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Offline KHalverson

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« on: May 24, 2013, 03:29:57 pm »
hammer poll hawk forged from a high carbon (4140) railroad spike
brine quenched and given a oil blackening
head is 7 1/4 long with a 1 7/8 cutting edge
straight grain ash handle
thanks for looking
Kevin



Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2013, 03:39:55 pm »
NICE.  Real Nice.
Got a pile of R/R spikes myself.
Would make one myself but first I have to convince myself that I can. ::)

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Offline Stoker

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2013, 03:58:02 pm »
Nicely done.. 8)
Thanks Leroy
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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2013, 04:41:11 pm »
That sir is very nice
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Offline wildman

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2013, 05:16:32 pm »
slick!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2013, 11:32:44 pm »
I got to see one of your hawks at the Classic.  They are top notch.  You do some fine work sir.
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2013, 11:48:20 pm »
Nice work.  It's good to see something other than a spike hawk from a rr spike
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Offline stickbender

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2013, 01:28:04 am »

     Very nice! 8)  But wouldn't the hammer poll be more useful, if it was straight
out and not curved?  I have a pile of spikes, that I want to do something like this with, when I am permanently out west.  Thanks for sharing.

                                               Wayne

Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2013, 07:38:18 am »
    very very cool, much better use than me using them as fishing weights.(sturgeon fishing)
  seriously though nice design. I like the hammer part, the blade, very nice.
    question; how does it feel in the hand, the balance? wish I had seen one of your hawks at the classic.  :(
 

                                                 
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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2013, 07:46:39 am »
I saw the same hawk at the classic that Clint did, it was a beauty.
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2013, 09:12:05 am »
Nice hawk.  I have several spikes also I would like to try this with eventually.  How did you punch/form the handle hole?
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2013, 11:10:55 am »
That is one fine looking hawk.
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2013, 01:20:12 pm »
How does one go about getting railroad spikes? Nice job!
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2013, 01:33:51 pm »
How does one go about getting railroad spikes? Nice job!
very old, abandoned train tracks with permission from the owner.  Rail companies are prickly about trespassing and "theft".
IIRC, old shipyards used high(ish) carbon spikes in their rails, but I might be remembering wrong.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: tomahawk
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2013, 02:41:03 pm »
Nice!
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