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Forged for Forum Member Dogwood,1 1/8 inch Jack Hammer bit with a 3 5/8 inch cutting edge,file worked with a nice tight teardrop Haft Hole,God i LOVE a tight HOLE
Steve
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Dogwood's Poll Hawk
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Very nice hawk!
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Thank's John,pumped nine of them thing's out today trying to fill order's needles to say i'm a bit tuckered out think i'll get me a hot shower and call it a day.
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That's a good looking hawk. That also appears to be some nice straight grain osage your chopping into. I know some bow maker's that would like to log about 7 feet long instead of 3 feet.
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Thank's for the comment on the Hawk Mark,and your correct that is a whole stack of 60 year old osage that is to hard for my buddy's to saw on their Wood Mizer saw mills.
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Wow, 60 year old osage! The small, short logs (3-4 feet) can be sold to archery selfbow makers as billets. This is where you glue to short pieces of wood together at the handle to make a bow. If you have some longer stuff 6-7 feet long this can be sold as staves to make selbows. Sorry for running on, but you don't see 60 year old osage very often, and that stuff looks pretty straight grained from what I can see.
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That hawk looks great.
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Mark i have access to much more that is alot older,just finding the time to work through it is a problem.Some of those in the photo's are 10 footer's
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Thank you Mr.Montgomery the new owner of this 1 can't wait to put it to good use in California
That's the truth, Steve. I sure wish the mail would hurry up
it's a beauty all right -- I'll post a full reaction when she gets here and I give her some exercise...
By the way, for anyone else considering a hawk: working with Steve is a sheer delight. He's a total class act and exceeds every expectation.
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That's the truth, Steve. I sure wish the mail would hurry up
it's a beauty all right -- I'll post a full reaction when she gets here and I give her some exercise...
By the way, for anyone else considering a hawk: working with Steve is a sheer delight. He's a total class act and exceeds every expectation.
Dogwood just trying to treat people the way i like to be treated,with common curtisy and honesty something that alot of people have forgotton how to do.Doing a little extra does'nt kill a guy it's just good business in my mind
A while ago I got this hawk in the mail and all I can say is it's fantastic and it's almost immediately my favorite.
The weight might be a little heavy if you're a thrower (I'm not). It's a perfect weight for a working/backpacking hawk, which this one will be. I haven't put it on my fish scale yet, but it feels like it's about 25 ounces, total. The weight is between, say, my fort turner iroquois (a bit too light for real work) and my Wetterling's 19" hunting axe.
With a nice 19" handle the weight means it's got a enough heft and momentum to do most jobs, but won't make you regret lugging it around. That's what I'm looking for in a hawk.
I need to do a fair bit of cutting with it to be sure, but from what I know right now, I think this old boy is going to be spending a lot of time with me in the woods.
Steve's craftsmanship is great -- I mean this guy knows what he's doing, folks -- and the hawk is aligned perfectly with the eye and takes the handle well. The edge came a little rougher than some, but that's no big deal to me since I like to mess with my own edges anyway. Besides, I can't complain since Steve did some extra stuff for me without a peep.
I really haven't had enough working experience to be sure about this, but based on how the steel took my work on the edge -- you know the way good steel feels when you're working with it -- I think puppy is going to have about a perfect balance of strength and hardness.
It feels swell in the hand, swings like a great tool. Cuts what you want it to cut. And it looks fantastic too.
I really couldn't be happier with it and I've got to say it again: dealing with Steve is just a delight. I can see why some folks here have started collecting his stuff. I know I'll definitely be back for more.
These recent hawks Steve has been making -- he calls them "rough" but I call them workers -- are an amazing value too. They're a ton better than hawks costing a lot more.
And the way I am, I look at something like the Cold Steel hawks and think: OK, not a bad deal for $20 bucks for something made off shore... Or I could spend a little more for something made by a true and honest American craftsman that will last my whole life and will be better than anything made in a factory... There's no question where my dollars are going...
Anyhow, can you tell I'm happy?
Besides, now that my teenage son has seen this I've got to hide it or get him one of his own...
The weight might be a little heavy if you're a thrower (I'm not). It's a perfect weight for a working/backpacking hawk, which this one will be. I haven't put it on my fish scale yet, but it feels like it's about 25 ounces, total. The weight is between, say, my fort turner iroquois (a bit too light for real work) and my Wetterling's 19" hunting axe.
With a nice 19" handle the weight means it's got a enough heft and momentum to do most jobs, but won't make you regret lugging it around. That's what I'm looking for in a hawk.
I need to do a fair bit of cutting with it to be sure, but from what I know right now, I think this old boy is going to be spending a lot of time with me in the woods.
Steve's craftsmanship is great -- I mean this guy knows what he's doing, folks -- and the hawk is aligned perfectly with the eye and takes the handle well. The edge came a little rougher than some, but that's no big deal to me since I like to mess with my own edges anyway. Besides, I can't complain since Steve did some extra stuff for me without a peep.
I really haven't had enough working experience to be sure about this, but based on how the steel took my work on the edge -- you know the way good steel feels when you're working with it -- I think puppy is going to have about a perfect balance of strength and hardness.
It feels swell in the hand, swings like a great tool. Cuts what you want it to cut. And it looks fantastic too.
I really couldn't be happier with it and I've got to say it again: dealing with Steve is just a delight. I can see why some folks here have started collecting his stuff. I know I'll definitely be back for more.
These recent hawks Steve has been making -- he calls them "rough" but I call them workers -- are an amazing value too. They're a ton better than hawks costing a lot more.
And the way I am, I look at something like the Cold Steel hawks and think: OK, not a bad deal for $20 bucks for something made off shore... Or I could spend a little more for something made by a true and honest American craftsman that will last my whole life and will be better than anything made in a factory... There's no question where my dollars are going...
Anyhow, can you tell I'm happy?
Besides, now that my teenage son has seen this I've got to hide it or get him one of his own...
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Dogwood you sure that was one of my tomahawk's in that package
