One more suggestion for the pile. Make the hawk handle out of ash or maple. Start with two pieces the have one long side planed flat. Then use anything on hand to make two cuts in a V shape on each piece of wood. Theis hole only needs to be the width of a straw so don't go too big, any hole with work. then glue the two flat pieces together with a large clamp, vise, plywood in a vise what ever. The point is the seam will not be shown if the edges are flat. Then file or shape the handle to suit. Many natives used this method for long pipe Hawk handles or for regular pipes. If the seams did show cover it with decorations. Short an simple fellas.................Duck