j-v

thanks !!

go for it !! get busy !!

thanks , no problems copying it/getting inspiration from it ..thats what our hobby/job it's made of , sharing and friendliness !!

thanks , for your comments !! it motivate me !!

inspired fron scamasaxe ..

46cm long , 100c6 steel, leather , brass and stag horn ..

nice work !!

8 hours ago, Daswulf said:

I can't even imagine trying to bend bar like that. Impressive. 

once hot , thats "fairly easy" ..usually  i do it with 20mm diameter ..

i like making knot , nice work !!

jolie !!

like that kind of work , great !!

16mm if i'm not mistaken , i offered it to a friend ..

10x10x1cm , opening done with chisel.. can stand on all side ..

thanks !!

whaou !!

real nice !!

i forged it in "agricultural spring" less carbon than car spring and went thru all the tempering process , i'll give it a bit of a hard time to see .but as you say it's more of a display hawk than a proper working tool ..

13 minutes ago, MotoMike said:

JV would you mind showing me the whole chain hold down that you show in one of your pics?

 

 

i hold it tight by putting my foot on it on the floor , it's a good system because it hold all the shape ..

got it ! thanks !!

17 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Lovely Display piece; all the stress risers could give trouble in use.  As a SF fan my first thought was "Do Not Take Hawk Into An Energy Weapon Fight!"

Well done.

thanks !! 

stress riser ? ?? i'm french and even if my american is correcte i've got a lack of vocabulary ...

we all got good and bad days ... all whats i make it's not up to what's i'd like to be able to do , lol i still got a lot to learn ..started only fews years back ..

thanks , i try to do my best !!

thanks , i enjoyed forging it !!

thanks for your post  !! it's motivating !!