Graig Barr, new + Micro mouse hammer poll lots of pics

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Burningcort

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Here it is with a trail hawk for scale..... eye holes lined up....very nice work....It will be going to Vec tomorrow for a nice handle....:D




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I made this small hammer poll out of flat cold bar stock 1012 I think.....and a stick from the yard....and the inner cord of 550 cord blacked with a marker....the head is blued and sharpend....


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He must have gone up in popularity. I won mine for about 65 bucks on the first auction I found. I keep hearing about how hard it is to get them now.

I've thought about selling it, but its THE ONLY edged tool I have that the Fiance demands I don't sell lol.
 
Burningcort said:
Yes and mine did not have that bad of a tilt to it..just a very slight one
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I got over the tilt. When I first got into forged blades, the anal retentive in me hated little bumps and dips here and there. Then I reminded myself this stuff is made with tongs, fire and a hammer and I grew to love the little imperfections. The main reason I want to sell the hawk is it is too pretty. Since I etched it I haven't even tried sharpening it. And I hate having a tool I don't use.
 
Darbyfett said:
I got over the tilt. When I first got into forged blades, the anal retentive in me hated little bumps and dips here and there. Then I reminded myself this stuff is made with tongs, fire and a hammer and I grew to love the little imperfections. The main reason I want to sell the hawk is it is too pretty. Since I etched it I haven't even tried sharpening it. And I hate having a tool I don't use.
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Hell I just sent mine to VEC1 and I have a six month wait....
 
Burningcort said:
Hell I just sent mine to VEC1 and I have a six month wait....
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it might not be that long, brother - i haven't let go of that head since we received it the other day.

i just walk around with it and a few others from some other great head makers, while ramping up plans for a new handle....

now i just need about sixty perfect Cold Steel Trail Hawk heads and i will be very happy... and so will the rest of the Custom Hawk Investors that i owe....

it shouldn't be too long.

and worth the wait.

thanks!

vec
 
vector001 said:
it might not be that long, brother - i haven't let go of that head since we received it the other day.

i just walk around with it and a few others from some other great head makers, while ramping up plans for a new handle....

now i just need about sixty perfect Cold Steel Trail Hawk heads and i will be very happy... and so will the rest of the Custom Hawk Investors that i owe....

it shouldn't be too long.

and worth the wait.

thanks!

vec
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trust me I do not want to wait...but I wait because from what I have seen and read both here and at hoodlums I gather that it is worth the wait...:D

ETA: ..... What do you think of the heads construction and angles....
 
Burningcort said:
trust me I do not want to wait...but I wait because from what I have seen and read both here and at hoodlums I gather that it is worth the wait...:D....
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we aim to please.

ETA: ..... What do you think of the heads construction and angles....
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it's a little on the massive side, but is very well made IMHO - more properly described as "over-built", which should be considered a compliment to your choice, and to the Maker's talent. - nothing i can't deal with via a proper handle, utilizing ballast in the tail of the hawk - if i were you i'd sell the one i am going to put together and get a bunch more with the profit, and do it all over again - hehehe!

i highly approve of the way brother barr made the spike (four sided/square in cross-section, very clean lines - that type of spike has a lot of potential, probably the only thing i would ask him to change on future purchases of similar hawks would be to turn those cross-sectional edges 45 degrees, so you'd have had a false edge facing straight up, to the sides, and down, instead of having "flats" facing in those cardinal directions) - my tastes are irrelevent though, he is patently a master at what he does.

the base of the spike is thick enough to be able to lop the spike and have a very fine poll there, as well, which might've been one of his design attributes that he had in mind - dunno.

the bit side of the hawk head is exquisitely done IMHO - i like how the top of the bit terminates at about a vertical angle, with enough edge there (about an inch) which is all you will need with an indexing handle like the Gen 1 Mk 3 - then the bit curves in at about 90 degrees at a 2 1/2 inch radius - absolutlely nothing extra, just as i would want one of my own to be - and it has a nice hook at the beard.

i think a lot of dirtbags are just gonna feint when you pull that hawk out for a little "educating", brother....

ahem! - i mean - no, no! - this thing sucks, i'll buy it off of ya just so you don't get something second rate, brother ...:D:thumbup:... just trying to be a selfless caring brother over here....

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vec
 

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It is funny you say that about the spike...I was just thinking yesterday that I would file my cold steel pole into a stub spike with a foursided edge like that one but with the lines canted 45 degrees..I am telling the truth....but great minds think alike.....

as far as selling it hell it took me forever to "WIN" it so no ;)
 
Burningcort said:
It is funny you say that about the spike...I was just thinking yesterday that I would file my cold steel pole into a stub spike with a foursided edge like that one but with the lines canted 45 degrees..I am telling the truth....but great minds think alike.....

as far as selling it hell it took me forever to "WIN" it so no ;)
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great minds really do think alike - often at the same time - i call that "pack sync"....

if more people would accept that, there'd be fewer arguments and glory-hogging IMHO.

i'm sure that is just about to happen.

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vec
 
vector001 said:
great minds really do think alike - often at the same time - i call that "pack sync"....

if more people would accept that, there'd be fewer arguments and glory-hogging IMHO.

i'm sure that is just about to happen.

:rolleyes::thumbup:

vec
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So many people are blind now of days ...and so many people have no respect for good tools....instead they try to make the conection of morals on the tools and not the person using them
 
Burningcort said:
So many people are blind now of days ...and so many people have no respect for good tools....instead they try to make the conection of morals on the tools and not the person using them
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yep.

you said it, brother.

that's why i'm goin' pirate - i'm done being a patriot and trying to save the idiots that don't want saving....

it didn't have to be.

vec
 
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