- Joined
- Dec 25, 2009
- Messages
- 409
First of all, yes, I know its ugly, but I was running out of daylight. Anyways, here is my first truly successfull attempt to forge a throwing hawk out of a rail road spike. It still needs some work. The blade is not parallel with the handle and the beard curves down too far. Also, one side of the eye is starting to crack. It still throws pretty well though. I'll need to make a different handle for it, I can tell already. Still, I'm not totally dissatisfied with it. I'll tinker with it some more later, but right now, my arm feels like jello. I probably need to get a power hammer or something before I try again. So far, its taken me 5 hours to get this far, most of it taken up with trial and error, mostly error. I will admit I did use a power drill to start the eye, about 1/8 inch, but after that one hole, it was just a lot of pounding.
