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hatchetjack

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This is my first post to your group. First let me say that it has been very informative and I enjoy the exchange of information that occurs here.

My 9 year old son and I got into hawk throwing at a Rendevous show sponsored by the Cascade Mountain Men in Washington this spring. My son caught on very quickly and dad many attempts thereafter.

Since then, I made my first purchase, a CS Trail Hawk which for the money was not a bad deal. We then realized 1 hawk for 2 with different arm lengths would not do. I then bought a pair of throwing hawks from Crazy Crow and a pair of mouse hawks for my son not wanting to spend a fortune on something we were going to beat up in the beginning.

I did step up to a Fort Turner which I received yesterday and what a difference! Balance, fit/finish and overall quality is much better than what we started out (forged heads from India) with without being overly costly. My son noticed the "new" one and quickly asked "When can I throw it?"

I think he's hooked!

My first question is: I'm looking for suggestions on handle wrapping styles. I was going to try some home conversions and needed some secure ways to wrap preferrably without epoxy after wrapping. This would be both para cord for tacticals and latigo for woodsman styles. Any websites I can go to?

Thanks.
 
since no one else answered I'll jump in. Why do you want to "wrap" a throwing hawk? Personally, I see no need. I use dirt to "rosin my bow".
 
Actually, I had not planned on wrapping the throwers. I saw some nice hammer polls from Fort Turner that I was going to use as an all around camp and field tool. I thought of wrapping the upper 1/3 or so for choking up when chopping but leaving the lower handle smooth for throwing if the urge struck.

I saw some photos in the forum of some nice yet simple wraps and was looking for some how to's for some later homebrew projects and adding some personal touches.

Thanks.
 
I saw some photos in the forum of some nice yet simple wraps and was looking for some how to's for some later homebrew projects and adding some personal touches.
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Harpers Ferry is correct. The wraps are mostly for 'looks' ...for display purposes. (Although the wraps around the hawk head can help prevent the head from slipping on the haft ...or prevent the haft from getting damaged with a misplaced stroke while chopping. But duct tape works just fine for that :) )
 
Saw my first at Iccknives.com, but I visisted the maker and got to hold and get a feel for the thing. Not sure what to compare it to because I am new.

I am learning more from the stuff on this site than I picked up swimming throug the web over the last two years. When I first made the post about Dennis Phillips knives and work, got a bunch of comments of "spamming." Have talked to the vets and they have clued me in on some of the "ins and outs" of the forum.

You mentioned the handle material. I am making knives out of w1 and w2 because it is all the materials that I can get my hands on. After forging the handle down and cleaning it up, I have been using cord. These are knives, not hawks. The cord does give you the option of using it if you run into the need for the materials for lashing or what ever.

I've also heard that trating the cord with a water retardent can be helpful, and can even give the grip a 'tacky feeling. Don't know if this is true. Hve not done it to the few knives that I have made, but someone out there is going to know better than I and will probably clue me in on the right way to do this.

Good luck to the new guys. I am astounded at how much people really know on a practical level.

William
 
post on the main knife forum, as now you are on the hawk forum. Peronally I can run my cyber mouth concerning hawks, but the real knife guys are experts and wayyyy more knowledgable than I. Good luck :confused:
 
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