what I did once is I made a cross an to stain it to make it look really old was I put brown shoe polish in it. you leave it sit for 5 minutes wipe it off and it stains dark and polishes up to give it a high polish look worked great. this worked really well on pine. Any light colored wood.
Couldn't you use low grit sandpaper or even the Jasco paint remover to take off the coating on the handle? Instead of linseed oil can you use butcher's block oil which is food grade mineral oil stabilized with vitamin E, beeswax, and carnuba wax?
Amazing video from beginning to end, and this alone from a videomaking perspective. The content was super helpful and just as awesome as well! By the way, that look the steel heads ended up with, after being reforged, could be called the "found in the River Thames" look haha! Definitely reminded me of lots of stuff found there :-) Cheers and thanks again for a the great job!
Berserker179 yeah I suppose he could be trying to get a higher Rockwell hardness out of the edge. When he strips it you can see the differential hardening line. I myself on a cold steel viking hand axe I have rigorously tested and I've found no issues with the edge hardness
It is like tossing a coin with these... I take my time and make sure these are as solid as possible via a proper normalizing cycle, Heat Treat, and Temper Cycles. My Work helps prevent against twisting, Edge damage, etc. My Clients enjoy my work
I have the Trailhawk and hand axe from Cold Steel and I found them to hold an excellent Edge and be extremely durable. I had never even considered heat cycling them. To each his own. These things are really fun to customize though.
No reason at all. This guy is a donut. Cold steel is known for their heat treat. If he wanted the "blackened" look he could have just cold blued it and left it alone
Hey there, I see your question is 2 years old. Well, in case you haven't found the answer/s yet, hope I can help you. Quite a funny thing by the way, because you could've asked a million different things I would've had no idea about, but you asked two things I do happen to know quite a bit :-) 1 - Rehardening. The axe head, as Cold Steel sells it (although is actually made by a company called American Tomahawk), doesn't have the best properties in its steel. Don't take me wrong, they're very good as they come, but for demanding users, a different heat treatment isn't a bad idea. So, by putting it through the forge again, a knowledgeable smith can alter the metal's properties, like hardness (hence the process' name), flexibility, etc. to suit the user's needs. A common choice is to modify it so it ends up having two areas with different levels of hardness - although this is most commonly seen in high end swords rather than in axes. The advantages are, to have a stronger area that will be used to impart the blow, and retain an edge, and a slightly less stronger area (and sometimes also more flexible one) that will dissipate the energy, and thus make it more comfortable for the user, avoid damage, extend the tool's service life, etc. 2 - Boiled Linseed Oil. It's cheap, easily attainable, and guaranteed to protect the wood from attacks by different types of organisms, moreover, it also provides the object with a nice, natural looking, finishing. Also very easy to work with, and has quite a few other uses, for those who'd be interested in finding out. In case you happen to have firearms, it's also very good as the last touch once you're done cleaning some gorgeous wooden stock. Hope this helped, cheers!
Great job! It looks like an awesome tool. Btw, I'm not knowledgeable in axes and such things, is this an axe or a hatchet or one of those throwing axes?
Question...... these axes are hardened at the factory, what's your reasoning for hardening them again?
Wouldn't you put the linseed oil on the wood without the axe head on so that it swells up some and binds better to the wood?
what I did once is I made a cross an to stain it to make it look really old was I put brown shoe polish in it. you leave it sit for 5 minutes wipe it off and it stains dark and polishes up to give it a high polish look worked great. this worked really well on pine. Any light colored wood.
Looks great. I give the burn treatment to most of my wood items. Gives it that classic aged look. Love it!!!
Good Deal!
Cs norse hawk is still my favorite cs hawk.
We should gift Jackalope with one.
Couldn't you use low grit sandpaper or even the Jasco paint remover to take off the coating on the handle? Instead of linseed oil can you use butcher's block oil which is food grade mineral oil stabilized with vitamin E, beeswax, and carnuba wax?
