Please critique this tomahawk

[tnmike]

I am fairly new to the forge( one year) and have made several knives and tomahawks. This latest piece was forged from a HC (high carbon) railroad spike. What do you think? Am I going in the right direction? THANKS

 

[tnmike]

It didnt post to the original ..


http://photobucket.com/albums/d152/tnmikey/?action=view&current=Blacksmithmadetools005.jpg

 

[Will52100]

Looks Good! Only thing I'd like to see is a little widder at the pole, narrow poles tend to shift on the handle when you bury it in the end of a log. Forge texture looks realy cool, and is that Hickory haft?

 

[tnmike]

Homemade not bought...

 

[butcher_block]

i like the looks of it
butch

 

[Reg ELLERY]

Looks good. It looks like you have used the head end for the cutting edge.
I helped a mate make a bundle of these. We would heat the thin end and dump it up to about 1 inch (25mm) square. Flare it out for a cutting edge and put the handle hole right up under the head. Tended to give it a little more meet where the handle hole is and you can also use the head as a hammer for tent pegs. There are all sorts of things to do with the head if you like.

I think yours looks very nice.