Hawk Homeschool........

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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I guess you would say, another new guy. I've been trying to get into blade for a couple years and there's always been some kind of mixup so I've just waited till it happened.

I've been making knives around 8 years now and started doing hawks about a 1 1/2 months ago. The three that are finished I did last week, the double I forged on Monday and finished forging it today. These are all made from 1080 spring steel. The one in the upper left is out of 7/8" square stock, the rest are out of 3/4" square stock. All hand forged with hand held hammers. No handles yet, got to many ideas I want to try before I start handling them....

http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/raymond/pdrm0179.2951967.jpg
 
These look really Great Ray...And Welcome to the forums:D
Love the double bitted hawk,That is just to wild.
Bruce

Lets see if I can get this picture up for you.
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Dear Raymond,
Welcome to the society of mentally challenged hawk makers.
If we had kept on making knives we'd be making more money
but we like to contribute to the future life of the best
woods tool ever invented.
The pictures of your forged heads show that you have a very
real "feel" for the traditional designs and that hard to
define sense of balance and flow that makes a tool more than
a tool. Also show that some hints and tips from "old folks"
could make your life easier and produce even better hawks.
My shop in Montana is not all that far from your Oregon
headquarters so we could even kick ideas around on a
closer basis than e-mail.
Anyhow, get ahold of me and again welcome to the fold.
Best regards,
Two Hawks
http://www.2hawks.net
 
Raymond,

Really, really nice work! I especially like the
lines on the one on the upper right. That subtle
flow on the underside of the head could (should?) become a trade mark. Thanks for sharing.
Keep on pounding!

Ragnar
http://ragweedforge.com/
 
I just wanted to chime in here and say that after seeing Ray and his 'hawks at the show this last weekend, I am really impressed!

He had a design or two that isn't in the picture that are really interesting. Some really nice knives too!

I'm definately saving my pennies for one of Ray's hawks.

- Mike
 
Originally posted by Ragnar
Raymond,

Really, really nice work! I especially like the
lines on the one on the upper right. That subtle
flow on the underside of the head could (should?) become a trade mark. Thanks for sharing.
Keep on pounding!

Ragnar
http://ragweedforge.com/
Click to expand...

I have to agree with Ragnar; That one in the upper right should be a trademark design. Something very special about that one.

-SB
 
Thanks for the welcome! Glad you guys like what I've done so far. I've finally got some handles ordered, I've made a couple but they both went at the last show I did. They were just ment to give an idea of what the hawk would look like on a stick but the couple that sold the handles went with them. Here's one of my ideas that came to life, some of you may have already seen this. I turned the RR spike around and forged it backwards and this was the result.......

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They look great Ray! I realy like the iverted RR spike, that's thinking outside the box-or would that be spike?:D
 
Dear Ray,
An interesting head which resembles (on a smaller scale) some European axes from 1000 years ago with the dropped base of the main edge. Visually exciting and good art.
As (primarily) a tool-maker I would suggest reducing the extent of the dropped lower edge by about 50% as the very long edge has a less than desirable effect on the use as a cutting tool. No argument with you as to the nice lines but for a using tool it could be fine tuned some more. It is a good technique to get a maximum cutting edge at minimum weight but the balance and cut-striking geometry are really touchy on this type of design.
Will be in touch with you further by e-mail, and keep up the good work!
TWO HAWKS
http://www.2hawks.net
 
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