Ricky Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Howdy, I'm new to forging, just played around some but I already love it. I'd really like to try and make a hawk. Does anyone have a good beginner tutorial that they would share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Ricky a hawk or any other item you wish to forge is a forging exercise. All of the skill you will need to make it are the ones you should b e working on now. drawing out metal forming it forge weld, maybe even slitting and drifting and heat treating knowledge are required. Work on those. There is a lot of information on getting started on this site. To start with an advanced project is to slow the learning down. May seem odd but it will help anything you do in the future to get started right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake pogrebinsky Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) I agree with what Mr Hale has said,EMPHATICALLY.All forging consists of a very few,really,operations,but it's best to learn them sequentially. A tutorial on making an object is only a guide to how to apply the skills already aquired,and practiced. Having said that,here's a link to a bunch of info on the subject,by one of my favorite makers:Yet another hawk important thing to keep in mind,is that it's not a recipe,but just some,partial logic,to help one to think about it all.Thinking,however,never produced any ironwork,it must come from practicing the technique. Best of luck,Jake. Edited July 25, 2009 by mod07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Thanks for the good solid advice. I have a copy of "New Edge of the Anvil". I'll start working some of the basics there first. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafvitnir Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 You could try the Controlled Hand Forging lessons from ABANA:[ABANA] Controlled Hand Forging It covers almost all the forging basics except for the most important; practice And here a basic, one piece tomahawk.Tomahawk Hope it helps Rub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longfletch27 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 (edited) heres a good oneForging an axe Edited July 25, 2009 by mod07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMIB Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 The diamond on the back of pipe hawks seems to be pretty common. (see the "yet another hawk" link above.) Is that forged as the end of the bowl and brazed or welded to the hawk, or is it imprinted in before forging out the axe head? It would seem to be very difficult to get it even and keep it even if it were done as part of the axe head. I'm picturing making the bowl as a separate piece from the head; fullering down the middle of a pipe, leaving material above the fuller for the bowl and below the fuller to make the diamond-shaped base. Is that how these are done? I'm just guessing at the construction here, I'd love some input from someone that actually knows or has done it. Thanks, --TMIB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akad Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 the easiest way to make i hawk (I believe) is to flatten out the head of a railroad spike. It's almost perfect, as my brother and I (and many other people) discovered. But you should definitely practice on drawing out/flattening other metals before you try anything too fancy. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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