W/E Hawk project

[Mark Williams]

Here's my partially finished hawk. Forge from 1" 5160 round barstock that I bumped up to 1 1/4. Still needs some filing, heat treatment and decoration. I'll try and get it done tonight.

Mark

Heres the cutoff partially drifted.

Here's my mini freon tank forge. Check out the tool/stock rest.It's a blade that didn't quite make it to the tempering oven.

Fullering the edge

Smoothing out the edge

Spike end drawn and hole fully drifted.

Crammed on a haft. need cleaned up and heat treatment.

 

[B . Buxton]

Looks like a dandy user/thrower to me. I've made several from leaf springs and man them things are tougher then well rope. I know its good practice Mark, upsetting a bar and all, but if you will go to a salvage yard you can get leaf springs that were used on dump trucks and just band saw them down to size, you can cut a taper in the spring leaving the blade area wider then the handle and pole area, so you can spread and make pretty wide blades. I've got some leaf springs before that were over 3/4" thick and 4" wide. Hawks aren't the easiest thing to make, and you did a nice job. How's that baby throw.

Bill

 

[Mark Williams]

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of springs. Most I've seen are too thin. The only real reason I bumped it up was to make the sides of the hole thicker. It probably wasn't really needed though. Havent done the heat treatment yet so I have resisted the urge to chuck it at something..........but I will.

mark

 

[peter nap]

VERY VERY NICE Mark! Looks like you got over your troubles with making holes!