Virtual BBQ Camp Axe/Tomahawk WIP

Thanks Kentucky! I really enjoyed this WIP! I find hawks with curly handles to be absolutely lovely. Glad to seenyou guys are enjoying that LG. I remember when it went up for sale and thought it was a beautiful looking machine. One of these days I'll have a power hammer.....
 
Kentucky said:
The smaller one is about 45-50 pounds and is just shy of 4"..The big one is a 6" and it weighs about 100 pounds though I swear it looks bigger..Id say your 70 pounder is about a 5"-5 3/4" maybe?
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5 1/4" jaws, good guess:thumbup: When I bought it I had no knowledge about post vises, and still don't to be honest. The price was considerably cheaper than anything else I had seen so I picked it up for the $35 asking price and it came with a bib blower and a RR track anvil. The only markings I could find on it was the number 70 so I weighed it and it was 70lbs on the house scale.
 
Man, you stole it..A 70 pound vise will normally go for $125 anyway...Good buy

unky_gumbi said:
5 1/4" jaws, good guess:thumbup: When I bought it I had no knowledge about post vises, and still don't to be honest. The price was considerably cheaper than anything else I had seen so I picked it up for the $35 asking price and it came with a bib blower and a RR track anvil. The only markings I could find on it was the number 70 so I weighed it and it was 70lbs on the house scale.
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Thanks guys for all the kind words...Sam, yea its pretty cool..i started teaching her about 7 years ago and she just went with it..She sets up at the local caft fairs and such now.
 
Man that is nice. I now have a goal for when I get set up for forging. Many years from now...
 
Please remove the dog marks from the top and bottom of the haft Ive never understood why you would leave the chuck teeth holes in the end of a nice piece of wood
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Thanks for taking the time to post this- a good WIP allways motivates me to get in the shop. Very nice finished product, can't agree more about chuck marks spoiling the look on a handmade hawk.
Thanks
 
Beautiful work Kentucky! I've made a couple of forging hammers, and drifting is hard work :)

I showed the pictures of Mrs Kentucky forging to my Wife, and she said "don't even think about it" :D
 
Very informative wip Phillip,nice to have a wife and pardner in your bladesmithing---Keep on hammerin--Regards Butch
 
Kentucky, I just got given a piece of 1 7/8" square 1018. Given the square/cube surface area/volume issue, would something like this work? I couldn't hardly turn it down, as it was free, but if it won't work, I will find something else. I understand it will end up being fairly large.
 
Kentucky:

Enjoyed your tutorial. I have a couple of questions:

In your post #1, where you have the bar with the dimensions on it. On the top you have 3", 1-1/4", 1/2", and 1-3/8". What's the 1/2" for?

In your post #9, what's the diameter of the rod you made the spring swage that fits into your hardy hole, out of? Is it mild steel, or does it have more carbon in it?

I have 10 feet of 1" square 1080. I'm just going to make the whole thing out of that (no welded in bit).

Thanks!
 
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