This hawk was forged from an old rusty claw hammer head (Sear's Craftsman brand? ...the letters 'f-t-s-m-a-n' were faintly visible under the rust).
Head length is 6 5/8", spike length is 2 3/4", cutting edge is 2 5/8". OAL is 20"+. Don't know what the steel is ...Craftsman says their hammers are manufactured from "high carbon tool steel" ...I'm guessing this one is from the 'S' or 'L' series of tool steels ...S7 maybe?
The haft is 18" to where it first touches the 'V' of the eye, and is fashioned of mahogany taken from a 2"x12" mahogany plank that was part of the hatch cover of an old ship that was dismantled somewhere on San Francisco Bay, maybe Port Richmond ...years ago. Very tight grain for mahogany, and it makes a surprisingly strong haft with a perfect amount of flex to absorb impact. I tried this hawk out on a log, and it chops like the dickens ...very efficient.
Head length is 6 5/8", spike length is 2 3/4", cutting edge is 2 5/8". OAL is 20"+. Don't know what the steel is ...Craftsman says their hammers are manufactured from "high carbon tool steel" ...I'm guessing this one is from the 'S' or 'L' series of tool steels ...S7 maybe?
The haft is 18" to where it first touches the 'V' of the eye, and is fashioned of mahogany taken from a 2"x12" mahogany plank that was part of the hatch cover of an old ship that was dismantled somewhere on San Francisco Bay, maybe Port Richmond ...years ago. Very tight grain for mahogany, and it makes a surprisingly strong haft with a perfect amount of flex to absorb impact. I tried this hawk out on a log, and it chops like the dickens ...very efficient.
