Tomahawk

[Stuart Willis]

It's been a while since I posted one here,so here we go. Forged from a 24oz ball peen hammer. Antiqued head and hickory handle.

 

[Sam Salvati]

Nice Stuart, it's handy to forge them from ball peens, but it is cool when you can't tell .

 

[jll346]

Really nice!!:thumbup:

 

[Stuart Willis]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[indian george]

Sweeeeet!!!!!:thumbup:

 

[JasonSCarter]

Amazing work!

Jason

 

[Sweany]

:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[birdog4]

kep 'em coming Stuart!

 

[Patrice Lemée]

That's gorgeous Stuart. Thanks for sharing.

Patrice

 

[B.V.]

Very nice! BTW which brand of hammers are best to use....what type of steel are they made of for HT purposes??

 

[Stuart Willis]

Thanks for all the compliments. I appreciate it.

Very nice! BTW which brand of hammers are best to use....what type of steel are they made of for HT purposes??

I use the U.S. made hammers by Vaughan. Heat treat like 1045

 

[B.V.]

Thank you!!

 

[Rey Garza]

Beautiful american heritage style hawk good job. How long did it take on the anvil or did you use the power hammer?.

 

[wordsmith]

What do you use to shape the handle so smoothly and evenly? I've done a few for my African woodcarving adzes just for my own use (i.e., not prettily) and have never been able to come close to what you did.

 

[Stuart Willis]

Beautiful american heritage style hawk good job. How long did it take on the anvil or did you use the power hammer?.

I have a power hammer. Before the power hammer it would take about 8 hours.

What do you use to shape the handle so smoothly and evenly? I've done a few for my African woodcarving adzes just for my own use (i.e., not prettily) and have never been able to come close to what you did.

I use a spoke shave for the initial carving then go to scrapers. Then to sandpaper ending up with steel wool.

 

[strahd71]

i dont know the right terminology so please bear with me. the hole in the hawk that the handle goes through, do you resize that, or reshape it at all?

thanks

jake

 

[Stuart Willis]

i dont know the right terminology so please bear with me. the hole in the hawk that the handle goes through, do you resize that, or reshape it at all?

thanks

jake

Yes Jake, It is resized and reshaped with a drift. Here's a picture

 

[strahd71]

very cool.... very nice work.

thank you for information i hope to achieve your level some day.

jake