Damascus cable Hawk

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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I finished this hawk up yesterday and sent it to its new home, Throught you all might find it pretty interesting. John Williams contacted me a couple of weeks ago about making him 1 of my spike hawks but instead of using plain high carbon steel to make it out of damascus. The hawk head and top cap were made from 1 1/4" improved plow share cable(1095) and the handle is from a stick of highly figured curly maple that John sent. I dyed the maple with fielings leather dye and then hand rubbed with boiled linseed oil, sure was a pretty piece of wood.

What do you all think.

Thanks,

Bill
 
Heres a close up of the hawk and cap. I drilled the handle about 3" deep, drilled and tapped the cap, threaded on a 1/4"x 3 " piece of althread, then filled the handle with epoxy and placed the cap.
 
Wow, Just imagine how much you could trade that for 250 years ago.
Thats a fine Hawk!!!

Mark
 
It's just beautiful Bill. I never have gotten the knack for hawk forging. Looking at that thing though, I think I'll work on it!:eek:
 
That dye worked really well on the wood. How did you attach that cap on the top? Is there a taper on the hawk? Looks excellent.
 
HEY bill I love it The one I got from you is great
But I can always use a pair :D :D You know my moto never too many hawks:D :D :D
 
Very Cool Bill..
You beat me to it.I have a cable and a chain Damascus hawks waiting or handles as I type..
Great work.
Bruce
 
Guys it looks great but bills hawks can take a beating!!!
The ont I bought from him has over 200 throws on it and the balance
is great on it, for a spike hawk.
 
Thanks everyone for the great comments, :)
Bruce, I can't wait to see your hawks, there's just something about a hawk, I really like making them, but some days they can be a real headache spliting the handle hole and keeping everything straight. This one was made when the moon was right, I guess, because it worked out really nice. :D

thanks
Bill
 
Bill you need to post this on the tomahawk forum for those guys to see.It is a great looking Hawk.
Bruce
 
SOME days you make something and you know it was worth the sweat and effort. You had one of those days.

Great job
 
I am the owner of the Bill Buxton Damascus Hawk pictured above. It is outstanding work to say the least. Bill is truly a gentleman in every sense of the word! I have at present over 75 hawks in my collection, but none better than this one.

Thanks again Bill, can't wait for the next one!

John S Williams
 
Thanks so much John, it really makes a maker feel good when he gets such great compliments from his or her customers. Hope to start the next one in a few days, I'll be in touch.

Thanks

Bill
 
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