June 18, 200916 yr These are going to an Irish Festival. That hatchets have wrought iron bodies with 5160 forge welded tips. The war hammers are w2. Everything was annealed, progressively hardened, and heat treated after the forging. Enjoy! -Rory Edited June 18, 200916 yr by mod07
June 18, 200916 yr Very Nice indeed! Especially sizing them more like the real ones rather than the fantasy/hollywood ones! Have you thought of curving the spikes to match the curve of a swing so they impact dead center? Most of the originals I found when researching war hammers had slightly curved backspikes.
June 18, 200916 yr Gives me shivers when I think of some distant ancestors using those with serious intent. Yes, the look authentic! Excellent!
June 18, 200916 yr they look great. Did you use fire to shape the handles - or just char them a little for effect? I like the finish. Thanks for showing. Bob
June 19, 200916 yr Those are something special all right. I especially like the beard on the smallest axe and meat tenderizer war hammer.
June 19, 200916 yr Author wow thanks for the compliments! Yes I used the torch to give the handles that color. The next war hammer could easily have a slight curve in it! good point.
June 30, 200916 yr I aint saying "WOW". Let's go with shock and awe!!!!!! Nice and refreshing to see someone really raise the quality bar even higher!
July 2, 200916 yr Hey, those are beautiful and very well done! Makes my gargantuan hammer look as though it's little more than scrap metal :-)
July 7, 200916 yr Xxxx good job. I'm forging mine using w1 for the blade and mild steel for the body. Cesare
July 8, 200916 yr nice work ! the only thing ide change is the handle leingth on the hammers ... what my reearch showed me were a bit longer handles on them ...they look like they will do a number on a Knight tho... think of useing them from horseback on another knight .. or for the footmans type think of polearm leingth ....
August 30, 200916 yr Hi got a ? are these based off of original pcs antiques very nice work by the way
September 2, 200916 yr Author more like inspired. the fold and weld technique was what I used, though I was limited by the handles. For viking period axes they are a bit on the exotic side, and the handles are wrong. Since then though I have traded the small war hammer and a large axe for a wood lathe with tooling. I'll start turning my own handles in time. Thanks for the compliments :)
September 29, 200916 yr Author I hope the work inspire others as much as what I see has inspired me. So dont be shy about things you make.
October 28, 201015 yr I love those axes! They're the kind I've envisioned every time people talk about a waraxe. I love the bearded axes ^.^b
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