Ball Peen Hammer Into Tomahawk

The pipes or the hammer poles i just hammer the ball into an octagon shape and finish grind theres alot more steel in the ball than it looks like.

Ball peen hammer into tomahawk. Under a watch full eye but no intervention i used my friends forge and his guidence to make my first attempt to turn a 32 ounce ballpeen hammer into a tomahawk. I rough grind the profile with a side grinder and finish up with the belt grinder and files. 4 hours of pounding and about 15 heatings. I have a small hatchet i cut on the waterjet machine that i going to make into a hawk but i want to use a round haft instead of a hatchet handle so i am going to make a tapered drift to reshape it.

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Blade is a bell or crescent shape. Ball peen hammer head. 8 3 4 head with a 3 cutting edge. December 23 2019 december 23 2019 admin 0 comments forging a tomahawk from ball peen hammer the light tomahawk is primarily used for throwing in combat but it can also be used to chop split dig pry breach and cut.

19 black walnut haft. Using heat and a hammer to re shape a ball peen hammer head into a tomahawk. He begins by drawing the ball out into a four sided spike and it was neat to see it take shape. Forging a ball peen tomahawk.

If you have an old ball peen hammer that has seen better days turning it into a tomahawk could be a fun and productive activity. 18 hard maple haft. I thought it was such a great idea that and i started blacksmithing the tomahawk the same day jake s custom knives. Man transforms an ordinary hammer into a super sharp tomahawk axe by sara barnes on october 9 2017 australian knife maker steve miller breathes new life into a well loved ball peen hammer by transforming it in an unexpected way.

Turning an old ball peen hammer head into a tomahawk. 7 1 2 head with a 2 5 8 cutting edge. Thank you for watching. Many thanks to the video creator jake s custom knives.

I then hammer out the spike next keeping everything inline.