The "Hatch-ling"!

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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I'll call it the "Hatch-ling" because it's not really quite a full grown-up Hatchet - yet.
I had been wanting to make a few hatchets for some time, and after seeing Ray Richard's tutorial a short time ago, I was inspired to carry through with it.
As well, I had been wanting to fulfill some Sterling Silver wire inlay as well, so this gave me the perfect canvas for both!
I left the head, which I forged out of my 1 inch square 5160, slightly unfinished by leaving some of the heat treating scale and scratches.
The haft is curyl maple - of course.
This head was fully hardened for use as a pounding instrument as well. The high temp back-draw should leave it just right.
My hat is off to those who make these frequently.
It challenged me from the get-go and offered me quite a mental exercise!
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Karl, that thing is horrible and not up to your usual standards... Sooo to protect your reputation I will (free of charge of course) take this and hide it from humanity. All for your own good ya know. :p

I likey likey, the wire inlay goes perfectly with everything else.
 
Karl, All and all I think you should be very proud of the finished product! Glad to see you were able to use the information I shared. After doing the wire inlay will you be doing it again? Thanks for sharing you Hatch-ling with us!
 
nice work, eventually i'd like to get back into making hawks, i made a few in the past, but it's been a bit, .........never any this nice though.

andrew
 
The handle reminds me very much of a Bill Moran knife. He was fond of dark curly maple with silver inlay =)

I like it !
 
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