Brother.. this was so awesome as to defy an adequate compliment. That 'hawk turned out absolutely amazing... a one-of-a-kind piece of craftsmanship. Loved how you included a bit of history in here as well. This one's going in the favorites (not to mention the ol' project list :) Thanks for taking the time to share this man.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+IntenseAngler appreciate it. Would like to make a couple more of them. It really is a fun process. A lot of different things I like to do all rolled into one project.

Great project! I've got a Frontier Hawk by Cold Steel and I'm getting geared up to do similar modifications. Thanks for the inspiration!

Great video. Reenactors are always encountering projects like this- trust me, we appreciate content like this!

That turned out beautiful, man. Obvious that it's YOURS now, too. Fun to hear the history too.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+The Late Boy Scout It was a lot of fun to research the history of the hawks.

Really nice. Love how it turned out. Especially the blued head, the mountains and the little deco you put on the top of the wood. Also very pleased watching the video. Awesome work 👍👍👍

@Cr0cket20

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

what a fun and creative project! I like the use of the lighter, as well, and the cold blueing. I just used that for the first time when restoring a couple of old rusty and pitted .22 magazines.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+DrZ just stripped my esee 4 and blued it. Now that I have the stuff I want to blue everything : )

Love the Mod. to the Hawk! Love the channel and vids! Thanks for the gear reviews and taking us along for the your adventures. All the best.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Hargarten appreciate you watching.

Pipe Hawk is the best Cold Steel model IMO. Large cutting edge and the hammer pawl. I've had mine for a few years and it's going strong. Thanks for sharing.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+enscribe good to know. They do seem a pretty good value for what you get. Even if I didn't put the stain on it, I do think they still need some work to be optimal, ie edge sharpening and proper head fit.

This is still such a good and informative video til this day. Thanks

That's a major improvement. It makes it look much more authentic.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+TJack Survival Sooo much better than how it comes. Pretty boring out of the box for sure.

Great looking hawk! Thank you taking the time to share, it came out fantastic. I think you just found your next calling.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+TheTacticalDefender thanks much.

Really awesome video! I really enjoyed the history you talked about, while showing the modding. Great stuff. I think I know where my christmas money is headed haha, your tomahawk has inspired me, cheers!

I've modded this same one before lol, now you're making me wanna get another to do a video and redo it. They are as fun to mod as they are to use.

Awesome job Crocket, top drawer!

Sweet! That looks great! Have one on order and was wondering what to do to make it look a bit less vanilla, you seem to have set me on a more proper pathway. Thanks for posting this. 👍

I really like the mods you did, awesome video.

Looks awesome Brian

Not your usual type of video, Crocket, but I loved it. Nice job making that tomahawk look good.

Love God Love your channel. Thank you brother for another great video. Now lets see it in action

Nice one, looks great dude.

GREAT JOB Dude really like the the mountain you burned in!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Giddens Thanks.

Very good stuff! Beautiful mod!

Sick man, your channel always inspires me to try something new!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Drew Shaw Right on. Hope you enjoy it.

Sweet dude, I'm inspired to take my hawk and fiddle with some mods, really like the top and bottom - Cheers!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Fizisheswa have fun.

Getting my Norse Hawk today. Definitely going to go ham on it and mod it up.

LOve what you did man.I will be doing something like that to mine.looks cool.

Really nice job!

Thanks for the review, Ragnar ;)

Looks good man! Great video!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+MrLeonidas0001 "Tactical Adventure Lifestyle" Appreciate it.

Nice work Sir! Thanks.

awesome modification

Great video sir. Keep us updated on how well it performs. My only concern is the grooves you cut into the shaft, as slight as they are, would be a place over time that would develop a stress fracture and crack on you. Great craftsmanship.

I have a rifleman's hawk from Cold Steel and I am impressed on how tuff they are. I took it on a camping trip and used to split firewood and I beat the hell out of it almost trying to break it and it held up. I would bury the head in a log then swing all of it at a tree like a ball bat splitting the log, I did this repeatedly over a week. the hawk survived it all.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Goward Nice. I have yet to hard use mine yet. But I keep hearing they are tough.

It's amazing what a little time and effort can do to an otherwise plain tool!!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Bayou Chilehead Amen to that. Turns it into such a fun piece to after the effort and sweat is put into it.

wow that looks awsome! very cool!!

great job! I learned a lot. too bad about that blemish. I've got the CRKT Hawks. great quality for the price. you have inspired me to dress mine up a bit. Merry Christmas.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Dowd Same to you my friend. I was eyeballing the CRKT Hawk.

The blemish is differential heat treatment. On a lot of blades, it's a desired trait, like the hamon on a Japanese katana. I just ordered one, and I hope the heat treating line is more defined all the way across the blade. I just realized that this is a 7-year old post.

Lot of fun to watch, might have to do something similar soon!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+gideonstactical Be careful, it's addicting.

