Shaving Sharp Axe With the Rinaldi Tomahawk

How I put a shaving sharp edge on an axe using the Rinaldi Tomahawk

[@ItalskeSekery]

I can confirm that Rinaldi's 55si7 steel is heat-treated to 56-57 HRC. I was just talking with Rinaldi about this a few days ago. It's very easy to sharpen, but holds its edge very well! Great job with that sharpening! 😉

[@MattKeevil]

That is my experience too. The steel and heat treatment they use gets excellent results.

[@brettbrown9814]

Very well presented video! I have found the Rinaldi steel to be excellent as well.

[@nisamvise1724]

ive literally done the same thing with those diamond plates, just glued them to a block of wood (after taking off the foam). I love natural stones but the speed of diamond is just unreal.

[@Brian2bears]

Beautiful, a skilled craftsman with a few tools can produce excellent results...demonstrated...

[@LaCognee]

Always a pleasure sir! 🫡

[@lesmazur5690]

I'm with you on the diamond sharpens I use flat plates to take out chips I use a 100&200 grit

[@940joey2]

Awesome video man and a great lookin axe. I’ve really been wanting a slip fit style, kinda trade axe style axe for a while now I think I’m going to pick one of these up !! What is the model of this rinaldi is it just called a rinaldi tomahawk ? Thank you !!

[@emmanuel.belanger]

It’s a Rinaldi America model 302N0 500g!

[@940joey2]

@@emmanuel.belanger thank you so much !!

[@nisamvise1724]

If youre interested theres also the woox axe, also basque but idk if they fixed their quality control yet.

[@940joey2]

@@nisamvise1724 thank you yeah I’ve have a couple basque axes they’re awesome. I stupidly traded them both for other axes, but I did enjoy them while I had them.

[@bolandjd]

Wow, that hawk looks fantastic! How would you say it compares to the CT Flying Fox for hatchet-type work?

[@urbanlumberjack]

It’s a great axe. I think time will tell, I’m camping with it this weekend. The flying fox is so hard to beat, one of my favorites for a camp and bushcraft axe. One advantage I think of the rinaldi is a wider and taller poll. But the flying fox is a better chopper and splitter, I think. It seems alot would come down to preference and what somebody is doing. My solution is buy both! Haha

[@bolandjd]

@@urbanlumberjack Yes, buy both is always the answer. Thanks. Exactly the feedback I was looking for. I have a Flying Fox, but am interested in the Rinaldi. Seems to me the slip fit eye would make it a lot easier to rehaft in the woods in a back country/survival type situation. But to be honest, that's more aspirational than reality for me. I use the heck out of my Flying Fox around my property.