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Ajgall

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I was inspired by some of the cold steel transformations I had seen so here is mine. I cut down the handle to my taste, stripped the paint, blued and scrubbed it back, used it as a test piece for a batch of stain I’m playing with and added two brass end caps.
 

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I was inspired by some of the cold steel transformations I had seen so here is mine. I cut down the handle to my taste, stripped the paint, blued and scrubbed it back, used it as a test piece for a batch of stain I’m playing with and added two brass end caps.
where did you aquire the pipe hawk head?
 
where did you aquire the pipe hawk head?
I believe Amazon I was given it by someone else. Cold steel is a pretty common brand at several retailers they come hafted and are decent quality but need a bit of work to look good. This is how they look out of the box:
 

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I was inspired by some of the cold steel transformations I had seen so here is mine. I cut down the handle to my taste, stripped the paint, blued and scrubbed it back, used it as a test piece for a batch of stain I’m playing with and added two brass end caps.
Please tell us how you "made" the end caps?
 
Did you just steel wool back their finish or remove it completely then did a bluing yourself and cut that back with abrasive? If you did the bluing what did you use to get the color?
I love the head finish - looks great!!!
 
I used wire brushes & files to remove Cold Steel's horrendous applied finish coat on the head, then cold blued it to my druthers.

I also exchanged the CS setscrew on the side of the handle hole with a longer machine screw, that I epoxied in place after cutting the replacement screw flush with the head.

I also cut the issue handle length down a few inches, then stripped/stained & adorned it.

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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
 

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