Chris john

Well Chris, as usual, another truly beautiful piece of work. Fantastic!
(They need to change your label from 'Advanced Member' to 'Master Craftsman' :D )

really nice work.
It the copper heart inlayed? I love the contrast

The second hawk and the bowie are impressive to say the least...but the bleeding heart hawk is absolutely the best piece of work I have seen in a long while. Simply amazing....

Thanks Chris, Would the knife be considered a Bowie or an Arkansas Tooth Pick? Very nice blade....

that is a work or art ! !

Your your work is amazing! I'll ask you again, what inspired you to embrace such an American style of weapons? You do it better than we do.... :D

Wow!! What else can I say? That is beautiful. The detail and workmanship are great. Thanks for posting.


Mitch

Thought i would share my version of the bleeding heart spike hawk.
Forged from 30 mm torsion bar off a truck .
Bit of inlay , engraving , leather work hope you like .
Chris

Hi Horseshoer723.
H13 Good for all hot work .
Chris

I would say that your words and images have helped me a lot. Significantly in fact! Thanks for posting all the fantastic work that you have.

Robert

Hi Whirly ,
Great effort mate,
Im with John on this looks like wrought iron to me .
Chris
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All i can say is wow. I can't believe what some of you guys turn out . It is seeing knives like this that makes me truely envious of your skills.
thankyou for sharing with us all.
Regards
Allan

That is a great work of art.

I have a friend who was a metallurgist for a large bearing company over here and he said that small bearings generally had races of stuff like 52100, excellent material for blades but that large bearings were often case hardened 9620 (IIRC) and so not very good material. I wish I could remember the size cut off...

So spark test the *interior* of a large race before using!

Well the blacksmith of old wouldn't have HC spikes around as they date to "modern" times and the use of spike driving machines---he'd have used an old file or horse shoeing rasp...

But the HC spikes compare fairly well with many early medieval blades in carbon content---though the medieval ones tended to have those higher carbon edges forge welded to a wrought iron body.

Now the rail clips generally have about twice the carbon content of an HC spike and "occur in the same general areas" so to speak...

Photo quality aside, some truly beautiful work! Thanks for posting the abbreviated pic-tutorial! The pictures do clarify the steps significantly. All I need now are are a boatload of skills. : D

Not being jealous, or down on myself, just realistic. ( ; I am absolutely motivated to study those skills I don't possess, and practice, practice, practice.

All they best, Robert

Hi Whirly ,
I sure wouldnt like to be stabbed ,stuck or cut or anything else by them, thanks for sharing ,
I to enjoy giving a old spike a second life so to speak .
Chris

Agreed!

Chris. "hope you like?" Mate, c'mon, how can we not like? You do beautiful work and I for one would like to have a skill like yours. Keep it coming...

Hi Jason ,
Im sure your dad is very happy with his presant great effot .
forge on .
Chris

Chris not only do you make a fine looking hawk, but you also have the knack for using words in a very eloquent manner!

Thanks for sharing both! :D

Hi Robert ,
No matter how much icing is on the cake it was still made to be eaten .
if you know what i mean ,

i dont see any point in making a tool if you cant use it some may not see this
but the first purpose is a tool is it must work after that is just cosmetic nothing else A bit like building a house you need a good
foundation then go for it .

I hope i have enspired you in some way to keep forging you will get there just takes a bit of time
and how far you wish to go is up to you ,

I have said to other people dont be impressed by all the leaves on the tree , just because there is more leaves doesnt mean
its a better tree than one with less

I just do the file work by eye have found the chainsaw files seem to work best .
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Thanks Robert keep forging mate
Chris

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Oh chris that is a fine hawk!
Thank you for share it with us.

Hi Bush Bugger ,
You have to be aussie mate with name like that
thank you and thanks for posting glad you like Hawks.
Chris

wonderful work!