Looks really cool!
Thanks alot bud. these are fun projects
Amazing video from beginning to end, and this alone from a videomaking perspective. The content was super helpful and just as awesome as well!
By the way, that look the steel heads ended up with, after being reforged, could be called the "found in the River Thames" look haha! Definitely reminded me of lots of stuff found there :-)
Cheers and thanks again for a the great job!
Do you do symbol engravings on the blades by request ?
The Etsy Shop is closed! Do you still mod norse hawks?
I loved the finish product, keep it up
Thanks alot!
Why did you re heat treat the head?
my guess would be that it is not up to his standards, but not understanding that as well i'd also like to know more about it.
Berserker179 yeah I suppose he could be trying to get a higher Rockwell hardness out of the edge. When he strips it you can see the differential hardening line. I myself on a cold steel viking hand axe I have rigorously tested and I've found no issues with the edge hardness
It is like tossing a coin with these... I take my time and make sure these are as solid as possible via a proper normalizing cycle, Heat Treat, and Temper Cycles. My Work helps prevent against twisting, Edge damage, etc. My Clients enjoy my work
mine does not hold the best of edges. a bit of differential hardening wouldn't hurt.
I have the Trailhawk and hand axe from Cold Steel and I found them to hold an excellent Edge and be extremely durable. I had never even considered heat cycling them. To each his own. These things are really fun to customize though.
You should fixed the taper on the handle. Your head will come loose.
another awesome axe.
Thank you sir!
Damn I wish I watched this before purchasing my Norse Hawk. I would have went straight to you. Any chance you can mode an already purchased item?
No reason at all. This guy is a donut. Cold steel is known for their heat treat. If he wanted the "blackened" look he could have just cold blued it and left it alone
explain advantages of rehardening and boiled linseed oil vs other protective uses
Hey there, I see your question is 2 years old. Well, in case you haven't found the answer/s yet, hope I can help you. Quite a funny thing by the way, because you could've asked a million different things I would've had no idea about, but you asked two things I do happen to know quite a bit :-)
1 - Rehardening. The axe head, as Cold Steel sells it (although is actually made by a company called American Tomahawk), doesn't have the best properties in its steel. Don't take me wrong, they're very good as they come, but for demanding users, a different heat treatment isn't a bad idea.
So, by putting it through the forge again, a knowledgeable smith can alter the metal's properties, like hardness (hence the process' name), flexibility, etc. to suit the user's needs. A common choice is to modify it so it ends up having two areas with different levels of hardness - although this is most commonly seen in high end swords rather than in axes.
The advantages are, to have a stronger area that will be used to impart the blow, and retain an edge, and a slightly less stronger area (and sometimes also more flexible one) that will dissipate the energy, and thus make it more comfortable for the user, avoid damage, extend the tool's service life, etc.
2 - Boiled Linseed Oil. It's cheap, easily attainable, and guaranteed to protect the wood from attacks by different types of organisms, moreover, it also provides the object with a nice, natural looking, finishing. Also very easy to work with, and has quite a few other uses, for those who'd be interested in finding out. In case you happen to have firearms, it's also very good as the last touch once you're done cleaning some gorgeous wooden stock.
Hope this helped, cheers!
Do you have the Viking hand axe
Check my feed and Viking Playlist. Already rocked it
Great job! It looks like an awesome tool. Btw, I'm not knowledgeable in axes and such things, is this an axe or a hatchet or one of those throwing axes?
Technically... Throwing axe/ Tomahawk
what is the correct temreture and correct hardeness?
Did you ever do a video stripping a CRKT Sting and then giving it a high polish blued finish so it looked like black chrome?
No sir
DropForgedSurvival thank someone did and now I can't find it
+Frederick Kaludis hrmmm...
How did you remove the head? I’ve been trying to figure it out!
set screw on the backside.
cost?
damn. you do some fantastic work
that's awesome
Thank you
Love it
Thanks man
Just the planet and not the universe ?