Birth of a Hudson Bay Trade Hawk

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COAL CREEK FORGE

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You want something to do on a Saturday afternoon besides drink beer and watch the grass grow hand forge one of these,but eat a good sized lunch before you do.Still got a way's to go on clean up but the general shape is starting to show,4 1/4 inch cutting edge make's it a keeper for me and i'll think long and hard before i do another one,alot of iron to push around by hammer specially a jack hammer bit.Now if you'll excuse me i'm going to go find the ICY-Hot and have the Ol Woman give me a rub down.I'll post more picture's as work progress's to the finished KEEPER
Steve
 
Look's Great Steve, You got It real close, You got the Head Shape and Cutting Edge on that Bad Boy Looking Good ! I new we'd be seeing a Coal Creek Forge rendition of the Hundson Bay Trade Hawk before to long "But The Next Day "That's Unreal ! " You Da Man ! And you need'ed you a Hawk anyway "And that one Is sure a nuff a keeper for ya "Jack Hammer Bit Hudson Bay Trade Hawk", Keep On Hammering !
 
Snake Dr. said:
Look's Great Steve, You got It real close, You got the Head Shape and Cutting Edge on that Bad Boy Looking Good ! I new we'd be seeing a Coal Creek Forge rendition of the Hundson Bay Trade Hawk before to long "But The Next Day "That's Unreal ! " You Da Man ! And you need'ed you a Hawk anyway "And that one Is sure a nuff a keeper for ya "Jack Hammer Bit Hudson Bay Trade Hawk", Keep On Hammering !
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Thank's Kenny,i did'nt realize what i got into until i started pushin metal around-no wonder they cast the original's
 
Steve, that's just awesome!

A real beauty -- super cool and if you ever decide to do more, shoot me a PM.

How long is the dimension from the front of the eye to the edge? Looks like about 5 inches to me.

With that head shape, it looks like it would be a very sweet carving axe.
 
Good eye Dogwood 5 1/8 from the front of the eye to the edge and it is lookin better than the 1 st 2 photo's,i just can't lay this thing down,it throw's itself at me and beg's to be thrown
 
COAL CREEK FORGE said:
Good eye Dogwood 5 1/8 from the front of the eye to the edge and it is lookin better than the 1 st 2 photo's,i just can't lay this thing down,it throw's itself at me and beg's to be thrown
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If it's looking better than the first or second photos, that suggests to me that you post more photos :)
 
By the way, one of the things I really like about this design -- and the one that inspired it in the Hudson Bay hawk thread -- is the relatively flat blade shape. It should make for a really nice carving axe as well.

And my guess is that is part of the point of the design. If we accept the viking/hudson bay connection then certainly the design was intended as a building tool just as much as a weapon.
 
Dogwood said:
If it's looking better than the first or second photos, that suggests to me that you post more photos :)
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All in due time Dogwood gotta get that pretty piece of Curly Maple fitted to it,but i will post a couple with a Hickory stick in it.As you can see the Head has been profiled and the aged Patina has set in,i just love this damn thing. CHEER"S
 
Sure Is a Beauty ! With that Brown Patina finish and a Curly Maple Handle "That's gonna be Beautiful, As fast as you made that It sure turned out Nice, Keep On Hammering !
 
Steve, the new pictures are great! Wow!

BTW, I'm about halfway through finishing my curly maple stick for one of my jack hammer hawks -- it's taking a bit of time because I'm doing some kolrosing on the handle.

I probably won't finish it until next weekend, but I'll post pictures when I do.
 
Dogwood said:
Steve, the new pictures are great! Wow!

BTW, I'm about halfway through finishing my curly maple stick for one of my jack hammer hawks -- it's taking a bit of time because I'm doing some kolrosing on the handle.

I probably won't finish it until next weekend, but I'll post pictures when I do.
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Ahhhhh,gotta love that Curly Maple
 
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