Some of the process of making Helm Enterprises tomahawks - NEW VIDEO

Storm Crow

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I finally got video edited and uploaded that was shot back in the cooler weather. Here is a look at the grinding and heat treatment on my tactical 'hawks.

[video=youtube;66j1xxpkm1M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66j1xxpkm1M&feature=youtu.be[/video]

A look at handles is next, and I need to shoot an updated look at making sheaths.
 
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I like the way you set up that Evenheat.:thumbup:
 
Thanks, guys!

JDM - I felt like with the weight of the 'hawk heads, the blanks would probably get twisted out of shape at temperature just from gravity. I also heat treat knives and bush swords in it. I can hang three knives at the same time.
 
I can see that. My problem is that I have a 24 inch Paragon which is plenty long, but only like 5 x 5 wide and tall. At the time, I like the shell of the Paragon better than the Evenheat and the longer models still only need a 240/20 amp circuit and didn't think that I would need a wider chamber. Paragon actually started making a 10 inch wide model lately, but too late for me. Even heat now wires their 24 inch model for 20 amp.
Storm Crow said:
Thanks, guys!

JDM - I felt like with the weight of the 'hawk heads, the blanks would probably get twisted out of shape at temperature just from gravity. I also heat treat knives and bush swords in it. I can hang three knives at the same time.
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If you set it up vertically like mine, would the diagonal be wide enough for what you want to do?
 
Not really. I figure you still need at LEAST 8 inches to do an integral hawk with a spike, so not quite big enough even diagonally at like 6.5 or so. I could one with a poll maybe. I was thinking of doing a one-off spike hawk after seeing one of your threads and one from Ben Tendrick, but oops!!!! :D I can do something like a bush blade up to around 22 inches overall because I have a half of a fire brick in the end to cut down on the overheating of the tip of stuff, but the biggest thing that I have done is a bowie with like a 13 inch blade and 6 inch hidden tang before it was trimmed to size.
Storm Crow said:
If you set it up vertically like mine, would the diagonal be wide enough for what you want to do?
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Here's how I do the handle shaping. Sort of a poor man's CNC. :D

[video=youtube;I5jUlg0lEBc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5jUlg0lEBc[/video]
 
Updated sheath making video, using standardized tooling

[video=youtube;ukpHR_ep0RQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukpHR_ep0RQ[/video]
 
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