DIY Tomahawk Cover
This is just a simple DIY post on a generic Hawk cover. This particular model is for the CRKT Woods Kangee Hawk, which has a hawk head on one side and a spike on the other. The technique discussed is more of a cordage demo and not about the leatherwork (As you can see in the diagrams the leather work was minimal, I didn't eve shape it to remove the bulge on the rounded end of the hawk). It's about using the cordage to bind the cover.
Let's start with a close up to show the finished product.
This is using a mini cord (about 1/3 to 1/4 the size of paracord). I just used a single piece of cordage and started at one end and worked around in a circle around the entire outside edge of both pieces of leather. Leaving just enough distance to fit the top edge over the blade snugly in line with the spike cover.
This is a better view of the cordage as a single strand. I just did a couple of overhand knots to tie it for now. Every type of cordage is different and some knots work better than others. I'm no knot expert by any means. So I K.I.S.S. it (Keep it Stupid Simple). I may experiment with some other knots down the road, but for now, this holds perfectly well.
Now we remove the cover by bringing the bottom edge up
Cover completely removed. You can just stuff this in your pocket. It's small and with only the two small pieces of leather rather than a big wrap around chunk of leather, it tucks away easily.
Now for the piece de resistance! I left a loop in the extra cord. Why not cut it and tie it? Because knots don't always stay and sometimes they don't come out when you need them too, which can be deadly in cold weather if you're hypothermic, trust me on this, I know how quickly you lose dexterity as you become hypothermic from experience!
This is where it gets K.I.S.S. simple. You can just wrap it around whatever way gets the extra length taken up until there is just a little more cordage than you need to flip over the top of the handle. Doesn't need to be perfect. If it's too loose, just take the loop in your hand and twist it a time or two to take up the slack. The real beauty of this system is that it is ALWAYS tight enough. Even as the cordage stretches or shrinks over time. You just add a twist or remove a twist until it fits snugly over the handle again.
