pack of coyotes

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a quick update for the Investors, and those interested;

we are making a huge push this month to finish the Customs Log - you should be well-pleased - if not, that's why we have the Happiness Guarantee - we have never gotten a hawk returned BTW.

we don't want you guys to just use your hawk, we want you to love it.

i am going out to Cibbets Flat for a few days with my male offspring and white coyote that passes for my dog, so we will be out of touch - Saint Erica can help ya though - see contact info below please.

without a coyote in the house, the girls would be lonely, so i have a pack of Coyote Gen 1 Mk 4's forming as you can see below - here are some of them, waiting for our new experimental jackets - my Swenson blade is hanging out with them until it rides East with me in a bit.

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laser-sharp custom blade and leather shown are by Luke Swenson - my Sabretooth knife - it's guarding the one IGH in the pack - the Commanche Christian.

well, maybe not guarding it - more like whispering in its hawk-ear saying, "Let's go GET SOME."

venerable-brother Swenson has the same effect on ol' vec, yer pal - no beer or Wild Hawg is safe when we are together - God Bless Texas, is all i gotta say about that.

oh the pleasures a man could have with his Swenson Knife and a proper long hawk and sling and a flagon of water or two... (vector licks his eyes as they roll back in delight at the prospect...).
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close-up of the Cross Motif - i am trying out some new paint, 'worked beautifully if ya ask me - all protected by an Epoxy Vapor Coat.
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detail of the typical Gen 1 Mk 4 butt and head tube openings (below) - i put airtight plugs on them so you can store your stuff in them for the ultimate survival kit carry - when you aren't using the tube to stoke a flame or as a .50 caliber blowgun, etc. - you can also see the glass-smooth new Snake Belly Strike Plate, which couples nicely with the Snake Skin finish on the rest of the handle, which is a formed micarta micro-pebble grip that feels great on bare hands and actually gives the composite handle greater strength-per-weight in cold extremes - when the 1000 Denier Real Cordura experimental jackets go over them for good measure and insulation from the cold, it's just more good stuff to ease things up a bit....
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these mean babies are called Coyotes for a reason - they are bare survivors and ultimate predators - nothing extra, but a whole lot of attitude - something needs to keep them in line while i am gone - so i made sure and got good-brother dusty one's forming-up hawk to stand watch - like himself, it is a trustworthy being - and in three feet of Gen 1 Mk 4 Multicam Goodness, i reckon not even a Coyote would want to argue with it.... - hehehehe...!
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any buddy who doesn't like 'em has never touched one - i am gonna cry when these go out the door to my brethren, the Investors. again.


hawking is a cruel mistress indeed.

many here realize this.


i am dazed and confused right now (more than normal) and trying to get out of the door to camp - but my Erica can help ya if you need questions answered, etc;

ericag@equinoxcoronado.com

out.

vec
 
Oh Vec ! Damn it! You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Hell, next royality check I will get an order off to you. ...Seriously, they are really, REALLY beautiful. Indeed...good job.

Best
Dwight
 
Oh Vec ! Damn it! You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Hell, next royality check I will get an order off to you. ...Seriously, they are really, REALLY beautiful. Indeed...good job.

Best
Dwight

:D:thumbup:

my wife, the Saint Erica, is ashamed enough for both of us - har!

thank you, sir.

your bud,

vec
 
You persist in torturing me, Vec. I need to buy my corn snake a new home as he's outgrown the one he came with, but your hawks make me think that maybe he'll survive a couple more months. Alas, caring for my animals comes before feeding my sharp thingie addiction.
 
can the corney fit down a fifty calber tube, brother?

you could get a Gen 1 Mk 4 and do a two-fer.

har...!

....i don't blame ya - i love those snakes too - reminds me of my childhood on the east coast.

vec
 
vector001 that is some ultimately fine looking work you are showing here. Hope you have a good few days out of the dungeon. Enjoy..
PS : the three footer looks real sweet......
 
can the corney fit down a fifty calber tube, brother?

you could get a Gen 1 Mk 4 and do a two-fer.

har...!

