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Who makes the closest representation to the pipe hawk?

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I’m looking for a pipehawk head, so far I’m having trouble finding a reproduction that’s suitable to what I want… I don’t have the forging skills needed for this, so I’d like to buy one. This is what I’m after, notice ho slender the hawk is and the overall shape.Most reproduction ones I’ve ran across need to be shaped a little different and put on a diet. The hawk in the photo was donated from General Procter to Tecumseh around 1812. I want a head very close to that for a hawk build in doing for myself.
 

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The Proctor axe isn't small if I'm not mistaken. I think it is almost 9" long. Ninety percent of the "English" style heads that I've examined personally are quite large and bulky. I'm talking originals not repops. I'll have to get my books out and look the Proctor head up.
 
The Proctor axe isn't small if I'm not mistaken. I think it is almost 9" long. Ninety percent of the "English" style heads that I've examined personally are quite large and bulky. I'm talking originals not repops. I'll have to get my books out and look the Proctor head up.
Please do, I have no references for that piece, other than the photos I have saved.
 
Smoak Hawke by Stash David. And yes I smoke tobacco in it!
 

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The Proctor axe is 8-1/4" with a 3-1/2" cutting edge. Most English style pipe axes are between 8"-9" long heads. There are some that are smaller than 8" but they are in the minority. Here is a loose copy of an "English" head that was made by Indiana gunsmith Small. It's around 7-1/2" like the original.
 

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Not sure how much work you are willing to put in, but this one is cast from an original head as a pole axe and takes quite a bit of filing to clean it up and you would have to drill out the pole to make your pipe bowl. To my eye it is one of the nicest heads available. I believe I got it from Smiling Fox Forge, many years ago, not sure.
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Good luck in your search!!!!
Robin
 
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