Rifleman's Hawk

This superb tomahawk features a factory-honed cutting edge. It has two sticking points on its cutting edge for throwing and throws extremely well. The Rifleman's Hawk has a traditional American hammer-head style butt for hammering stakes.

Rifleman's Hawk

Steel	Drop Forged 1055 Carbon
Primary edge	3 1/2"
Head length	8 1/8"
Length overall	19"
Weight (approx.)	32.0 oz
Handle Material	American Hickory
Made in	China

More about 1055 Carbon steel:
1055 steel is right on the border between a medium and a high carbon steel, with a carbon content between 0.50%-0.60% and with manganese between 0.60%-0.90% as the only other component. The carbon content and lean alloy make this a shallow hardening steel with a quenched hardness between Rc 60-64 depending on exact carbon content. These combination of factors make this one of the toughest steels available because, when quenched, it produces a near saturated lathe martensite with no excess carbides, avoiding the brittleness of higher carbon materials. This steel is particularly suited to applications where strength and impact resistance is valued above all other considerations and will produce blades of almost legendary toughness.