide by their answers if they would prefer a lighter or heavier weapon; if they prefer a hammer poll, no poll or spike; if they want a larger cutting edge or narrower cutting edge; and if they want their haft stained dark or light. My questionnaire doesn't ask such explicit questions related to tomahawks, but I can get a general idea of what they prefer by asking vague questions. So far the Frontier hawk and the Rifleman hawk are spoken for, and I'm confident they're the hawks these two would choose for themselves if asked directly anyway.

I'll definitely keep this thread updated as I assign the hawks and get to work personalizing them! Thanks again everyone.
 
If their is and open bar DO NOT hand them out until the liquor wares off! The last thing you need the the best-man thinking hes Paul Bunyan and trying to chop down everything in sight! :D
 
I am sure all the groomsmen will like the idea....wives/gf's, not so much. On a good note, your wedding party will be "battle-ready" for any wedding crashers.
 
Can't go wrong with a CS Hawk, I just got a Rifleman hawk today from my friend for an hour of yardwork for him, score. Sounds like a great wedding, personalize up some hawks and warhammers for your groomsmen and get target setups as said before. Remember Safety First.
 
Make sure to include the hawks in some of the formal posed wedding pics. Should the bridesmaids have a little edged weapon goodness, too?
 
I like the idea. I'd probably dull them a bit in preparation of the reception.
 
I had katanas at my recent wedding--"curtain of steel" for the bride to walk under. Tomahawks sounds like just the thing! Where are you going to have the etching done? I'd definitely want that to look neat; maybe get them fully engraved? What a neat idea!
 
I've never seen a 'gentleman's tomahawk' before... an untapped market fer sher! :thumbup::D:thumbup:
 
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