Just finished this damascus hawk.

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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I just finished this hawk up for John Williams, it is a 2 damascus 3 piece laminate. The top and bottom layers are from a billet made from 1084 + 15n20 with 180 layers and then twisted and the center is from a billet made from L-6 +15n20 +1084 with 376 layers, cap is from the same billet, handle is snakewood, head length is 8 3/4" w/2 3/4" cutting edge and the spike is 3 1/2" long and thin, about 1/4" wide at the top and tapers to a cutting edge on the bottom. Sorry for the poor pic, I took several shots of this one with my digital camera but just couldn't get a real good one to come out.

Bill
 
Bill, you do fine work! Another Buxton hawk for my collection. Bill, I have enough pieces of fancy wood here to keep you busy for awhile. Like I always say, you can never have too many hawks.

Thanks;

John
 
i like it with the undecorated shaft too. you can really injoy the damascus. now if you put a chip monk scalp on it that would be counting cou :D
 
John you have too many hawks, why don't you just send this one my way. :D

Bill, that's cool, that snakewood is great for a hawk! Your mosaic looks great too. You make me want to try something like that. I had my eye on a ball pein hammer at a garage sale today thinking I might be able to get a small hawk out of that. Would it work?

Dave
 
Thanks everyone for the nice compliments, I wish I could get a better pic to come out of the pattern, it is really a beautiful piece.

John, you keep sending the wood and I'll do my best to keep your hawk collection growing. ;) Thank you so much.

Dave, I have never made any hawks from old hammers, but they should work and be a lot easier sense they already have the hole started. I've made several from old tie rods, some rods are low carbon so you need to do a hardening test before you put to much time in one, but once you find a tie rod made of high carbon they make great hawks.

thanks,
Bill
 
Dave, Hammers make great hawks, easer that starting
from scratch. Make a drift to drift the eye,
use a hawk handel for a pattern Rade Hawkins has
them. A forged hammer works best, the ones made
off shore may split when you drift the eye, I suspect
that thy are cast steel instead of forged. Gib
 
Thanks again guys for all the nice compliments.

Stumpy, there is a remedy for that bug. :D

Bill
 
Bill, sure is a purty one. Great workmanship on the steel and shape. Like the no nonsense handle, doesn't detract your eyes from the hawk and that beautiful damascus. Hate you Hardy,LOL.
Ken (wwjd)
 
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