Latest hawk

[John M Cohea]

Have'nt seen a hawk here in a while, so here's the latest I made. This one stated out as an order, and it was meant to be an almost clone of the one I had Coop shoot at Blade. The customer decide he wanted the head to be slightly longer on the blade side, but it was already nailed together , so I made a call and finished it up as you see here nd it will soon be on it's way to Texas. I will make the origanal customer's hawk when I get home in a couple of weeks.
Head is leaf spring,rough forged, curly maple haft wrapped in rawhide and brass tacked, and finished in tung oil.
Head cover is also brass tacked.

 

[RogerP]

That's gorgeous John. Great work and thanks for showing.

Roger

 

[Lorien]

awesome! It looks just right.

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very cool! Nice work.

 

[Steve Nuckels]

That is great looking for sure!

Steve
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[D lisch]

Very cool John I bet it feels good in the hand.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That's one of the nicest hawks that I have seen.

 

[DWK2]

Exceptional! Looks like a pure fighter!

DancesWithKnives

 

[Doug C]

I just love your hawk, John, excellent! :thumbup:

Doug

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks everyone:thumbup:

 

[butchesforge]

Another beauty John,A lot of detail there-:thumbup::thumbup:Regards Butch

 

[Kevin Jones]

Nice combination of design features.
I really like it.

 

[JParanee]

fantastic period piece

 

[peterinct]

That is exceptionally nice, but I would like it even more if the blade had a bit more spread and length to it.

 

[Dusty One]

Outstanding looking piece.....

 

[John M Cohea]

That is exceptionally nice, but I would like it even more if the blade had a bit more spread and length to it.

Again, many thanks to all.
Peter, the fellow that first commisioned the piece also felt it would benefit from a bit longer head, so on the re-do in a couple of weeks I will forge the head longer and plan on widening the blade as well.

 

[peterinct]

Again, many thanks to all.
Peter, the fellow that first commisioned the piece also felt it would benefit from a bit longer head, so on the re-do in a couple of weeks I will forge the head longer and plan on widening the blade as well.

Interesting John. I wasn't sure if it being a "period" piece that the size and shape of the head was specific for authenticity.

In looking at it, it just seemed that aesthetically, it would look better with a bit larger blade.

The finishing features are OUTSTANDING. Hope to see the next version.

Peter