CS Spikehawk progress

Kraze

Kraze

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I'm not done yet, but wanted to share the progress so far on the spikehawk. So far I have stripped off the paint and then smoothed everything to except the brown bluing eveningly. I then contacted my buddy BurlSource for his recommendation on a very hard and heavy wood to use that had some flash. He sent me a 22" x 1 1/2" x 1 3/4 peice of Bubinga. Sorry the pictures cant capture the depth and the 3d effect that this wood has.
Let me know what you guys think so far.

Stripped and smoothed down.

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I will post some more pictures when I get it finished and I make the leather sheath for it.

Thanks for looking!

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Your work on the Spike hawk is absolutely first class. The bubinga has the look of fire and nicely contrasts with the satin sheen of the blued steel. Congratulations!
 
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone. I will post some more pictures when I get it finished.
 
No I didnt make the head. CS = Cold Steel. I bought it, then stripped that ugly black paint off of the head then smoothed out the surfaces and did a little profiling on the head to make all the edges crisp and make the spike more uniform. I then buffed to a mirror finish so the head would except the bluing evenly. I hot blued the head 3 times to get the color i was looking for and then I took the 1 1/2" x 1 3/4 x 22" peice of bubinga I got from Burl Source and made the handle.
 
Wow. That looks great! Just curious, what does a nice looking span of wood like that go for? And do you have to finish it...?
 
Wow, the design of the spike hawk is really nice, I was so pumped when I saw they were finally making one. Looks even better stripped and finished like yours. Can't wait to get one!
 
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