Last one for Blade

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Started working on this hawk Sunday and I've been going like a madman trying to get it finished. I just need to put a couple coats of sealer on it but its done other than that. I've been wanting to try a spike like this for sometime now and wasn't sure if I could pull it off but I did. It will open a beer in a blink of an eye. The head is 8", 3" cutting edge, and the spike is 2 1/2" from the back of the eye. The haft is 19" with a wrought iron doda.

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getting use to seeing great work from ya, but that spike is extra nice
as much quailty work as you put out, how much time do you spend at it
a week? bb
 
Nice one, Ray!
How do you shape your hafts? Drawknife?
I've still got those two heads sitting in front of me every day, wanting to me finished.
Have a great time at Blade.
 
Great piece Ray but you do have time to get another done for Blade you know :D ;) I do look forward to looking at your stuff there.
 
bb, I'm a full time maker. Retired as a carpenter mainly because I was sick of it but wanted to devote all of my time doing what I love doing. On the average I must spend 10 to 12 hours almost everyday making. My body is addicted to iron.

Howie, on the mini hawk handles I'll cut as close as I can with the bandsaw and do the rest of the shapeing with the belt grinder. On the full size hafts I can get them premade. Theres still a good deal of fitting that needs to be done but it does save a good amount of time.

Don, Most likely I'll start getting ready for the show as soon as they open the building up Friday morning. I'll be at 13-D in the Handmade section.
 
Another fine piece, Ray! We know you figure ho hum with your work by now, but we sure enjoy seeing your work.
 
John Andrews said:
Another fine piece, Ray! We know you figure ho hum with your work by now, but we sure enjoy seeing your work.
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No ho hum here. It would be ho hum if I made the samething day in and day out. Except for maybe trying to reproduce a small number of pieces everything is somewhat different. Like with this last hawk it has given me even more ideas to try. I totally love what I'm doing, just wish I would have got into it when I was a young man and I still don't think it would have gotten ho hum.
 
Awsome Ray, I love the arrow head type end, and realy like the extra wide poll, that baby won't come loose even under extream use.:thumbup:
 
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