Mason_Stoney Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hey Y’all, Just about finished up a little pipe tomahawk and was looking for some other opinions on it. It’s forged out of a ball peen hammer with a shovel handle tapered down. I’m wanting to darken the steel (blue?) and been looking into some ways to do it. I know you can buy chemicals to blue the steel but was wondering if there is any other ways, maybe to help keep it from rusting as well. Also I think I want to wrap some leather under the head, basically just because I think it looks cool, thoughts on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I would look into a traditional rust browning or bluing process as both true to the item and not using strange chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I agree with Rust Bluing. I use it a lot on gun parts. It's so easy to do it's ridiculous. Just time consuming and requires a little extra care keeping body oils off the metal. I love the look myself. A beautiful black. I think it would look great on that hawk. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Stoney Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks guys! I’ll try it out and post a photo when its all done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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