According to\u00a0<\/span>etymonline.com<\/a>\u00a0the name tomahawk dates back to 1610 from the Virginian\u00a0<\/span>Algonquian word<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tamahaac\u00a0<\/span><\/em>from the word\u00a0<\/span>tamaham<\/span><\/em>\u00a0meaning \u201che cuts\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The first two rounds of this Forged in Fire Episode are key themed. In order to get the steel to forge, they must create a key to unlock a chest containing the metal they need to forge their knife. In round two they must have a key hole guard and handle. It’s seems a bit gimmicky to me. Complexity for the sake of complexity with little to do with bladesmithing.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n One of the Smith’s is particularly thrown by this handle requirement, which prevented her from finishing her handle. It’s a shame because she had a very nice tanto-esque blade profile from the first round. The knife was ultimately not tested.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.5.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n The finale weapon is actually two weapons: the smith’s must forge a tomahawk and a bowie knife set.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The example tomahawk is beautiful damascus. It might be a pipe tomahawk. I don’t like how the handle tapers and it looks too narrow.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Both finalist’s home forges are in Mississippi. Neither had made tomahawk’s before. Both smith’s forge a bowie first. While damascus is more flash and style than function and substance, I would like to have seen one of the smith’s create both weapons out of a matching damascus billet.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cold-Steel-Trail-Hawk.jpg” alt=”Tomahawk” title_text=”Indian_tabar-shishpar_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″]<\/p>\n A Tomahawk<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”638px” custom_padding=”||3px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n I do like how Doc does a traditional axe technique with a wrought iron body and high carbon steel (5160) bit. This is a more difficult technique as it requires forge welding so credit to him for taking this approach, particuarly on his first tomahawk. Unfortunately it doesn’t work for him the first time and he has to start over. But his second ‘hawk looks great. The poll and bit look fanstatic and I really like the contrast between the hard steel bit and the iron.<\/p>\n Unfortunately his fitment on the tomahawk was not spot on and Doug Marcaida points out there is some rattle to it.<\/p>\n I don’t like burned handles in general but he was light on the char and it looked great. The use of the same wood (tiger maple) for both the bowie and tomahawk and the matching brass pins made it feel more like a set. I also like the up and down swept guard on the bowie.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Brian created a quality set. He used matching black walnut for both tomahawk and bowie handle. His tomahawk is made out of a single piece of 5160 steel. The tomahawk is more rustic and simple.<\/p>\n The traditinal way tomahawk are fit is that the top of the handle is wider than the bottom and the head is seated via friction.\u00a0The tomhawk head Brian forges slides off the top of the handle. He chooses to weld more material into the inside of the eye rather than redo the handle.<\/p>\n It seems to work well because Doug makes no mention of the fit. Although he does comment it is very light.<\/p>\n There isn’t much of a poll on his tomahawk, which is certainly within the realm of traditional tomahawk design. However, I personally prefer to have more of a poll that can be used as a hammer and offset the weight of the bit to provide some balance.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/forgedinfireaxeguide.jpg” title_text=”Forged in Fire” url=”https:\/\/ancientpathworkshop.com\/axes-forged-in-fire” _builder_version=”4.5.1″ custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″]<\/p>\n It’s always fun to see David Baker throw an axe and the strength test involves a throw and chop of both weapons in the set.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n David also comments the head is a bit loose on Doc’s ‘hawk, but it did not fly off the handle. Unfortunately it does slide off the handle after the sharpness test. It seems as though the eye was not forged properly to maximize the effectiveness of a traditional friction fit.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n David complimented the throwability of Brian’s tomahawk, but also mentioned the handle was not straight.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”]<\/p>\n Axes in the episode<\/strong>: one half of the finale weapon: Tomahawk [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A classic of the mid 1700’s American frontier the Tomahawk is a hatchet and utility axe. Season 7, Episode 32 “Tomahawk and Bowie” is one of the many Forged in Fire episodes featuring an axe. The design of the Tomahawk is of European origin, specifically France, and was used to trade with the pre-Columbian persons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n I like the show Forged in Fire and I like axes. So I keep tabs on which episodes of Forged in Fire feature an axe. In well over one hundred of episodes of the show there have only been 16 so far in which an axe makes an appearance. Episode 31 of season 7 \"Titanium Smackdown\" is a Forged in Fire Episode featuring an axe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No axes appear in the first two rounds of competition. They did things a little backwards from usual, with smith's being charged with forging titanium handles before creating a blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The finale weapon is the Horseman's Tabar: a one handed Indo-Persian axe. The example Tabar in the show looks a little janky to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Horseman's Tabar, according to the show, is a weapon used by Indian Calvary from the 16th-18th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t believe in metal handles on axes. It was a parameter and for a weapon it probably makes sense. Also a parameter was a hidden dagger in the haft that doubled as a pommel for the axe and the handle of the dagger. On the one hand it is kinda cool. I also get that it is historically accurate, but it seems impractical and I wouldn\u2019t want a dagger falling out of my axe.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeason 7, Episode 32: \u201cTomahawk and Bowie\u201d (S07 EP32)<\/h2>\n
Finale Weapon: Tomahawk and Bowie<\/h2>\n
Doc’s Tomahawk and Bowie Set<\/h3>\n
Brian’s Tomahawk and Bowie Set<\/h3>\n
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Season 7, Episode 31: \u201cTitanium Smackdown\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Finale Weapon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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