took out the JK belt hawk today.

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grunt soldier

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I love this thing. it chops like a beast and carries well. my daughter also loves it :) she spent as much time chopping with it as I did..

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me and my little one. (the long hair hippy in the pics above is my brother lol)

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thanks for the killer hawk John. it's a great tool for sure. and will be well used and loved.


and if you want to read the rest of the stuff today and see my sad face due to some equipment failure. check out this thread :(

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...shelters-testing-blades-and-look-wtf-happened!!!!!
 
Thanks for sharing. That hawk is sweet. I also think it is great that your daughter enjoys spending outdoor time with you - you'll both look back (in the future) with fondness for your time spent together.:thumbup:
 
Glad you got a chance to get out and spend some time with your daughter. That really sucks how that tomohawk broke, had to be bad heat treat.
 
It's real cool she enjoys it so well, tough kid you got there. I saw the picture f the broken hawk, that sucks, man, sorry to hear it. Thanks for the pictures as well, I like seeing the JK Belt Hawk in context, planning on getting one of these this year.
 
Ky definitely do. It's a great tool. My brother kept picking it up and using it lol. He said man I'm going to have to buy one of these or steal yours lol.

And John that was my first thought. The metal was that real light color and looked like it had air bubbles in it
 
grunt soldier said:
The metal was that real light color and looked like it had air bubbles in it
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From the photos, the grain looks really coarse, which is usually a sign of getting it too hot during heat treat. When I was teaching myself to heat treat, I would purposely do things like underheat, and overheat the steel, then purposely break them to see the grain structure.
 
JK Knives said:
From the photos, the grain looks really coarse, which is usually a sign of getting it too hot during heat treat. When I was teaching myself to heat treat, I would purposely do things like underheat, and overheat the steel, then purposely break them to see the grain structure.
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thanks for the info sir. I figured bad heat treat but I have no real expertise in this area. well other than using the knives lol :)
 
Love the photo of you and your little girl GS. She looks like a very happy camper!

Jeff
 
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Hi grunt -

Nice! I enjoyed the photos and story - and you have a very cute little girl! (the brother not so much haha! J/K)

You guys really had a nice selection of wood-abusing tools there!

Thanks for the pics - sorry about the broken hawk - bet you never break that JK though!

best

mqqn
 
mqqn said:
Hi grunt -

Nice! I enjoyed the photos and story - and you have a very cute little girl! (the brother not so much haha! J/K)

You guys really had a nice selection of wood-abusing tools there!

Thanks for the pics - sorry about the broken hawk - bet you never break that JK though!

best

mqqn
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lol I bet your right. I don't think I could break my jk hawk if I had too. and your also right my brother isn't fun to look at lol :)

I'm just hoping 2 hawks takes care of me. I have since learned they are cast hawks which might be part of the problem.
 
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