{"id":215,"date":"2015-04-11T22:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T22:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/?p=215"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:20:19","slug":"solving-the-tomahawk-handle-knob-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Solving the Tomahawk Handle Knob Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_5pbx userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Shown here is a 350g <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baryonyxknife.com\/rinaldi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rinaldi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baryonyxknife.com\/richaaxe.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Calabria&#8221; hand axe<\/a> with a modified handle. A common complaint raised regarding slip fit handles is that (despite their virtues) a knob is either small or totally absent, meaning there is little or nothing to stop the hand from slipping off the end of the handle if a loose grip is used. A simple tapered cross-pin at the end of the handle creates a removable solution to this problem.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solving The Tomahawk Handle Knob Problem\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BVtPyianYuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A tapered hole was bored with a small step drill and a wooden pin, tapered to match, driven into the hole. The single-sided pin with the projection to the outside of the hand is the most comfortable and secure arrangement vs. a finger-sided or double-sided projection, and if the head must be removed from the handle for use as an independent tool the wooden pin is easily driven out so it does not obstruct the removal of the head. This provides several notable advantages over the use of a lanyard: the user&#8217;s hands may slide freely along the handle as needed to adjust grip position, the handle may still be immediately released in the event of an emergency or accident, and <span data-reactid=\".nc.1:3:1:$comment10153236862875070_10153236891950070:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".nc.1:3:1:$comment10153236862875070_10153236891950070:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".nc.1:3:1:$comment10153236862875070_10153236891950070:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".nc.1:3:1:$comment10153236862875070_10153236891950070:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\">the pin allows\u00a0 the end of the handle to be tucked under a belt and have it stay there nicely if the user&#8217;s hands need to be free without setting the axe on the ground.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-216 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1644-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Right Side\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1644-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1644-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1644.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1646.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-217 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1646-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Left Side\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1646-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1646-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1646.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1647.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-218 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1647-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Left Side of Pin\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1647-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1647-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1647.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1649.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-219 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1649-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pin viewed with the bit of the axe facing the viewer.\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1649-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1649-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1649.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-220 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1651-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Pin viewed with the bit of the axe facing away from the viewer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1651-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1651-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1651.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-221 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1653-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Angled detail view, right side.\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1653-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1653-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1653.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1657.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-222 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/site.baryonyxknife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1657-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Angled detail view, left side.\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1657-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1657-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1657.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shown here is a 350g Rinaldi &#8220;Calabria&#8221; hand axe with a modified handle. A common complaint raised regarding slip fit handles is that (despite their virtues) a knob is either small or totally absent, meaning there is little or nothing to stop the hand from slipping off the end of the handle if a loose &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/?p=215\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Solving the Tomahawk Handle Knob Problem<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,73,75,6,7,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modification","category-lecture-hall","category-workbench","category-product-spotlights","category-guides","category-axes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}