Making a Hand Forged Pipe Tomahawk with Wallace Gusler

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This tomahawk making video, Making a Hand Forged Pipe Tomahawk, features Wallace Gusler of Williamsburg, Virginia working in a traditional manner with hand tools to forge, file and finish a pipe tomahawk in a typical style found on the Colonial frontier. The making of two types of pipe axes is demonstrated. He also shows forge welding the steel bit into the iron head. Next, Wallace shows drilling, shaping, staining and finishing of a fine, curly maple handle. Bonus material includes how to modify a hot cutter to make a bottom fuller to help in forging a tomahawk, as well as showing original tomahawks from Wallace's fine private collection. 88 minute presentation.