Nice job looks really nice thanks for sharing atb John

Awesome work! You should make a vid using them on a backpacking trip

Awesome video :)

classy!!! Looks like you had fun too!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Patriot36 Definitely. On the tail end of my norse hawk mods tonight. Have 2 more pipehawks coming...I think I'm addicted.

Btw, thx for sharing the effort w your Thawk. Your vid's always help me maintain the dream of my younger age. Regarding removing metal and creating a more wide funnel, then when you need to start "repairing", it's a good idea to start w turning the axe shaft 180 dgr around it's length axis, so what used to be towards the palm of your hand is now towards the finger tips, when you grip. Then wack it firm like you'd already did it by now. But their axe heads are to narrow in the top. And if you want to keep the shaft "alive" for a longer periode b4 buying new, this has helped me. Hope this was more clear - you dont have to answer, better make more vids :-D

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+ulf lyng thanks for the info. Just took out the hawk for a test run. Head needed much more adjustment but I finally got it squared away in the field with a wedge. Working on editing the vid now so won't be up for a bit. Thanks for the info again and appreciate you watching.

Been watching a lot of Last Of The Mohicans recently, I need a tomahawk now

I will definitely be doing this to mine when I get it

Nice job!

Simple yet elegant

That looks awesome.

@Cr0cket20

6 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. Was a fun one to make.

Way cool! Gave me an itch to pick one up and mod it

That came out really nicely, well done! One thing I didn't see was how did you darken the handle? You aged it very nicely

Looks great

A Maddox style handle will usually have a little jiggle in it anyways, especially when new, since it hasn't had a chance to really seat on the handle. However, they've completely went against the whole point of a Maddox handle by just putting that bump stop up at the top of the handle! haha It has nowhere to go to.. Glad you saw that and corrected it early! I really like what you did with this hawk! Great job. How did you burn the lines, such as with the little mountain scene? You said you carved the lines, but how did you burn them? Great video Crocket!

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Weiderfan I used a wood burner I picked up from a hobby shop. Great little kit that will also burn leather. I might try adding a personal touch to some of my leather sheaths with it down the road.

@kyle_noseworthy

8 жыл бұрын

Oh yeahhh, I've seen those! I had one when I was a little kid!

Cool idea.

Ah yeah, this reminds me when in Boy Scouts we would outfit our hiking stinks from materials gathered on each trip. Lots of fun talking around the campfire.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Enrique Sonora I like when they are personal items. The norse hawk I'm going to put some feathers on it. But feathers that I've gathered. Although they aren't the prettiest.

Nice job :)

Cool project. i just did a throwing Tomahawk video, i may do something similar to mine. Thanks for the idea.

Nice job! I put a mustard pantina on mine and put some notches on the top part of tha hawk with a dremel.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+snakemonkey555 I wanted to do the notches. Those look sick. I wasn't quite ready to take that leap yet. Maybe on an upcoming one.

I striped the paint, sanded the handle, and coated it with boiled linseed. Looks so hood now.

good stuff, man. I did up my Norse Hawk and I am proud of the turnout.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Toby Johnson If your on Facebook would love to see a pick.

@tobeface34

8 жыл бұрын

***** no problem, I'll send you some pics

That is friggin awesome

Keep 'em coming. Love your vid's. Got the same, done the same. Found out that cutting wood from the stock is futile. Open up the axe head w a file, so the stock fits in like in a funnel. Remove (a little) metal instead of wood. It's razor sharp if treated right, but don't split logs w it. Had to bent the axe head back after splitting. But it's not meant to split though

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+ulf lyng will have to give that a go on the next one. Thanks for watching.

actually the tomahawk was brought into America over 400years ago by my Normand ancestors. It was one of the most prized item of trade for the aboriginals.

@tomwiltshire8244

8 жыл бұрын

native americans used stone ones before that

That was a great video. I really like the bear paw & mountain range etching. I have a pipe hawk that I'm working on - do I need to re-coat for rust protection? Gun blue versus something like Vinegar?

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Huggins Yes. If you strip off the original coating you will need to blue or force a patina to help protect against rust.

I wish they had that goober coating, so much easier to strip and work with.

Wow is all I can say! Do a video on how you sharpened it

dude I'm impressed

Informative and nice vid

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Clap Forboobies Thanks. Was a fun vid to make.

Very nice.

@Cr0cket20

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Very nice looking. I think Cold Steel should do a special Cr0cket version. They could call it the Cold Steel Cr0ckethawk.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+SnowLobo95 LOL that would be awesome.

Is the inside to the handle hole tapered? I ordered the Viking one and two of the and can't wait to start on them.

How did you do the bear paw did you use a soldering iron if so what kind of tip was on there. I have a needle nose tip and I find I have difficulty darkening in . Any tips. Thanks Bud.

United States law implies you're not allowed to ship sharp objects through the mail

@Cr0cket20

3 жыл бұрын

Yet I have many knives, tomahawks, and axes.

