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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Pat B on July 02, 2018, 04:15:15 pm

Title: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 02, 2018, 04:15:15 pm

Dylan and I worked a trade last winter. He made a very nice hawk at his forge and whittled down a maple handle to fit it at the Classic. Today I thought I'd dress it up a bit so I used brass tacks to make the star burst of either side of the handle and added finger grooves along the handle then stained the handle with medium brown leather dye after which I rubbed it down with turpentine and then linseed oil.
 This afternoon I made a sheath for the hawk with a shoulder strap. Here are a few pics...
(https://i.imgur.com/oAc56vq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/c8Z6Mwh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hm7RAn0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JstidFT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/67dgBTf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/w6UtTbi.jpg)

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Morgan on July 02, 2018, 04:37:35 pm

Very nice!

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: KHalverson on July 02, 2018, 05:05:47 pm

pat
me likey!
that scalloped handle is the bomb!!
SIMPLISTIC UTILITARIAN ELEGANCE.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: burchett.donald on July 02, 2018, 06:29:30 pm

  Great work Pat...Like the brass also...
                                                          Don

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 02, 2018, 06:31:55 pm

That would be worth it's weight in camp.  Probably could get it skinned down to an edge good enough to whittle toothpicks for after the evening meal, too!

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 02, 2018, 06:44:37 pm

Dylan gets most of the credit. He forged the hawk from tool steel,you'll have to ask him what, and drifted the eye instead of forge welding then spent a day carving and and fitting the head at the Classic.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: DC on July 02, 2018, 06:46:31 pm

I like that, a lot :)

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: osage outlaw on July 02, 2018, 07:50:16 pm

Very nice looking hawk and sheath.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 02, 2018, 08:36:13 pm

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: penderbender on July 02, 2018, 10:37:56 pm

That's absolutely stunning! I would love one of those. Cheers- Brendan

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Hawkdancer on July 02, 2018, 11:03:13 pm

Real nice!  Good job by both of you!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: BowEd on July 03, 2018, 02:36:47 am

That is a nice hawk blade.Deserves a handle like that.The sheath is a very nice added touch to boot.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pappy on July 03, 2018, 04:54:59 am

Nice Pat, I seen it at the Classic and watched as he fitted the handle, that boy had talent for sure, you done a good job dressing it up also. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: chamookman on July 03, 2018, 05:28:52 am

Very nice Pat  :OK - Bob

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: upstatenybowyer on July 03, 2018, 06:59:07 am

I love everything about that. The leather sleeve/strap is like icing on the cake!  (f) )P(

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Zuma on July 03, 2018, 10:08:09 am

That is sweet Pat. God on both of you.  )W( :BB (f)

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Trapper Rob on July 03, 2018, 07:16:16 pm

That's a beauty Pat. Nice sheath & strap also.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Comalforge on July 03, 2018, 07:41:18 pm

Beautiful work - I've made a bunch of them over the years.  I think they work best in two weights - a little heavier with a flat spot on the back for general camp work...and a lighter version that would work best in hand-to-hand conflict (if someone happened to need it for that purpose).  I also make a  smaller version of a felling ax that's way bigger than a 'hawk but much handier than a full-size ax.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Hawkdancer on July 03, 2018, 11:41:08 pm

I missed a chance  to grab a real neat "fighting butterfly axe" about 1/2 size of a 36" big boy butterfly, at a real good price!  Been sort of kicking myself ever since.  Would have been a dandy throwing axe!
Next one I find is coming home with me. )W(!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Parnell on July 09, 2018, 05:31:31 pm

Just beautiful!  Never seen the finger grooves carved in before.  Everything stands out.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: BrianS on July 09, 2018, 06:07:56 pm

Nice!

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 09, 2018, 09:09:21 pm

Thanks Steve and Brian. I've been wanting to try the brass starburst for years. A friend back in the 1970s built a flintlock and did a big starburst on the stock. He used the same brass clinch nails as I did. Left over from when I was a cobbler.
 The finger grooves were a second thought. Initially it was going to be 4 near the end to aid the grip but I decided all along the handle would not only look cool but also give a good grip along the handle which can be handy for a camp ax.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: dylanholderman on July 10, 2018, 05:03:01 pm

Hey pat sorry I haven’t responded to your email yet just been busy, but I’m glad you posted the spruced up hawk here ;D

The dark stain and the starburst really improved the plain handle I put on it :D (and the dark color won’t show dirt like the bare maple would >:D)

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 10, 2018, 08:47:41 pm

Thanks Dylan. I know you are a busy boy. ;)

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 11, 2018, 07:39:00 pm

Nice work at the forge Dy-Lan. Same to you Pat. That is a sweet tool to use and especially show off.

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Catahoula on July 22, 2018, 06:41:20 pm

Hey Pat,

That is pretty cool!  Love the starburst design.  And the leather work is supremo (as always!).  Where did you get the tacks and about how far do they sink into the wood?  I a thinking that might be a pretty cool idea to do on a flute.  Trade infringement?

Rand

Title: Re: throwing/camp hawk
Post by: Pat B on July 22, 2018, 07:37:03 pm

Rand, these were left over from the leather shop I was part owner of in Savannah back in the mid 1970's. They are about 1/2" long or slightly longer. I have a pound box of them(about 10,000) so if you need some I'll send you some. They are solid brass clinch nails for making sandles and you could cut them off to size.