Questions on some little axes?

I used to have a Nathan Allen Bag Axe, which is about the same size as those. They make great kindling axes and backpacking axes for cutting up wood to put in a backpacking stove.

The 6150 steel they advertise is very nice axe steel. It's like slightly higher quality 5160 spring steel. 2 Hawks uses it for all of their tomahawks, and they make some mean choppers and combat hawks...


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Honestly, at that price point, I'm tempted to buy all 3 and go play with them. A little over $100 for 3 belt axes is pretty sweet.
 
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If you can get them made out of 6150 and properly heat treated that would be a steal.

4140 while tough, doesn't harden like 5160 will, and although you don't want a knife edge on an axe you do want something harder than what a big box store axe is. Again, It depends on how it is heat treated.
 
The little ones they say 4140 or 6150. On the Pole axe it says 6150 with no 4140 option at least according to the website.

How does that steel compare to the 1055 cold steel uses?
 
1055 is lower carbon, and plenty tough for the application, but it doesn't hold an edge like some of the others do.

That being said I have an older Vietnam Tomahawk from Cold Steel, and that one does hold and edge pretty well. I've thinned it out and it is tough as nails too.
Whatever Cold Steel did, they did the heat treatment well back then.
 
SamuraiDave said:
Whatever Cold Steel did, they did the heat treatment well back then.
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Honestly, they still do in some areas. I've chopped up the metal frame of a very old and dead TV with my trail hawk... It never complained, never chipped/rolled.


But, that's off topic.
 
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