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Hey guys,
Just wanted to preface this post by introducing myself. My name is Hunter Martin from Lexington Kentucky. I'm a relatively newer maker and started making knives because I had one goal in mind-- to make the tools that I wish existed. I've always loved tomahawks and had purchased several high end ones but was somewhat disappointed in their performance. I feel as though the whole "tactical" movement in the industry has reduced the number of comfortable working tools that our fathers relied on and replaced them with heavy, uncomfortable, blacked out pieces of steel that look cool but lack substance. I wanted a Hawk that would be comfortable for extended use, tough enough for hard work, light enough to carry all day, and last but not least, beautiful.
Last winter I decided to design a modern hawk. Before I even began drawing the sketches I knew that I wanted to use a high end steel that would have excellent edge retention. The "tactical" movement has caused extremely tough steels to be favored for use in hawks. Steels like S7, 4140, are excellent tough materials that are great for many applications but I've always felt that the balance between edge retention and toughness for utilitarian tools has shifted to far in favoring toughness. I decided to use a finely grained steel that could take and hold and awesome edge while still being very, very tough. I ordered a couple sheets of 52100 from Aldo and went to work.
I designed this hawk from the ground up for pure utility and beautiful aesthetics. The tang is fully skeletonized to save weight while 3/8th thick scales give the hawk a comfortable grip in both the chopping and choked up position. I also wanted a larger than average cutting bit for safer chopping and increased slicing ability.
For heat treat I went with the best. Peter's HT gave these hawks a differential clay coated heat treat that resulted in the edge and poll coming out at 58 RC while the body of the hawk is at spring temper. The clay coating also gave the Hawks a faint hamon.
When I got them back from HT I spent 3 days testing and was blown away at the comfort and toughness this hawk provided. Even at 58RC the edge went through cans and copper piping with no damage and would shave afterwards. The hammer poll can also smash through rock without deforming or chipping.
Here's a link to some testing http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1061533-New-hawk-coming-soon!/page2
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And on to the actual description of the Hawk for sale!
This hawk is a field grade model. It has multicam canvas micarta scales finished to 150 grit for a nice grippy texture. The head sports a 220 grit hand rubbed finish for a nice satin look that doesn't create alot of glare.
Here's the specs
Steel- 52100 with Clay coated differential HT+ cryogenic treatment by Peter's Heat treating . 58RC edge and poll. 45RC body. Even though 52100 hardens pretty deeply, most of these have faint hamons that are visible with a high grit finish.
OL length- 12.25
Bit length- 4.25
Head width 6.1
Weight- 26.5 ounces with Micarta
thickness .200
Fully Skeletonized tang.
I offer a lifetime warranty against breakage and extreme damage on these pieces. If you break it, I will get you a new one.
Since its my first time selling on here Im going to do a special price of $250 shipped with a Kydex sheath. I'm also offering a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you aren't happy with it, send it back and I'll cover the return shipping. I am currently out of kydex and awaiting a shipment so it may be a couple days before I can make it. Paypal and money order are accepted. Please PM me or email me at huntermartin77 AT hotmail dottt com
I made a few small changes from the test model. I made the scales extend the full length of the tang to allow for a slightly larger grip area which allows more leverage in chopping. I also go rid of the highly angular top portion of the scale and slightly sloped it back towards the poll. The small amount of slope equates to increased comfort in the extreme choked up position. If you are not a fan of the sloped scale I will gladly sand it flat for you before shipping.
Thanks for looking and please contact me if you have any questions or would like to order a hawk with different handle material. I have 20 more of these to make.
Here is an unfinished one so you can see the tang and HT lines Fully skeletonized and deferentially hardened.
Just wanted to preface this post by introducing myself. My name is Hunter Martin from Lexington Kentucky. I'm a relatively newer maker and started making knives because I had one goal in mind-- to make the tools that I wish existed. I've always loved tomahawks and had purchased several high end ones but was somewhat disappointed in their performance. I feel as though the whole "tactical" movement in the industry has reduced the number of comfortable working tools that our fathers relied on and replaced them with heavy, uncomfortable, blacked out pieces of steel that look cool but lack substance. I wanted a Hawk that would be comfortable for extended use, tough enough for hard work, light enough to carry all day, and last but not least, beautiful.
Last winter I decided to design a modern hawk. Before I even began drawing the sketches I knew that I wanted to use a high end steel that would have excellent edge retention. The "tactical" movement has caused extremely tough steels to be favored for use in hawks. Steels like S7, 4140, are excellent tough materials that are great for many applications but I've always felt that the balance between edge retention and toughness for utilitarian tools has shifted to far in favoring toughness. I decided to use a finely grained steel that could take and hold and awesome edge while still being very, very tough. I ordered a couple sheets of 52100 from Aldo and went to work.
I designed this hawk from the ground up for pure utility and beautiful aesthetics. The tang is fully skeletonized to save weight while 3/8th thick scales give the hawk a comfortable grip in both the chopping and choked up position. I also wanted a larger than average cutting bit for safer chopping and increased slicing ability.
For heat treat I went with the best. Peter's HT gave these hawks a differential clay coated heat treat that resulted in the edge and poll coming out at 58 RC while the body of the hawk is at spring temper. The clay coating also gave the Hawks a faint hamon.
When I got them back from HT I spent 3 days testing and was blown away at the comfort and toughness this hawk provided. Even at 58RC the edge went through cans and copper piping with no damage and would shave afterwards. The hammer poll can also smash through rock without deforming or chipping.
Here's a link to some testing http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1061533-New-hawk-coming-soon!/page2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And on to the actual description of the Hawk for sale!
This hawk is a field grade model. It has multicam canvas micarta scales finished to 150 grit for a nice grippy texture. The head sports a 220 grit hand rubbed finish for a nice satin look that doesn't create alot of glare.
Here's the specs
Steel- 52100 with Clay coated differential HT+ cryogenic treatment by Peter's Heat treating . 58RC edge and poll. 45RC body. Even though 52100 hardens pretty deeply, most of these have faint hamons that are visible with a high grit finish.
OL length- 12.25
Bit length- 4.25
Head width 6.1
Weight- 26.5 ounces with Micarta
thickness .200
Fully Skeletonized tang.
I offer a lifetime warranty against breakage and extreme damage on these pieces. If you break it, I will get you a new one.
Since its my first time selling on here Im going to do a special price of $250 shipped with a Kydex sheath. I'm also offering a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you aren't happy with it, send it back and I'll cover the return shipping. I am currently out of kydex and awaiting a shipment so it may be a couple days before I can make it. Paypal and money order are accepted. Please PM me or email me at huntermartin77 AT hotmail dottt com
I made a few small changes from the test model. I made the scales extend the full length of the tang to allow for a slightly larger grip area which allows more leverage in chopping. I also go rid of the highly angular top portion of the scale and slightly sloped it back towards the poll. The small amount of slope equates to increased comfort in the extreme choked up position. If you are not a fan of the sloped scale I will gladly sand it flat for you before shipping.
Thanks for looking and please contact me if you have any questions or would like to order a hawk with different handle material. I have 20 more of these to make.
Here is an unfinished one so you can see the tang and HT lines Fully skeletonized and deferentially hardened.
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