Chris john

WOW! Awsome work there Chris, many hours of skilled time spent on these ones I'm guessing. Good Stuff.

Cheers Hi Geoff i dont keep count of hours but it does take some time thank you glad you like
Chris

Geoff.

What makes you think this can't be used? Saying it can't be used & won't be used are entirely different.
Embellishments or not, from where I'm sitting it looks like it would handle any job requiring a hawk quite well.
I'm pretty sure Geronimo or Sitting Bull would agree with that. :)
I'm in on the beer.

so, should i weld it further in and force it open with the drift? or am i just gonna have to know exactly where my eye is gonna be and weld it there? ive never done axes so im not really learned on the subject. thanks for the comment!

just got a tomahawk drift from Blacksmiths Depot so i thought i would give it a whirl. second axe already in progress, pics to follow.

Funny I have several names myself and my youngest has 5 on her birth certificate and my first grandson has 5 as well. On the other hand neither my wife nor I use our first name so anyone using it from official paperwork has great trouble getting our attention.

I am a poor typist and prone to many mistakes that I try to catch and repair; however almost any mistake is excusable other than to mess up somebody's name. Combined with the fact that I have great difficulty remembering names I tend to not use them if I don't feel the need to specify more exactly. (This is why I wear the disreputable red hat---I don't remember names so I expect other people not to either; but the *hat* they remember!---I've gotten many a good deal at fleamarkets because the dealers remember the hat and what I am interested in!)

But anyway Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris! I hope that catches us up. For a nice bit on names "The Thurb Revolution" by Alexi Panshin has an interesting take on the philosophy of names and why some folks end up called "Decimas et Ultimas Barizza" (totally mispelled!) and others "Plato".

Hi Steve thank you.
Chris

I think this is where we must agree to disagree.

However with the stuff on the side of the blade I don't see how you could use the hawk without damaging the ornamentation---splitting firewood is going to impact that stuff.

On the hammer the ornamentation is in locations that don't get "used" during normal use.

I would have gone with a pattern welded serpent in the blade area and then have it come out of the surface as your insets back of the eye where use wouldn't impact the insets. (but as the back of the eye is what the user sees anyway...)

*exactly* and so if it's decorated so it can't be shot---say a solid gold barrel plug with a whopping big diamond inset---is it still a firearm?

To me One's a lady dressed or undressed and the other might just be a fancy dress on a mannequin----to stir the metaphorical pot...

being able to use an item to me is tied up in it's identity. If you can't use it, is it really the item; or just a mock up of it? Sort of like the difference in a sword and a SLO...

Course when you get to discussing inanimate objects "identity" it's most likely time for a beer! Show up at Quad-State sometime I can get there too and I'll stand you to a round! (Just don't go waving your hands whilst we discuss such objects of you might prove me wrong about the "usability" and then we'd have to dispose of the evidence and clean the place up!)

" Micheal Angelo once said David was in there i just brought him out . i forge and bring out what i think is ok i dont have name tags to put on. "

Maybe what Thomas is saying would be compared to having 2 handkerchiefs. One in the top pocket of the jacket, one in the back pants pocket. One for showin, one for blowin. I tend to go more towards the utility but I do indeed like your work (as it was made for a customer of yours, it suits the need).

Sometimes I just say that an item was in my head, I just turned it loose.

Now that hammer I *LIKE*, beautiful and usable!

Yes Chris, diamonds & gem would too much bling for this or any hawk. Way, way too much.
Do you have your own website where you sell your work?

Great work Chris - really like it.
As a matter of interest, what was the rough time taken to complete this?

Cheers,
Matt

I was thinking of the iron with a row of tacks down the working area or the fur lined coffee cup both classic examples of dada

But I'm a fan of surrealism too, I have a Dali poster on the back of my door at work.

What you call OK is grossly understated, your humility is a fine thing.......Your work is anything but.

fantastic as always,have you ever thought of a book or a step by step dvd? id buy one

Very nicely done and very pretty indeed. However I personally do not like adding stuff that prevents the use of the item---I'd have put the brass around the eye area and left the blade alone save perhaps for some engraving. (unless you are going for the dada look!)

Yet another incredible piece. Indeed, keep it coming.......

My feelings exactly. Chris, all of your items posted on the site are incredible.

Good Grief! Chris you turn weapons and tools into works of art! I am just totally gob-smacked at what you produce. Awesome, keep it coming......

Hi smiths,
I would like to share this one with you hope you like made from 1 inch coil spring.
snake skin wrap , brass inlays ,winchester jingle cones with horse tail and horse tail drop with beads.
spotted gum haft , feathers , brass studs, leather fringes .hawk bells thank you
Chris

Amazing again chris
i know we would like to see a wip of your next project

Amazing

chris your work all ways amazes me