Cold steel pipe hawk

[Brokennock]

https://www.coldsteel.com/axes-tomahawks/
I'm curious to know if these are fileable. I'm looking at their "Pipe-hawk" and welding up the screw is no problem but to what degree are they hardened. Are they file friendly? I see a shape in there, but will require considerable file work to get there. Anyone have experience with these?
Robby

I sharpen mine with a file. Don't know about the rest of the steel. I don't think they have a separate piece of different steel welded in for the bit.
I stripped the black finish off of mine, which was more work than I anticipated, sharpened it to a razor edge, then cut the handle a little shorter and stained it.
It is rugged and sharp, it does it's tasks well,,,, but it is heavy. If I were to do it again I would get the "trail-hawk," and work from that.
But, I won't, my Zach Royer 'hawk is all I could want or need.

 

[roundballman]

Any suggestions about getting the factory screw out to remove the head?

 

[user 48679]

My CS hawk's setscrew came right out with an Allen wrench.

I replaced it with a longer screw, epoxied it in place, cut off the outer protrusion & ground/filed it flush with the outside of the head - whereupon it disappeared from view.

 

[Ajgall]

Any suggestions about getting the factory screw out to remove the head?

Mine was easy to get out with an Allen wrench.

 

[brazosland]

How do you smoke it?

 

[user 48679]

Be a tad hard, if the smoke hole isn't drilled through the handle....

 

[Ajgall]

How do you smoke it?

I like to use an apple cider rub and then cherry lump charcoal over low heat until it’s tender… j/k… it’s not really a pipe that’s just what the company calls them it could be drilled out and made into a real pipe, but I didn’t.