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That is down right stunning, looks like fine jewlery, awesome!
Hi cheftcook thank you very much glad you like my work not quet jewellery but ths rail spike
here could easy become jewellery alread fits the finger ok .
.Chris
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computor playing up sorry for the double post
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Hi Peter thank you very much glad you like my work .
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Amazing workmanship and attention to detail. Masterpiece quality of the highest order. You must have the patience of a saint. Thanks for sharing your work and inspiring us. Great job.
Peter
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Hi Ecart mark the centre of your stock cold with a chisel so you will find dead centre when at slitting temp
I agree with you about the drifting. It is the one reason I haven't made an axe from scratch yet. I've turned a couple of claw hammers into axes, but I haven't had to drift them. Maybe today I can light the forge before the weather gets up to the predicted 102 degrees and start working on my first axe or hawk from scratch.
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Hi Ecart there there mate just keep looking its amazing whats you can find if you look hard enough under the rust .
Hmm, I think I have one of those clips rusting away in a tub in the back yard. Maybe with the right amount of work, I can find a hawk hiding in it too. :lol: But I think I'll practice drifting an eye on the more populous RR spikes that brought the clip with them when they came. As usual, very nice work Chris.
Drifting the hole dead centre is the hardest bit i find just my opinion, get that right your laughing the rest is easy .
thank you for the complements apreciate .
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Hi Steve thank you and to all the moderators that keep this place
First rate piece. The overlays and carving are fansastic
great for our family and kids to enjoy there our future appreciate .
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Hi Ten Hammers glad you like my style of hawk too .
I don't spend much time in this section either. Mate, you have indeed set new standards. I forge hawks to throw (which is fine). Your work is indeed exceptional. Thank you.
thank you very much .
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Hi Rich im very flattered you think my work is worth following very much appreciated and its my pleasure to post on here ,But i think Glen need all the thanks
I have given a thought to a hawk in the past but ate something til the feeling passed. I normally do not look at them on this site,,That is until i saw it was your work,,,thank youi so much for sharing. I am familiar with just abouit everything yo have done with this piece and can trully appreciate it. This site in its entiretyh is ins;iring to folks learn and those arleady skilled. Your work sets new standards. Now perhaps I will ;push the hawk forward and see wot happens. Thank you!
for giving this sort of opportunity to us all to share our work thank you .
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Hello Tim i can only say thank you very much and very happy you like my hawk.
i hope to one day be able to do work like this hawk that is amazing.
Best regards!
Tim
And dont rest on my work aim higher mate and you will surely get there just takes time to put
everything together .Keep forging mate and hope to see some of your work .
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Hi iron woody well noted mate LOL
once again i express my disgust at the quality of your work....... :D
thank you .
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Thats a big complement thank you very much Big Lake Forge appreciate .
that looks like something that came out of a museum. nice job!!!!!
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Hi Big Lake Forge thank you im glad you like my work .
thats nice, i like the finish
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Hi iron woody ,Just a paper wieght spike on a spike stand ,
love it! what is the first one?
having a bit of fun thats all .
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Rail spikes are still good to play with tho
Chris
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Thank you howdydoit appreciate from another hawky .
beautiful. just beautiful
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Very nice piece 2Tim215
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Hi there 2Tim215 glad you like my hawk thank you very much
That's a lovely piece of steel!!
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Hi chichi,not as deadly as a fast moving Chevy mate lol
Very beautiful.
How are hawks on the snakes down under. I watched a tv program and I think it said the most deadly snake is a brown snake and it is common. Is this correct?
We do seem to have some of the best joe blakes in the world , Typan not bad either .but the brown he seems to be everywhare very common they are probably correct about that .
kookaburras love the snakes here there favorite tucker not sure about the hawks tho .
Thank you for the complements appreciate
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Thank you very much cheftjcook
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If you take your time in the last steps you get most out i use a good file heres a pic of when i was doing the pipe hawk from rail clip .
No worries mate. ;) There must be a lot of hammer marks on the blade after you've hammered it into shape? Do you just use a flatter to make it more plain looking? Or a flap disk or what? Thanks for showing this, much appreciated since my interest lies especially with knives, axes and tools.
Chris
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Hi AndersMJ.
Only found a couple so far .
First i ruff square makes it a bit easyier to slit
when you work alone than round on the anvil .
I use a piece of h13 forged into a slitter chisel .
I have a few i must finished so it may be a while
before i start anymore sorry for that .
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Hi AndersMJ.thank you for the complement,
That is a beautiful piece, the lines are carefully crafted. Could you do a video on how you make something like that from block of steel to finished hawk? And if not that, perhaps a series of images?
i will try and find some pix if i can .
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Hi iron woody not at all mate .
excellent, thankyou. i realize it must seem a very novice question.
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Hi iron woody.
any advice on silver wire inlay on blades chris, like pre or post heat treatment?
I suggest you use pure silver or pure gold they dont tarnish or patina like those that have been
alloyed ,
If your selectively hardening like a axe ,tomahawk or knife the surface preparation can be done after heat treating
prepare surface as usual , If your going to harden the lot like most stainless steels are i would prepare the surface to take the inlay first.
Fully aneal your wire first before trying to inlay
Chris,
Pipe Hawk from Rail clip
in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etc
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