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And I am impressed!
I was at my parents' place today, picking blueberries after our recent rains, and noticed that many of the trees had other trees growing up in between and amongst them. This provided a perfect opportunity for me to do a little clearing work with my new hawk, so I went at it.
This hawk turned out to be a perfect clearing tool in the middle of all those blueberries, because I didn't need (and didn't have) a lot of room to swing a full-sized hatchet or axe, but my hawk worked just fine.
The edge cut deeply and I was able to make short work out of even small trees, and the beard came in useful as a hook to drag and cut vines, weeds and small saplings out from under the berry bushes.
I hacked at a few roots and such, which put a few small marks on the edge, but nothing that a little dressing with a coarse stone won't get rid of, and even with the few very small nicks, it still cut awesomely.
I stuck it in the back of my belt between cutting chores, because we were picking blueberries as we pruned and weeded, and I noticed that my sweat produced a light dusting of surface rust, so I'll definitely be swabbing it down with some CLP before I go to bed tonight.
The handle was nice and smooth, but whatever finish that is on it, it's grippy and the handle never made as if to slip, even as sweaty as I was in our lovely Mississippi heat.
I didn't use the hammer poll on anything this time, but I think a spike hawk from CCF is in my future, because that would make one hell of a good weeding and root digging fixture to go along with this fine cutting edge.
Now, three downed saplings, innumerable destroyed weeds and four gallons of fresh (and free!) blueberries later, I am one happy CCF hawk owner!
Here's the hawk after a few swipes at some saplings and roots
Close-up of the edge, showing a little scuffing, but nice and sharp still
The light rust on the back, from my sweaty shirt
I was at my parents' place today, picking blueberries after our recent rains, and noticed that many of the trees had other trees growing up in between and amongst them. This provided a perfect opportunity for me to do a little clearing work with my new hawk, so I went at it.
This hawk turned out to be a perfect clearing tool in the middle of all those blueberries, because I didn't need (and didn't have) a lot of room to swing a full-sized hatchet or axe, but my hawk worked just fine.
The edge cut deeply and I was able to make short work out of even small trees, and the beard came in useful as a hook to drag and cut vines, weeds and small saplings out from under the berry bushes.
I hacked at a few roots and such, which put a few small marks on the edge, but nothing that a little dressing with a coarse stone won't get rid of, and even with the few very small nicks, it still cut awesomely.
I stuck it in the back of my belt between cutting chores, because we were picking blueberries as we pruned and weeded, and I noticed that my sweat produced a light dusting of surface rust, so I'll definitely be swabbing it down with some CLP before I go to bed tonight.
The handle was nice and smooth, but whatever finish that is on it, it's grippy and the handle never made as if to slip, even as sweaty as I was in our lovely Mississippi heat.
I didn't use the hammer poll on anything this time, but I think a spike hawk from CCF is in my future, because that would make one hell of a good weeding and root digging fixture to go along with this fine cutting edge.
Now, three downed saplings, innumerable destroyed weeds and four gallons of fresh (and free!) blueberries later, I am one happy CCF hawk owner!
Here's the hawk after a few swipes at some saplings and roots

Close-up of the edge, showing a little scuffing, but nice and sharp still

The light rust on the back, from my sweaty shirt