Nice work. You have turned a generic tool into a really nice heirloom.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Olofsson I think it would be fun down the road to make a couple for my boys as gifts. Personalize them from their ol' man.

@tom_olofsson

8 жыл бұрын

+Cr0cket20 That will be a gift to treasure.

@johnnyr612028

8 жыл бұрын

+Cr0cket20 What a great idea!!! Would make a fantastic gift for the boys. Love the idea!! Might have to borrow this idea for my boys also.

Makes me want to buy one now! Question how was the axes head itself ? Did it stay on while using it? Always a great and inspiring video. Keep up the great work.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+AJ H. I hear you. I went to purchase another one to start work and they are sold out. Didn't look everywhere yet though. With the axe head, so far so good. With the norse hawk, the handle was so bad I will likely have to add something in to keep the head on correctly.

@The_Hartofect_

8 жыл бұрын

Awesome I was also researching the CRKT Chogan Woods T-Hawk. Found some reviews but nothing that jumped at me to say "Hey, Buy me know". Only your cold steel video and other gear reviews have that effect on me.... hahah

Nice one...

awesome!

Did you freehand the art or did you have some templates?

Very nice

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+0WickedSensation0 appreciate it.

Great video man. Hey! As a camp tool, would you prefer the pipe hawk, the trail hawk or the rifleman's hawk?

@Cr0cket20

7 жыл бұрын

Probably the pipe. Wider blade than the trail. The rifleman would be a good contender but it all depends on what you're looking for. IE if weight matters, chopping power, etc. Depending on what you want to do could highly affect the outcome.

@AltairDhauglu

7 жыл бұрын

Spliting, wood choping for campfire and peg hammer

Nice job. I should get off my butt and get to work on my pipe hawk.

Отличное видио, красивый томогавк получился.

That looks great! Did you do the norse-hawk too?

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Gun Sense (drmaudio) Working on that one now. I going to make that one more of a display piece I think. Certainly usable but would be fun to hang on the wall.

hey Crockett, did you sand the wood at all initially to get started and for the two tone did you just stain it before putting the linseed on? I'm about to make one as a Xmas gift and want to make sure I'm starting and finishing right! thanks much

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Chriskelly19067 Sanding - yes I sanded before I started. Two tone - stain first then linseed. Have fun making one. That linseed takes at least a couple of days to really dry (and I live in a dry area so it may take longer depending on where you are).

@Chriskelly19067

8 жыл бұрын

+Cr0cket20 thanks so much!

You did a great job on thst for sure might get one to send to ya lol let me know how much ud charge for a one off

I have several CS hawks and they've all been sharp and snug from the factory.

@JidoKashi

6 жыл бұрын

R6Dave11 They’re hit or miss. My Viking hand axe was as fit and finish as can be, but their tomahawks seem to have some issues with that.

Nice job our Native American Brothers will be Proud.

How did you attach the head? Same hole

Awesome...

Awesome Job! I'd love to hear how you sharpened it. I used a file and puck honing stone on mine and did not get a great result.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+85montie That's a vid unto itself. Essentially I started by hand. But all my rough sharpening stones/tools are worn out. It took me a long time. I ended up purchasing the ken onion work sharp to rough in the initial edge on the norse hawk. The pipe hawk was a combination of the work sharp, spyderco ceramic stones, and finished with 2000 grit wet dry sandpaper.

@85montie

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply. I've not heard of the work sharp, but I will look into it.

I got a question it was 30$ out of box would this be more like 75 80 now after mods

Hey Crocket, what are you using to scrape the coating off at 1:40 ? Looks like a razor blade or something, but just curious.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+kpw528 razor blade yes. Also used a wire brush.

@kpw528

8 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks!

What is the specific tool name of the file that he (you) used to file out the eye of the hawk?

No wedge? You might want to add a wedge, makes it a lot more secure and looks more sleek because there won't be any holes or imperfections in the handle to the head.

@1221vito

8 жыл бұрын

As I understand it wedges aren't used in tomahawks. They are friction fit from the bottom end of the handle up unlike an axe which is fit from the top down and secured using the wedge.

the cold steel pipe hawk is really a fancy version of a hammer poll hawk ! to be a pipe hawk it has to have a pipe bowl ! of course not beinh a pipe hawk it is more useful as a tool around camp and as a weapon !

I just got mine in the mail today, now it's a great head , but the handle is atrocious! Full of slivers ,chipped just terrible, but it's a work in progress so hopefully i can fix the handle

Hi, nice! IS beautiful

What color stains did you use?

would really like to see what you do with that norsehawk.

@Cr0cket20

8 жыл бұрын

+Ralph Edwards Will have to do a quick follow up once I'm done. Currently the head is complete and handle is almost complete. Thinking the Norse will be a bit more decorative.

Where you able to get rid of the perma blue smell?

Super!!!