First Hawk

[Capt. Fred]

I just finished this up. I have a real nice spike hawk head from Stuart here on the board and I wanted to make a practice one before venturing out on a limb with his beautiful workmanship. Also, I am going to need to pour a pewter cap on a Hawken I've been puttering on so I wanted to practice that technique too.

So, I bought a cheap head from TOTW, a handle from Wayne Dunlap, and I put this together. The stain is one coat of Danglers orange, then various coats of LMF maple and walnut till I got a color I liked. The finish is Jim Chambers oil.

Oh, and the antler tip decoration is off of a little spike horn whitetail deer that I got this year.

 

[hoochiepapa]

Wow!! Nice! Good color on the handle, and the pour and antler look really good. :hatsoff:

 

[LRB]

Not bad at all. That is a nice piece of maple.

 

[hawkthrower]

Nice job. I would be willing to take your practice anyday.
Ron

 

[wattlebuster]

I like it very nice :hatsoff:

 

[lonehunter]

Dont look like you need anymore practice!
Nice hawk! :hatsoff:

 

[Capt. Fred]

Thanks guys. This project was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to doing the one with Stuart's spike hawk head on it. The pewter was actually not too scary at all although I was worried about destroying the whole project or setting the thing on fire :shocked2: . I hit the search function and read a couple of threads, followed the advice, and it came out fine on the first attempt.

Wick, it is a real nice piece and hard to boot!

 

[JamesG]

Some nice work.

 

[anvil1231]

Wow!!! Now that is beautiful work. :hatsoff:

 

[rabjr]

Very nice Capt! :thumbsup:

 

[cutshurt]

Nice work there, is that a KRJ head? it might be an enxpensive hawk head but Keaths heads are tough as nails. Realy good job on the pewter end, and the inlay is sweet :hatsoff:

Darrel

 

[msuspartan]

Capt. Fred,

Since it was 'just practice' why don't you send it to me and I will 'Practice' with it for awhile to make sure it is 'durable'!!!! :rotf:

Really though, very nice first attempt! You should be proud of that. I know I would be. :thumbsup:

Cheers, DonK

 

[jbtusa]

You're not actually gonna throw that thing are ya?

It's so beautiful I'd cringe to even think to throw it!

 

[fatboy]

Very nice you did great . I wouldn't throw that unless you really had to I wouldnt wanna see that pretty handle get splintered up

 

[Glenfilthie]

Why, you could probably peel even a thinning scalp like mine with that beauty!

You might have to strop it up a bit though... :wink:

Excellent work!!!

 

[Capt. Fred]

Throw it? Yikes! :shocked2: LOL I hadn't thought of that! Nope it is just for decoration mostly. It has a longer handle than usual for a throwing hawk and I also slimmed it down to suit my taste, I think it wouldn't last long being thrown.

It might be a KRJ head. It is stamped but I can't read it. It seems to be nicely made but I really know very little about how to check the quality of something forged like this.

It really was lots of fun building this. Lots less pressure than a rifle.

 

[preston cook]

:wink: beautiful hawk------------i have never seen anything that was listed here as "my first" that actually looked like a first attempt after 35yrs all my stuff still looks like a first attempt :rotf: :thumbsup:

 

[chance]

Awsome!!!!

 

[hawk]

:thumbsup:

 

[Hammerhead]

ah its ok for your first one but you should never keep your first one hey idea send it to me ill keep it lol