最初,也是将tomahawk与印第安风联系起来,将一把小斧和男人心中的狂野西部分不开来,其他的一片混沌。好似那冒着袅袅轻烟的烟管斧头是酋长和部族的专属,随时等着从沉默中爆发。
高举战斧,把自己变成一只逆境崛起的辛巴,把爱部族爱团体当做自己懦弱最后的避难所。
却发现,团体行动的都是土狼,虽然每个男人都在寻找自己的bond of brothers,更多时候却只能像普罗米修斯一样独自反抗神的旨意,在黑暗中不用寻找自己的影子。在寒澈的天地中清醒后,双腿颤抖,心却变得无所待无所畏惧。
于是,在拿到RMJ短款shrike前煎熬的日子里,开始做起了功课。从亚马逊买了David Grant 《Tomahawks:Traditional to Tactical》以及Dwight C.Mclemore《The Fighting Tomahawk》上下两卷。前者主要介绍战斧的历史沿革,重点在现代著名战斧的介绍;后者则从技术层面配图细节分析使用战斧的握法、站位以及实战技巧。历史研究不能轻薄,我只想浅略转译。
一,刀匠、公司和理念。
Ryan M Johnson,ABS会员,机械工程师,25年造刀斧经验。公司位于田纳西,查特努加市(Chattanooga, Tennessee)。在设备升级前,Ryan一个月手工造3到6只战斧。
他和他的父亲在制作战斧前,考察了历史上众多的tomahawk原型,并将之融合入自己的设计。 产品主要供给特种部队、SWAT、消防队员和执法人员。由于品控和测试严格,客户往往要等待很久才能得到RMJ战斧。 这段话是关于制作工期的:
Why not change your process so you can produce more?
We are slowly growing our company and each batch we have made is larger than the last. Many people have approached us with suggestions for how we can increase our production. In some cases we were not sure of the quality of the product their suggestions would produce. In some cases we were sure the quality would suffer greatly (”We can get that produced much faster for you in China.”) Don’t think so! “Made in America” is very important to us. In fact, most of our processes are done within 20 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We are continuing the process we originally developed and we are starting a new process that is going to tremendously increase our production numbers. 二,材料,各个部位设计作用及理念
打磨方式,主刃角(the forward edge)采用强壮的平磨,角度偏大,主要用于剁切等大力冲击。斧须(axe beard)采用凹磨,主要用于主刃切入后的撕扯以及勾挂敌人。斧钉(spike)只在顶端打磨成钻石tanto型,和整体造型形成强大的穿透力,可以轻松刺穿轮胎和凯夫拉头盔,其略弯造型设计为了轻松插入和拔出目标。Ryan认为真正的killing edge是斧须和斧钉。有人用rmj在阿富汗从米格战机上拆掉武器。
参照Ryan演示拆汽车视频:《 Ryan Johnson demonstrates the Eagle Talon tactical tomahawk 》 http://ng.jixun.org/watch.php?id=JOZ5gLSefhY