What do y'all think? (tomahawk design)

Thanks Brian and Berk
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I'll check those out ASAP
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Like I need another addiction---its getting to be "second job" time around here
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I'm thinking about redesigning a little . . . maybe shifting the top ear up a little, slimming the belly and making the curve less radical. I like the way it looks now, but not sure I like the idea of it not having much utility function. I think going back to the original idea may bring the natural impact point into a straight area of the blade, and keep the recurve out of the way.

Then again, it may just be a dog.

Anyway, I don't have much chance of making a decent model of this thing, so any offers would be much appreciated. I'd love to see my baby in steel.
 
I've been doodling on this in the free minutes today, and straightening all the curves out just turns it into any ol' tomahawk, which is not what I want.

So, as it is here is how it's going to stay.

Now, then . . . any other suggestions for a name?

Oh, yeah . . . and if she's going to be a weapon she definitely needs to be in the 20-24 oz range.

And any model makers have any free time? I might give it a try if nobody else can, but results are unlikely to be top-notch and I'd need a LOT of coaching.

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Doc you can do it!!!!
When it's your vision only you can duplicate it in wood like no one else ever could.

Hey that sorta rhymes doesn't it?
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Anyway if you need any coaching please feel free to e-mail me and I will try to get you through it.
All you have to do is get the proper size piece of wood and envision what needs to come off to get what you see in your mind's eye.
Besides that will give you a good excuse to perhaps get some carving knives.
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And don't worry if the 1t one doesn't come out. The experience will let you know what not to do the 2nd time around.
I frequently have to do more than one model to get it just like I want it and all that takes time.



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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Ok . . . let's start with step 1.

Bruce gave me some good ideas about starting materials (thanks, Bruce). I'm also wondering about wood and plastic.

What's the best wood, and how extensive does a basic toolkit have to be?
 
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A nice clear piece of easy to carve white pine, probably a 2"x4" at the most a 2"x6", a khukuri for roughing, a drill and drill motor for putting the hole in it, a pocket knife with 2 different size blades.
Possibly a wood rasp and of course sandpaper in various grits from coarse to fine.
It doesn't have to be painted for what you're doing I don't think.
And some of the other guys can chp in their suggestions. Walosi?, Bro?, y'all? know who you are.
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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
If Doc's Workshop is like most apt. dweller's he's using the cutting board in the kitchen. So ease of construction is a must. If wood is to be used how about Poplar or even Balsa (Got a scalpel Doc?
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). Since its all going to be made from leaf-spring steel anyway, weight isn't really a factor in rendering an accurate 3-D model. IMHO.

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Fun thing to do when you and a friend are riding in the back of a crowded elevator. Turn to your friend and say in a low but audible voice "...Now when I hand the little fellow to you, watch out for his TEETH."

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Bill Paxton (as usual) cuts pretty close to the bone. My "kitchen table" shop for small wood projects is a wooden cutting board, a cheap hobby vise, files, a wood rasp, and a Dremel tool with an assortment of sanding drums. A small saw is useful, but not always necessary. A portable vacuum with hose attachment will help mollify SWMBO, or the landlord.

Great native carvers, when interviewed by Diane and Charlie, always say something like "I just look at the wood, and cut away anything that isn't......(owl, eagle, buffalo, Farrah Fawcett, whatever). If this BS doesn't work, just draw out the 'hawk head on the block, to your measurements and cut away everything that isn't 'hawk, using the coarse sanding drum and rasp for rough-out and finer drums for shaping. This set-up doesn't have enough strength for drilling the hole, so a friend with a drill press might be handy.

If the vise and Dremel tool aren't on hand, the investment is a bit much for one project. OTOH, if you jump in at the deep end, you are bound to find other things that you absolutely need to make. Woodchuckitus automatically justifies self
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I have a Black & Decker "project box," which is a plastic toolbox with a split compression-formed chipboard worktable that can be used as a passable vise. I also have a Dremel and (of course) a pleasing assortment of sharp knives.

And I had thought about balsa . . . easy to work, problem is I don't know if it would survive the trip to Birgorkha, or even if it would survive Birgorkha
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. I think I may be better off with a little firmer softwood, like pine. I don't know a thing about working poplar . . . never handled it.

Anyways, looks like it's time to hunt up the local lumberyard. Probably won't happen this weekend, but we're on the way.

Wish me luck, fellers.
 
DocPat:

O.K. - You're already off the deep end
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The only other itemI can think of to help you spend your money is a speed control, if your Dremel isn't so-equipped. They are very handy when you get to the final stages, and want to take off very small amounts very slowly. Sears used to have a very good one (I've had mine almost 20 years) for not a lot of bucks. The stock no.on my old one is 9 25144. Beats the heck out of peering through a cloud of sawdust to see if what you just did was what you really wanted to do (Geez!! Was that my fingernail?)
 
A little shop vac ( cannister ) or fan to suck away the dust is optional but worth it.
Just duct-tape the hose in place. Also saves the day when your wife's $300 super duper pooper scooper vacuum fries itself once again an hour before the company arrives.

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sorry to bring such an old thread back up, but the picture doesn't work for me. How is the tomahawk project going? Can someone repost the picture? Thanks.
 
If you still have the picture, I can put it up on my internet account. Just attach it to an email, and I'll get it up ASAP.

Bob
 
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