Heres a few "Wrap & Weld" hawks..Mostly 1018 bodys with a high carbon steel bit..We normally just use a cutting bit because its period correct..Originally they would have never used a full length bit back to the eye..That would have been a waste of good steel..Its easier to weld a full length bit in because its easier to weld HC steel to mild than it is Mild to Mild..It does give you more material to work with though.Also thats a good way to make a hawk from a rasp..Fold it over onto itsself with a full length bit.Anyway heres a few..
So, Kentucky, when you use a rasp, you still insert a HC bit? Is the rasp steel to unpredictable to be bit material or something?
MODS, would you mind making this a sticky? I'm not sure what the protocol is...
On another forum I frequent we've gone to making a 'Best of' sticky thread and posting links to the most popular threads in that thread. That way you don't end up with a hundred sticky threads filling the top of the page.
All these modded CS hawks are crazy, not to mention the wrap and welds. But where are the axes (besides P1 - P2)?
Visitor, can you post more pics of that hawk?
No, didn't have it long- going to have to keep some for myself. Here are a couple more Trailhawks reforged prior to the CS spikehawk being released. One is parked , the other just wire brushed. More work in the hafts than the heads- steel moved easier than everything else I made a Hawk out of.Visitor, can you post more pics of that hawk?