I've had the Cold Steel spike hawk and trail hawk for a few years, but I never liked the black coating on the heads, and the fit and finish on the handles was never too good out of the box. So I used the birchwood casey bluing kit to blue the heads, then shortened the handles to a more useful length, finished them with some stain, then coated them in true oil to increase durability. Here are the results:
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Anybody else done hawk modifications?
Before:
After:
Anybody else done hawk modifications?