How about those Mousies...?!!

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vector001

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i was modding a bunch of CS Trail Hawks the other day, and thinking of this teeny-tiny little pocket hatchet i saw as an artifact in the Alamo last year, when i was visiting Texas-by-God.

the caption under the little hawk read that it was a common thing back in those times to have one in your pocket - the whole thing couldn't've been more than 8 or ten inches - which makes sense, since steel was probably fairly rare, and the mouse hawks took less steel than a big knife (don't try to talk me out of my big knives though ...hehehehe...!)

the mouse hawks i am making are a little bigger - mostly i just like the head size - and i am hafting them on longer handles just to see what they will do (initial impressions are WOW. )


anyways!

- do you brethren have some mini-hawks and hatchets that you love...?

Dude McLean of Dirttime.com, who is a field editor for Wilderness Way Magazine, almost always has his with him when i see him in the field.

got some pics...?

i'll show you mine when i get them finished this week (God Willing!).


i bet brother Ken C or Survival Sheath Systems could whip up some nice shoulder rigs for them.


muchas gracias, compadres.

vec
 
vec. Here is a small one I picked up from Raymond Richard. A real nice piece and just beautiful work. Feels real good in hand !
Made out of an old buggy axle, Ray named it Axle Roy which I think suits it just fine.
 
i've seen that one before somewhere!

that is hardcore!

any buddy own any of brother Mark Williams' stuff...?

vec
 
I wanna make a little short handled one with one of my trail hawks since the head is so small anyway.
 
Nsaglibene said:
I wanna make a little short handled one with one of my trail hawks since the head is so small anyway.
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mine dropped a lot in weight with the poll lopped off.

i also took a little off the cheeks and under the beard on one and put it on a thin composite handle about 22 inches.

it really flies.

good battle hawk, good woods-bumming hawk.

vec
 
During the colonial period there were many small axes of the type you mention. They were referred to as "bag hawks". Frequently they were carried in a shooting pouch with the rest of the gear. There is not a great deal of information on these but they are presumed to have been used to break joints and whatnot when hunting. Even though I have seen some pretty small ones, they would still probably be better for breaking joints open than most of the utility knives of the day.
 
Nsaglibene said:
You got any pics of that trail hawk mousie you were talking about vec?
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i probably will on monday, brother nsaglibene. - runnin' late as usual....

there are two actually, with different handles and head styles - one i am going to try to make good for carry on your hip, wrapped under a drop leg pistol holster or pouch, with a quick draw feature. - it isn't sharpened on the bottom so you can do a gross motor draw and not blast right through your glove with the sharpened beard. - i always try to develop combatives with each hawk i make - they are all individuals so far...:)....

anyway - that shorty i am going to try to work out a mount for on one of my 48-inch handle blanks - knifemaker Luke Swenson is a good buddy of mine and will have to try it out for me - if he can't destroy it, it is ready ...sheesh!....

he's a tough dude.

anyways, then you'd have a mousie, a solid lighweight hiking stick/hooch pole/tool handle and you'd have a poll axe and a mouse hawk wrapped in one.... that's the idea....



the other mousie is longer - with a beard ground into it, and a shark-point where it meets the primary edge - it also has the poll lopped off - i originally moused them because they had thin, slightly-bent bits, which i ground out, and half-assed a convex edge in - it'll be better when it is detailed...:cool:....

the long handled one is something - my regular 24 - 28 inch Gen 1 Mk 2 hawks are quick in the hand - but this little mouse is an angry little kangaroo rat! ...har...!

after that discussion about polls/no polls the other day, i can really appreciate the long mousie's swing poll-first - a low quarter attack to the top of an adversary's foot would make him cave, and then you would be in the perfect position for a groin/chest/face secondary strike on the recovery - you would mow through zombies like the Hurricane Katrina, sez i....


....and this is coming from a guy who loves hawks primarily for UTILITY.


....hawks break all the rules, they are weapons, they are tools....


when i get a real knife grinder i am definitely going to have to make more, and fancier.


....the meesez iz both just a mess right now, ...but i will get them dressed soon and get these ladies to hold still long enough for a pic.

probably ARPAT the little holster one and MULTICAM the long one.

....it shouldn't be long at all to get them looking respectable - i'll post the pics ASAP - but i wanna see what you fellow-babies already got!

c'mon now, brethren - don't be big teasers.

out with da pics, out with da pics.

:thumbup:

vec
 
Sounds cool Vec, I can't wait for pics.

I gave my first modded hawk to a friend for christmas, so I'm gonna start working on a mouse for myself tomorrow.
 
Mark Williams said:
And I hope You are happy with them :)
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Oh, I AM! Or was, anyways. I'm actually having withdrawal. I brought the second one with me to Korea, but they made me send it home right after I got here. I haven't touched a hawk in almost a full year! :eek: :(
 
FSCJedi said:
Oh, I AM! Or was, anyways. I'm actually having withdrawal. I brought the second one with me to Korea, but they made me send it home right after I got here. I haven't touched a hawk in almost a full year! :eek: :(
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Well that aint good !

You should be able to touch a tomahawk every day R. :)

Glad You're happy

Thanks for serving R. The invite to come forge one with me is always open.

Mark
 
Mark Williams said:
Well that aint good !

You should be able to touch a tomahawk every day R. :)

Glad You're happy

Thanks for serving R. The invite to come forge one with me is always open.

Mark
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I'm with you! I hated packing it up and sending it home! One of the saddest days I've had since I've been here. I very well might take you up on your offer to come forge one with you when I get out later this year (p.s. you have email). That sounds like fun and gives me a reason to take a little trip on my new motorcycle! haha :cool:

I like our location descriptions, as well. :thumbup:
 
Mark Williams said:
And I hope You are happy with them :)

Why does Brother Vec inquire ? hmmm
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hey don't make fun of my terrible condition of hawkophilia - that ain't a good brother....


because i want all them Williams meesez all to myself.

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and the regular ones too.

:cool:

vec
 
I dunno if you would consider it a mousie... but it's little

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By nsaglibene2, shot with iPhone at 2008-02-15
 
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