Pipe tomahawk

[Claude Mathis]

Otzi had a copper ax or hatchet. Just something to consider.

Yea, 5,000 years makes a difference. Your point? :wink:

 

[tenngun]

Any job you do is worth doing if you enjoy it. Most brass antique hawks I have seen were fitted with a steel edge. Even steel hawks were iron bodies with a steel edge. To me It would be a waste of time since you wouldn't be using it to cut. But I bet ya that a boy or two on this very forum have bayonetts, even though they never plan to use them :haha:
Looking at the post on 'curly' we all know how easy a curly maple block can split. But just thinking about how the fibers run makes me wonder if any curly wood would stand cross grain stress better then a strieght grain? Since the fibers are naturaly folding and streaching at the same place they are compressing...sort of a damascus effect in the wood :hmm:

 

[crockett]

I am currently reading, "The Frontiersmen" by Eckert, which is a good read. http://www.amazon.com/The-Frontiersmen-Narrative-Allan-Eckert/dp/0945084919

In any event Simon Keton gets whacked on the noggin by a pipe tomahawk, being hit with the bowl of the pipe.

 

[Claude Mathis]

In any event Simon Keton gets whacked on the noggin by a pipe tomahawk, being hit with the bowl of the pipe.

I've been hit with a frying pan, but that doesn't make it a good weapon. :wink:

 

[LRB]

It does if my fine good tempered beautiful loving wife is swinging it!

 

[Claude Mathis]

It does if my fine good tempered beautiful loving wife is swinging it!

Indeed. :haha:

 

[CorporalofMarines]

I recently finished staining and bluing Track's Carlos Gove style tomahawk with the drilled hickory handle they also sold.

Perfectly solid. Before bluing the ax head, I christened the blade by felling a few smaller trees. Absolutely no concern of anything breaking.
The hole is about .22". Perfect seal on the pipe vent too.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Absolutely no concern of anything breaking.

:hmm: Humm...curly figure, run out grain... And no concern of anything breaking?
As long as is used for display only it may not break. T'hawk handles are temporary/disposable items. Even the best ash and hickory handles break. Other than that, yours is attractive. Handle (pun intended) with care.

 

[tenngun]

I bet you don't play 'handles'..That is very easy on the eyes :thumbsup:

 

[Brokennock]

Crocket seemed to be questioning his brass edge, my "point",should seem obvious, being that his brass edge should be better than softer copper and that there is historical reference for soft metal cutting tools not only existing, but actually being used.

 

[crockett]

Well the original question was how common. On the Simon Kenton thing, he got hit so hard that a half dollar piece of skull got broken out and went in towards his brain. Man that must have hurt! You would think such a blown would kill a person. In any event I was trying to raise two points. 1. That a pipe hawk was used by a Shawnee in hitting Kenton and 2. that it was swung as hard as possible and the handle didn't break.

 

[Claude Mathis]

2. that it was swung as hard as possible and the handle didn't break.

We know that how? :wink:

 

[crockett]

Actually you're right. The book says he was whacked on the head and a piece of his skull broke off and went in towards the brain. My mistake, I interpreted that as the handle not breaking, different issue.