eric sprado Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I see lots of already made rasp tomahawks. Question: Do you smooth off the teeth on the part that is going to be the INSIDE of the eye?? I know the inside is file side of the rasp,but still wondering if it is ground off or left on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I leave them as is---however they get smashed flat when I am working the eye around a drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutshurt Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I used to grind both sides of the files teeth off, but I dont bother anymore as it made no diference when forge welding them up. And as a side benifit I'm not wearing my grinders out and I have more mass in the hawk. I have not ground the teeth off of the one in this pic, didn't hurt the weld at all. as for the handle its a not a problem and it may even help keep the handle a bit snugger in the head. Darrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 i like that...alot! well done. jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric sprado Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 The eye of your "hawk" looks like you inserted a piece clear up to the eye? Or did you double up the rasp? Thanks. GREAT looking. Hope mine turns out half that good..... Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Smith Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I leave the teeth on it just because, like already said, it leaves a little more steel on the hawk and it really doesn't matter once you get it up to heat and forge weld it. I have made quite a few, never put the detail into it like cutshurt, which, nice piece by the way. If you are new to forgewelding then I would recommend only wrapping the rasp around a forgewedling it together, don't worry about the extra piece of steel in the middle until you get better because it only gives you one forge weld to worry about instead of two, just my 2.25 cents (adjusted for inflation) The teeth also kind of help grip the handle as well if they are not smashed completely flat while I'm drifting it. -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric sprado Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Actually-Even thought I'm not an "artist blacksmith" and haven't made tomahawks before, I can forge weld in my sleep from making forge welded bar horseshoes for 25 years. I hope I can get this other stuff down too!! Being a darn horseshoer doesn't make one a blacksmith... Been twenty tears since I quit and I'm just getting my shop going. Have a nice shop-just need to get my butt in gear and DO SOMETHING!!! Thanks for the great picture!! Gives me something to work toward.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 We just leave the teeth on. Dosnt hurt anything. Back when we first started making and selling a lot of rasp hawks we would double over some of the hawk for more bit material. Thats when good rasps were abundunt. Now we add something like 1065,1075,1095 or W-1 for the cutting bit. We sometimes use a full length bit just like cutter did above..Heres a few pics we took a while back while forging a rasp hawk.. Materials.... Ready to weld... If you look close you can see it in the fire.. After the first welding pass.. Using a guilliotine tool to forge in the notch.. Upsetting the edge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Thanks for the tips, KYBOY. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMOMEQ-55 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Awesome hawk! Thanks for sharing and the great tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric sprado Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Hey KYboy" Thanks so much for the pictures.They REALLY are worth a thousand words!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Cutshurt, That hawk is awsome! Kyboy, Great set of pics man,thanks. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutshurt Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 The eye of your "hawk" looks like you inserted a piece clear up to the eye? Or did you double up the rasp? Thanks. GREAT looking. Hope mine turns out half that good..... Eric I fold 3 1/2" of the file in for the center then fold the rest over to form the eye and I have three layers to weld that gives the mass I want for the blade. Darrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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