Wanted to get some thoughts on this Tomahawk , I used Tia's double fag weld process in the weld and it seems to weld nicely . Three blades and a Tomahawk I guess I'm into this forging business no turning back.
Just a word of advice... many years ago I produced a truck load of hawks with that style of "wrapped/welded" eye. Those hawks were "throwers", and I found that after a couple of years I started getting some returns....the forge weld on those that were thrown the most, started to separate at the front of the eye. Once a hawk is completed, there's not much of a way you can "reweld" without totally wrecking the hawk. After that experience I started building my hawk bodies out of mild steel, with a punched eye, and a high carbon "bit" welded in for the cutting edge. I replaced those welded hawks that came back with the punched eye/welded bit ones, and have never had another issue with any of them.
The one truth that I've learned over the years is that if someone can find a way to tear something up....they will! All we can do is keep that in mind, and try to make things as "bulletproof" as humanly possible.
Here are some photo's of the eye seem brazed , I hope this adds some extra strength at the weak point of the eye . Once the handle is on I'm thinking of bedding it in with some Brownell's Acraglas.
Nice work Fred, in theory the braising should help with the strength at the eye. Bedding it may or may not help. All I know is hand it to a friend and tell them to test the snot out of it.