My pole hawk

[leon08]

This is reforged from an old firefighter axe.
Is`t a carbon tool steel head with an ash handle, brass capp / pins and some leather protection.
Here is the progress from what it was and what it become.

The original axe

Some forging progress

The final touch, a lot of file and sandpaper work.

Sorry for the poor quality of some of the photos, I took them with my phone camera.
I hope You like my hawk, I sure do.

 

[Pipeman]

Nice work Leon, great lookin hawk, LOTS of work.

Best regards

Robin

 

[killstew]

Well done it likes good

 

[leon08]

Thank you. I`m glad You like it.

 

[solocanoe]

wow...to see what you started with...and what it's become...
man, that's awesome! congrats!

 

[Edwood7]

That's an awesome transformation. Well done!

 

[butchesforge]

Darn nice job on that one,made an heirloom:thumbup:Regards Butch

 

[erik the red]

Wow, fantastic! That thing looks sweet! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[leon08]

That was a nice project, thank you!

 

[Chris John]

Hi Leoen,
Magic job you have done on that like a lot .
Thanks for showing ,
Chris

 

[Dusty One]

Great looking hawk you did a nice job.....

 

[leon08]

Thank you again, this is the result of a lot of reading and documentation on the diferent tipes of hawks.
From the start I have to solve the problem of that short cutting edge and I was little confident on this problem.
In the end, I managed the problem.

 

[crossada]

very clean work

 

[Cpl Punishment]

Nice job.

Is that a piece of RR track used for the anvil? Where do you guys find them?

 

[BryFry]

That really looks great! I like it! :thumbup:

 

[pullrich]

Very cool! I love the before-after effect:thumbup:

 

[leon08]

Is that a piece of RR track used for the anvil? Where do you guys find them?

You may find a piece at a company that works for RR maintenance.
They often cut down pieces of RR tracks.
It`s fine for small work but it`s hard to use for larger projects.

Thanks!

 

[Cikal]

it's nice :thumbup:

 

[ISP 5353]

Sweet! You did an awesome job on it!

 

[leon08]

Thanks!
I appreciate.