postleg Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thought I would post some photo's of a tomahawk I just finished. It is made from a 16oz ball pein the handle is oak. This is my 7th hawk and the first with the cut out in the blade. always apreciate feed back. thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Nice looking hawk. Did you hand hammer it or were you able to use a power hammer? That's a lot of hand hammering. Thanks for sharing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postleg Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 No it's all hand work. I haven't got my $400 powerhamer running yet. I started an other head this afternoon Took a couple of hours but the new head is streched to a little over 12" not bad for a 3" 16oz hammer head, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdaleh Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 nice job glad you posted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Lovely job especially the finishing! The curve on the spike seems a bit deep for use as a spike but great for use as a hook to draw things closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wargo New2bs Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Very nice looking. How did you achieve the patina if you don't mind my asking? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postleg Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Very nice looking. How did you achieve the patina if you don't mind my asking? Mark I used birchwood casy's plumb brown. It's used for browning muzzle loader barrels. Easy to use The handle is burned with a torch and then I use toung oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Bugger Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 great work and the detail is fantastic how on earth did you do the cross in the end so neatly its finished so well thank you for the pictures very cool mate :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postleg Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 great work and the detail is fantastic how on earth did you do the cross in the end so neatly its finished so well thank you for the pictures very cool mate The cross in the blade was done by drilling 5 holes one on each end and one in the middle. I then took an old chisle and ground it flat and sized it to go between the hole on the cross end to the center. Then got the head hot and used the chisle to punch the cross out. I finished it with a small file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegardener Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I never would have guessed someone could have drawn out the hammer head so far....very nice indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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