My first pipe Hawk

[Sam Salvati]

Waiting some extra hours for steel delivery, i tried my hand at a wrap and weld pipe hawk. Hawk body is mild steel with a rr track moustache clip insert, the bowl is mild steel. Bowl is press fit for now, will silver solder it before fitting the handle. Gonna pick up a predrilled curly maple. A very cool project, had alot of fun, will definitely do it again, was very easy wrapping around the drift then welding, instead of trying to drift afterwards.

2.5 hours start to finish head no handle.

 

[ED4406]

looking real good

 

[Tom Lewis]

Very, Very nice!

 

[NickWheeler]

Awesome Sam! :thumbup:

But "mustache clip insert" ??? Is that even legal?!?

 

[Wolf Creek Forge]

LOL, I think hes talking about the RR spring clips..They are made out of something like 1050, Phillip has used a lot of them.

 

[12345678910]

I really like that head shape


Is that your final finish ?
The highly turned bowl doesn't seem match the rough forged head, but I don't know what else you could do.



I'm looking at the bottom , does that get closed up more or is that how they are ?

 

[Broomhead]

Awesome hawk! I agree with the finish differences though.

RR mustache clip? I think I might have some, but could you post a picture of one?

 

[LRB]

Nicely done, but for historical correctness, it needs at least a filed finish.