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A couple more:


VecHawk Tigerstripe
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With Mistress and Mamba
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I had this made for me a few years ago from Ron Leuschen of Little Hen Knives. Unfortunately it got beat up a bit during a move from Texas to Michigan, and hasn't been oiled in a while.

My design, O-1 steel, curly maple haft. I was inspired by the Magua hawk from Last of the Mohicans for the haft, and the head is just something I came up with. The inscription is the Ojibewa word for Grandmother (my Great Grandmother is Chippewa), Nimishoomis.

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Aanii Lapp
Your Grandmother Hawk is beautiful, meegwetch for showing it.

Regards

Robin "Pipeman"
 
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I really need to post more here at BF Anyway,Arms & Armor Hungarian Axe~one HELL of a weapon! I always liked swords but this beast has given me some respect for large axes! :D stabby,choppy and all the good things an edge weapon needs to be :p

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Liam Ryan said:
Hubba hubba, what is this hawk?
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That's a custom request made for me by Fort Turner. It's just a larger version of their Iroquois Hawk they made for me and I put the head on one of my hand-carved hafts made from a sledgehammer handle.

Specs:

handle length: 23"
cutting edge: 3.75"
head length: 6.75"

It's light, quick, very sharp, and very tough. I really like Dana Turner's forging as he forges them thin but not too thin; the bits are just the right thickness IMO. The internal dimensions of the eye are a very subtle taper which allows a good strong grip on the haft when you have it tapped in good and tight. Good stuff.

Lately I've been thinking about having him make me another one, but with a hammer poll.
 
It looks a lot different to the Iroquois hawk to me, much more of a beard, it seems.
Just looking at the site it has an almost straight line, I really like the curve there.
 
Liam Ryan said:
It looks a lot different to the Iroquois hawk to me, much more of a beard, it seems.
Just looking at the site it has an almost straight line, I really like the curve there.
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It does but there's a bit of variation with anything hand made. I requested a larger version of the Iroquois model and gave the lengths I wanted for the head and the cutting edge and got exactly that. The extra curve on the beard wasn't something I had thought of and it was a pleasant surprise. It's sharp and hooks very well.

This should give you an idea.

On the left is a CS Rifleman's Hawk
in the middle is the original FT Iroquois I felt was too small
on the right is the larger one I requested

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