MY first Tomahawk a Wild Rose Pipe Hawk-2

[david boone]

Hi I'm new to this forum, and my first purchase. After many hours of research and many many web site's I picked the Wild Rose Frontier Pipe Hawk from the wild Rose Trading Co. I should receive it by Christmas, I've been a knife nut since my 1st. Randall Bowie at age 15 in 1959 for $50. I have paid more for a custom knives, for a first purchase of $$$$.$$, for a tomahawk. Please give me some feedback to let me know how crazy I am.

 

[harpers ferry]

The question that you should ask yourself is: What do you want from your hawk?
It looks like you chose a collectors item for your first hawk, something you can display with pride. That is one use.
By way of comparison, my 3 hawks cost less than $30 apiece. They will be used for throwing, chopping kindling and pounding nails and tent stakes. In other words , they are beaters.
If by some chance you would use a $1000+ custom hawk as a beater, then maybe your sanity could be questioned. But still its your money and your hawk to use as you see fit.

 

[spyken]

if you look at the number of hours it takes to put together a hawk like that, you're not crazy at all....wild rose (who does the forging of the head btw?) dressed hawks are definitely prized collectors' items...I wish I could afford them when they were cactus rose collaborations....

 

[FSCJedi]

Nice buy you have there. I paid to have a quality one custom made, but I fully intend on using it as well. Makes no sense to me to pay for something I'll never use. *shrug*

 

[Mark Williams]

Hi I'm new to this forum, and my first purchase. After many hours of research and many many web site's I picked the Wild Rose Frontier Pipe Hawk from the wild Rose Trading Co. I should receive it by Christmas, I've been a knife nut since my 1st. Randall Bowie at age 15 in 1959 for $50. I have paid more for a custom knives, for a first purchase of $$$$.$$, for a tomahawk. Please give me some feedback to let me know how crazy I am.

You cannot go wrong with something from Chuck Burrows (aka wildrose)

I wish I had half of his historical knowledge.

Anything that comes from Chuck will be an heirloom, and fully functional.
Great choice on your purchase. I'm sure you will be thrilled.

 

[jn_croteau]

Hi David, you are not crazy my friend. I have a few of Chuck's collaborative pieces and I am very satisfied. If you do a search on this site you will find some very interesting work by Chuck aka Wild Rose. I am attaching a view of a Cactus Rose piece I recently purchased from Chuck. I'll let him jump in with the details. I know you will be very pleased with your purchase.

 

[HTMD]

Hi David & welcome to these forums. You'll learn a lot here and make some good friends along the way!

I know how you feel taking a step like this. Soliciting feedback like you're doing is a good move. You can't go wrong in dealing with Chuck and Wild Rose Trading Co.

My own experience with Chuck over the past 2-3 years and numerous projects has been 100% positive. His command of history, knowledge of historical artifacts, experience using a broad range of techniques both old and new, attention to detail and straightforward business practices are a reflection of both his talent and his good character.

I'm sure you'll be well satisfied and I hope you'll return here and let us know how it all turned out after you receive your Wild Rose Frontier Pipe Hawk.

Buddy Thomason

 

[david boone]

Thanks Buddy for the postative feedback. Now the only problem I have is waiting three more months for it to get here.