Unfinished Hawken kit

[Herb]

You can bend the back half cold, up, down or sideways to take a "twist" out. But you cannot bend a hump out at the head of it without red heat. I have tried it and cracked a tang- twice! Slow learner. And it takes more than propane or Mapps gas heat for the bend.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Thanks Herb. It looks like I'll have to find someone with a torch to heat it up when I get to that point. I have the propane torches but not anything hotter.