• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

L & R
shop deals on amazon
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. K

    Traditionally constructed Wrought Iron Spike hawk

    I thought Id post a few pics of this one cause I knew you guys would appreciate the way it was made.Traditional fully welded construction. Made from a strap of wrought rion wagon rim. Folded and welded in the middle to form the poll/spike. Then the eye and cheeks were forged out. Then forge...
  2. K

    Talon Hawk

    Nice hawk :wink: Those rr spikes can be a pain to slit straight cant they?
  3. K

    Some "Wrap & Weld" forging pics

    This is one of/if not the most traditional way tomahawks/trade axes were made. When a smith say's "wrap and weld" this is what they mean. We start with a strap on metal(in this case a farriers rasp), cut off the 10" long and folded over on itself. You can also see a wedge shaped chunk on 1095...
  4. K

    Gransfors trade ax

    If anyones curious gransfors uses a simple carbon steel. Its 0.54 carbon with other varying elements. Regardless its close to 1055. They water quench at 1500* and temper at 385*.Advertised 57rc. Edge retaining ability is all in the steel and heat treat.
  5. K

    Some hawks we made...

    Thnaks for the kind words folks..
  6. K

    Gransfors trade ax

    I have to add that some of gransfor bruks axes are most likely not made on a multi-die hammer just because of the blade shape. They would be forged out on a regular power hammer most likely. Here is a video of a log home construction and a gransfor bruks axe being forged. the forging starts...
  7. K

    Howdy from Appalachia

    Thanks all, I appreciete it.
  8. K

    Satisfactory bison/elk flintlock rifles - bore size(s) & load(s)

    Id use nothing under a .54 like ther other folks said. I use to shoot a 3 band .58 and would feel better with it.I shot 90 to 100 grains of 3f in the .54 thompson hawken and the 3 band .58..On a side note I can personally attest to how tuff bison. We lived on a tobacco farm for years and there...
  9. K

    Some hawks we made...

    Folks I aint trying to make waves or cause trouble. I like to talk hawks,axes knives and guns. the only reason I post pics is that folks know Im not full of manure when I give advice or opinions on hawks and construction methods. Like I already have in other posts. Ive taught my wife to do this...
  10. K

    Gransfors trade ax

    gransfors makes a fine axe but it really depends on how loose the definition of "historically accurate " is..Gransfors forges all of their axes but they are forged on a huge multi-die hammer. Moved back and forth by the smith across multiple dies to forge the shape. I saw this on a gransfors...
  11. K

    Some hawks we made...

    Hey Stu, I found the link to this site on your site. Never say it before then. Nice outfit here :wink:
  12. K

    How To Age Metals

    Aging steel I can help with. Cold Blue and bleach. Finish your steel down to 400 grit or so and clean. The coat with cold blue, one coat is enough. Then submerge in bleach. Within minutes it will be covered in rust. Different ammounts of time gives a different appearance. Clean off the rust with...
  13. K

    Some hawks we made...

    Here are a few hawks we have made. Something we like to do.. Traditional hawk with a shoulder baldric.. French style trade axe.. Not a hawk, a bearded axe.. A traditional spike hawk, three seperate pieces forge welded together.. And finally a simple wrap and weld hawk with nice curly ash, I...
  14. K

    Howdy from Appalachia

    Just found this forum thanks to my buddy Stuart who has a link to it on his website. I really like what I have seen so far. We live in the deepest darkest part of Appalachia, eastern,Kentucky :rotf: We run Wolf creek Forge, well mostly Lisa runs it now so I can tinker and teach..Im a history...
View older results
Back
Top