Stormcrow Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 This pair was ordered up by a customer who had previously bought an 18" Wrecker tomahawk from me and has used it quite a bit. He wanted a matching 'hawk and knife with cord wrapped handles. The 'hawk is the more "neo" of the pair, a 15" War Chief in 1/4" 4140, with the top and bottom rivet holes left exposed to allow for lanyard options. The knife is forged from 1/4" x 1 1/4" 80CrV2, with a 7" blade and a false edge on the clip. Both have hemp-over-leather handle wraps and black oxide finish on the steel. There is a leather slab on either side of the tang underneath the hemp to bulk up the handle. The edges on the leather were heavily beveled prior to wrapping to keep the corners of the handle from being too square. Three strand Turk's head knots in black round leather lace cover the ends of the wrap, and the whole wrap is impregnated with marine epoxy. The customer will be making his own sheaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Nice work as always but I don't get the "neo tribal" thing. No criticism, I'm just curious. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 What it is, or why to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hi James, Cool work! I like the knife especially - your knives always match somehow my visions about knives. Bests: Gergely PS. I wrote you a PM - if you have time to watch it please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks, Gergely! I finally took a couple of minutes and wrote you back. Been putting in some long nights. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thank you so much. I wish you all the stregth you need to keep up the work. Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 "Neo-Tribal" was a movement in blacksmithing to get back to it's earlier "tribal" roots. It was/is characterized by the use of home built charcoal forges; improvised anvils and a goal of forging to shape with less than 10% stock removal on blades. It had the Primal Fires website for a number of years and Tim Lively and Tai Goo were well known figures in it. Full moon parties and bottle cap damascus also played a part in the movement. I used to be a moderator on the board for it as I started out with a home built forge burning home made charcoal back in 1981. Several members did very excellent work indeed showing that you don't really need to sink a ton of money in tools to do good smithing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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