....i don't blame ya - i love those snakes too - reminds me of my childhood on the east coast.

vec

Ha! You'd need to make a BIG hawk handle for the snake to fit in, Vec. He's about 5 feet long and as big around as my wrist.
 
vector001 that is some ultimately fine looking work you are showing here. Hope you have a good few days out of the dungeon. Enjoy..
PS : the three footer looks real sweet......

alright, we are out of here a day late due to car slightly exploding - just more fun for the adventure. oo-RAGH.

glad ya like it brother dust, wait 'til i get done with it - we are gonna trick it out for ya - see you guys in a bit.

howlin' with the 'yotes vec
 
Is that a sling I see there?
I tried using a sling myself but never quite got the knack, how do you find it?
 
Why have a 3 foot handle on a tomahawk head, why not just carry a full length axe?
 
Is that a sling I see there?
I tried using a sling myself but never quite got the knack, how do you find it?

they are fantastic.

go get one and learn how to use it is my unsolicited advice.

i just got back from the sticks a few minutes ago - i was brushing up and teaching my sons - still a long way to go, but i can see why david didn't worry - these things are incredible.

vec
 
Why have a 3 foot handle on a tomahawk head, why not just carry a full length axe?

that's a good question - the problem with introducing these to most folks is they see it as a type of axe or hatchet, when they aren't much the same - a proper axe chops with inertia, while a proper long hawk pecks with impulse.

an axe chops.

a hatchet hacks.

a proper long hawk pecks ...it carves the wood away, in spirited little whacks.

i don't know how else to describe it.

i did a big axe test this week alongside a simple tomahawk, woodsbumming from a central camp, bringing back firewood in a coastal desert/alpine setting here in San Diego County - there will always be a place for a good axe in my stable, but objectively, i am more impressed than ever over what a proper long hawk can do to the hard dry wood i encountered this week - i chopped logs i had been stepping over for more than twenty years. - and a proper long hawk is so much nicer to carry just due to the weight distribution - the longer ones actually feel lighter than the shorter ones, made exactly the same, due to this phenomena.

brother dusty's will also make a fine cane.

the big deal with a hawk is you have to choke your hand up to where the last third of the handle meets the middle third - the end will then act as ballast, giving your chops precision, snap, and telling effect.

it's not new - this style of chopper has cropped up all over Europe and Asia, brother, throughout history.

the long hawks are a lot lighter than an axe for one thing.

trust me, you start swinging a 3 foot hawk with a massive long slender head that weighs about 36 ounces altogether, and you will learn in seconds what it would take me years to convince a brother....

we contour the handle for improved indexing to sweeten up the hawk even more - let's watch this hawk age - you will see only about 3/4 inches on the top get shiny from precise strikes.

a proper long hawk is a thing of beauty that everyone should experience IMHO.


i am going to put a walking foot on this one, and maybe a spike - both modular, ...so brother dusty can store stuff inside, or use the .50 caliber polycarbonate endoskeleton as a bellows or blow gun, or just storage.


well i may be delirious and talking too much from a fun week in the bush, but i just can't get enough of a good hawk.

i'll let ya go - 'hope i conveyed something worthy of consideration.

your bud,

vec
 
Well said vec.
The plans I have for a three footer is 1: as a walking stick
2: To aid me in outdoor and outdoor macro photography, it can help stabilize the camera, clear away brush, hold things away for me like a third hand.
With the new model Small items can be stored inside. I can wrap extra string around the handle to use to tie things off. An extra three feet for reaching items. I could go on and on ! The quality of this piece looks fantastic I am very excited and dont forget if I meet a 12 foot Zombie in the woods I got it covered....
 
Well said vec.
The plans I have for a three footer is 1: as a walking stick
2: To aid me in outdoor and outdoor macro photography, it can help stabilize the camera,

it isn't by accident that we use a 1/4 x 20 screw in the well nuts that plug the ends - that is the same thread as most camera mounts.

clear away brush, hold things away for me like a third hand.
With the new model Small items can be stored inside. I can wrap extra string around the handle to use to tie things off. An extra three feet for reaching items. I could go on and on ! The quality of this piece looks fantastic I am very excited and dont forget if I meet a 12 foot Zombie in the woods I got it covered....

:D:thumbup:

one other thing that these extra-long hawks are good for is as come-alongs - you stick it in a log that you want to drag into camp whole, and the extra length keeps you from having to crane over which is hard on the back.

(tips his hat to brother 'rat in thanks.)

vec
 
a proper axe chops with inertia, while a proper long hawk pecks with impulse.

an axe chops.

a hatchet hacks.

a proper long hawk pecks ...it carves the wood away, in spirited little whacks.

i don't know how else to describe it.

Man, that is the funniest thing I've ever seen on bladeforums.
 
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