Track of the Wolf Iroquois 'Hawk Build

[Rasch Chronicles]

Howdy fellows!

I've been away a while, but I am fine and recovering from the holidays!
Hopefully everyone has had a wonderful and Blessed Holiday season!

Well, as I told my friend Rich, in between chores, I managed to put my Iroquois Tomahawk together that I received from Track of the Wolf. It came out well, and will display nicely with my growing accoutrement collection.

A couple of observations.

The "Special Alloy Steel" (pg 71 catalog# 17) used in its casting is pretty soft. Garnet sandpaper cuts the metal more easily than expected. That means that it will ding if you drop something, or let a file slip out of your hand...

The handles that are sold with it will not fill the eye completely. Now maybe it's because I made some kind of mistake while carefully fitting it. When I fit the next one, I'll check the taper by first setting it in the head backwards, so I can see where it should bottom out at.



I'll do a full write-up  later, and post it on my blog with lots of pictures.

Best regards,
Albert A Rasch
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles
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Looks good Albert, do you want a maple handle?  I have a couple of pieces from my tree I had sawn and dried that with a little work with a shave should yield a nice handle.  Probably get at least  10 handles from them. Let me know.

  Rich