SOLD Tomahawk for sale SPF

[Brownwl]

I have a tomahawk for sale.
Purchased from the Long Cabin Shop many years ago. Alloy ( 4140?) steel. Takes a good edge. Good throwing hawk.
Supposed copy of a French type hawk.
Asking $75.00 shipped to the lower 48.

 

[RHR]

Can replacement handles be purchased, and how is the handle affixed to hawk?

 

[Brownwl]

Can replacement handles be purchased, and how is the handle affixed to hawk?

Yes. I got the handle you see in the hawk from TOTW.
It's a friction fit with a small shim.
Very tight.

 

[nit wit]

French Hawk
Nit Wit

 

[Ames]

Interested. Do you have a picture of the top of the head? Where the wedge is?

 

[Brownwl]

Interested. Do you have a picture of the top of the head? Where the wedge is?

I'll post one later this morning

 

[Brownwl]

Interested. Do you have a picture of the top of the head? Where the wedge is?

As promised, here are pics of the top and bottom of the head. You should be able to see the bottom of the head is very snug to the haft.
There was only a little play in the fit before I added the shim.
I'm certain that a soaking in coal oil would have remedied the issue.
As well as pouring the small cavity with pewter.
I took the easy way out. Wooden shim and filled with beeswax.

 

[RHR]

When you install the handle, was the shaft dropped into the eye or the head placed on handle ?

 

[Brownwl]

When you install the handle, was the shaft dropped into the eye or the head placed on handle ?

By design, handles must be started from the top down.
Small end of handle thru the top of the eye first.
That's the only way to fit one.