Woodsman 'hawk, mid-tech knives, and forged oxtail chopper

Storm Crow

Storm Crow

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My brother-in-law asked me to donate a couple of blades for a Ducks Unlimited auction, with the opportunity to sell blades at the event. Time was short, but this is what I put together. My wife went in my stead; I have blades to make and friends coming in from out of town. She's a good 'un. :)

The Woodsman 'hawk and one of the Benghazi Warfighters were the auction items, with the other Benghazi Warfighter and two Little Roks for sale.



The 'hawk is 1/4" 4140 steel, the knives are 3/16" 80CrV2, and they all have back TeroTuf handle slabs and a black oxide finish.

On the other end of the spectrum, I also sent along a forged 5160 oxtail camp chopper with a 12" blade and a hybrid handle wrap. It has a foundation of neoprene along the tang (something new for me, instead of the leather I have been using), with an underlay of hemp, an overlay of stripped paracord, and a three-strand Turk's head knot of intact paracord, all impregnated with West System marine epoxy.





Back to work. :D
 
The focus certainly has been in other directions than tactical 'hawks. :) That's ok.

I haven't posted everything I've made, but I have some free time coming up this week. I'll see if I can get the pictures sorted out and uploaded.
 
Storm Crow said:
The focus certainly has been in other directions than tactical 'hawks. :) That's ok.

I haven't posted everything I've made, but I have some free time coming up this week. I'll see if I can get the pictures sorted out and uploaded.
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While I can no longer step into the treeline without a hawk (with a knife of course) knives will always have a bigger demand on the market. :thumbup:
 
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