Antiqued hawk

R APPLEBY · Dec 2, 2005

This is my representation of an old hawk I found while leafing through one of my museum reference books and liked it so here it is;

Head; carved and file worked,forged 1084 steel, with a patinas acid etched blade. Head measures 5 1/4inch overall lenth, Blade 3 1/4, Bit 2 3/4.

Handle; 18 inch tiger maple, carving is of two braves paddling a canoe.

Weight;1lb 1.4 ozs

Thanks for looking

BuckMan45 · Dec 2, 2005

That's nice. A good looking piece of artwork.

Bladewolf · Dec 2, 2005

Yup, nice hawk, cool theme.

NorthStarXO · Dec 2, 2005

Beautiful job!

R APPLEBY · Dec 2, 2005

Thanks All

elkdoc · Dec 2, 2005

I've given you kudos for this one on TKN, but I gotta say again that I keep coming back to the pictures of this one. Very, very nice.

deserthawk · Dec 5, 2005

handle and head compliment each other. great job. what do you use as a finish on the handle?

dhawk

R APPLEBY · Dec 5, 2005

deserthawk said:
handle and head compliment each other. great job. what do you use as a finish on the handle?

dhawk

Thanks, Minwax antique oil finish, about 6 coats.

harpers ferry · Dec 6, 2005

A friend makes powder horns with the same "primitive" style artwork as your hawk. IMO the primitive style is more authentic and more pleasing to my eye. Elaborate fancy artwork does not make it for me. YMMV

Ed Curry · Dec 6, 2005

Definitely a work of art. Impressive! ec