FAQ: How Do I Customize My Tomahawks? - Preparedmind101 

On tomahawks ax handles shovel handles etc I tend to gravitate more to the Tung oil finish Tung Oil when fully cured and dry will leave a protective finish over the wood longer lasting so you don't have to keep reapplying it but ever so often it also has UV filters in it

I would buy one of those for sure! Especially one made from the CRKT.

I did the exact same with my Worksharp on my Rifleman's Hawk. I used a candle to burn the rings in, and I finished it with Tru Oil.

I just bought a rifleman's cold steel hawk they are awesome for the money. Good video inspired me to customize mine you do great work on the hawks.

Hey Chris boiled linseed oil is for thinning paints if you paint on canvas...... it should never be used on wood it does no good to the wood everything's been boiled out of it what you want people is Raw Linseed oil! Raw linseed oil is what we use in woodworking I've used it on my longbows for years and I use it for many many years on My guitar fretboards anywhere I've got unfinished wood such as rosewood ebony etc there is no oily no sticky residue and it does not go rancid raw linseed oil is the stuff to use!

The goose was kind of funny! Great video, thanks again.

Good advice Chris! The only thing that I would add is that if you don't know exactly what you want your hawk to look like you can go to Google or Bing, or whatever your favorite search engine is, and simply do a search for "Cold Steel Pipe Hawk Mods" (or Rifleman's Hawk, Trail Hawk, etc...). Click on the 'images' tab, and you'll find hundreds of pictures of customized hawks. There are also more than a few videos here on YT dedicated to the subject. Some of the modified Cold Steel hawks are truly works of art!

Chris you do some seriously awesome work!!! Keep up the great work man!

I basically do it the same way except the linseed oil.Will try that.

That was your dinner flying overhead. Man, that is a sweet looking tomahawk. Good of you to share these things. Thank you. Great idea about the tee shirts. Why did you take down the size on the handle?

To fix the spray cans, get the "Jasco premium paint and epoxy remover" remover

Nice tip on the linseed oil, thanks!

Thanks for posting this. Gonna try the bluing technique you showed.

Great video. I've done a couple of Hawks and as long as it works who cares. Thanks for the tutorial.

awesome, I use the casey blue on my knives, hawks and riflles, the process is as simple as you say, for paint, I use a generic all purpose automotive paint stripper and boom, custom hawk, cheers bro

They such good fire starters that they start fires on their own!

Really Enjoy your work

Any Kind of sealant will make wood more brittle,Tung Oil is a better choice.

Excellent video chris. Thanks for the info. Especially about the stripper. Until next time. ;)

That looks amazing

nice video chris. doing a few more this week.

That video was very informative. I was curious, have you ever tried to modify a flash light? may be strip the coating and blue or polish it?

i'm in the middle of customizing what you could call a hawk, i went to princess auto and bought a short handled hatchet with a hammer on the back. the cutting edge is only about 2 inches so it won't be very effective but at $15 it didn't cost much and lets me do some practice mods without fucking up on a more expensive one

Gloves for the Super-Blue! It is a bad chemical! But It's good for tools. I even did my SKS bolt with it. Just saying.. Precautions.

good job my friend

you never showed how you attach the head

I like to acid dip my bare metal tomahawk heads, then when I quench them in oil they get a really nice dark finish. Than i burn my designs into my tomahawk handle with a torch and a soldering iron. And I coat the axe head and handle with Bees wax. Then after the beeswax I coat the whole handle and the axe head in linseed oil.

I wonder what kind of damage or failure you would get if you fiberfixed the entire handle and maybe even the axehead to it. Maybe a ZGBTV2 vid idea?

Thank you

Take those cans back to lowes. Even if you don't have the receipt they will give you store credit for more goodies.

Hey Chris - Is this the process you used on your BK16? That thing is very sharp - well done!!

I would love to know what u are using for your handle wraps. U do it to alot your knives also..

good job, thx for the vid

great video very concise!

You can use mineral oil and bees wax for the handle

Which hawk is the one you’re showing?they make a few!

Great video thanks

I WOULD NOT KEEP THOSE LINSEED OIL RAGS.....TAKE THEM OUT AND BURN THEM RIGHT AWAY

aaaannnnd it's a goose today. Great video bud.

I feel that stripping the coating is sacrificing rust resistance and getting less chopping traction is not a good reason to strip a head off

Why does no one soak their handle in wood hardener?

Hey Chris awesome vid as always, I customized a cold steel pipe hawk a couple weeks ago and recently the head has come loose, any suggestions on keeping it snug on the handle? Thanks

How do you attach the head back on the handle?

You should look up nocturnal knives all there knives are hand ground and made with 3v steel. if u want a knife that u can custom order to your specs that will last longer than you will. nocturnal is the shit I own two of there knives and I would bet my life on these knives also I suggest you follow them on instagram they have all there new stuff up on there

Help please, I am bored with my trail hawk. The axe head has a backlash 2-3mm after few hits. would not you be so kind as to answer about correcting this trouble?

Did you make the Kydex sheath for that hawk.

Nice, used zombie Apocalypse Weapons 👍

Cool video

So what would be the best way to seat the head snug with out the set screw?

BANG! Goose for dinner...

Took me literally 5 mins with dollar store sand paper to do the handle. Lol

Here is a custom handle from an ash sapling, yours is nice too.. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--a7UyG8zbLQ.html usually hate reviews of gear folks have barely used, but find your approach makes this channel worth the view, nice work.

Thank you. bubbalove

Duh....nobody should be obsessing this much over their axe. It serves no fucking purpose or is hyper-rational bullshit that still serves no purpose. But at least this guy is teaching you something. It's hard to fault what you can learn from him, albeit this is one of the dumbest projects you could prioritize for yourself. edit: I am just fed up with collectors & basically anyone who is ocd on modifying something. We do not need more of that type of culture. *We need principled, practical, potent individuals* who take IN the wisdom of their peers....not their bad habits.