Vec, a quick question. I have an HB Forge Shawnee throwing hawk and I love it to pieces, it has a 19 inch hickory haft. When I throw it I can feel a spring or flex in the hickory that I'm sure aids with the rotation of the hawk in flight. Do these composite hafts mimic this or does it feel different throwing a composite hawk?
that's a good question, brother.
i feel the spring,
but that doesn't mean someone else does.
i'll say this -
the composites in the handle are very resilient.
if you lodge a long
Gen 1 Mk 4 handled hawk and really crank on it, you will see it flex, if that's an adequate example.
that's one reason why i always cringe when folks suggest that i have
Graphite in my handles, when they feel the lightweightness; while i love Graphite in a lot of composite applications, i think it absolutely does not belong in a tomahawk handle,
because it is so stiff.
the hawks aren't really that much lighter than wood anyways, they just have better weight distribution IMHO, which is possible because of the way i purposefully lay the fibers, and the fact that the handle has two cavities in it, as opposed to being relatively homgeneous, as wood is....
as they are, the hawk handles favor being bent forward and back, and resist bending
(more, anyways) to the sides, so you are going to get more of the whip effect in the advanatageous direction, which might aid targeting
(i haven't done suficient research to confirm that, but i gotta say, i've seen some pretty incredible bullseyes with our hawk mods - i am trying not to add to my hawk addictiion by getting into throwing more ...it might be too late already - har!).
these ain't no plastic poles.
anyways,
Graphite's also a great
electrical conductor, which
my insulative handles would not benefit from.
........
we are getting a lot of
throwing-only hawk folks contact us all of a sudden.
i think it is time to consider a
Competition Handle for them - it wouldn't be too different from our existing
Gen 1 handles - i think i'd just toughen the ends of the handle
(considering how many of millions of times they might fly, compared to our already-tough hawk caps)
....and i think we need to explore
Ballast Modules;
i was noticing the other day on the
Gen 1 Mk 4's that there was nothing to stop me from putting a larger screw
(more mass) or some liquid in the
Through Tube for some
interesting hurling effects. - 'might be good when you had a big chopping chore too. maybe you brethren could help me out with that when we start prototyping - i'm all about the Hawk Party -
hehehe!
vec
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