Cold
Steel Tomahawks
These superb tomahawks are precision drop forged from 1055 Carbon steel.
Drop forging is, without a doubt, the best method of manufacture for any
impact weapon, particularly one with a cutting edge. During the drop
forging process a metal ingot is heated almost white hot and then formed
into a shape in a series of progressive dies. The large steel dies are
fixed to enormous compressed air hammers. Each die hammers the hot
metal into a gradually more finished shape. The steel is kneaded and
compressed into a completely homogenous mass making the grain structure
uniform and minimizing gas pockets or other imperfections that can ruin the
construction of a hand forged hawk. This is why most good axes,
hatchets, and hammers are drop forged. These hawks are differentially
heat treated. This means that the cutting edge and hammer face is
fully hardened, while the balance is left relatively soft to absorb the
shock of striking blows.
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