Forged my Dad a pipe hawk for christmas.

[arby]

Hey guys, I thought I'd make my old man something special for Christmas. I forged it out of a piece of old crow bar and handled it with good old Aussie hardwood. I'll just have to get him a tin of tobacco and he'll be good to go.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Nice work.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Very nice hand made gift for your dad!

 

[JEBMs]

That’ll mean way more than the yearly shirt and socks. Very nice and thoughtful present

 

[Brokennock]

Very nice.

 

[necchi]

Man! If that's "forged", you've done an amazing amount of precise detail work!

 

[arby]

If only I was THAT good. Forged, then ground, filed, sanded etc.

 

[LRB]

If only I was THAT good. Forged, then ground, filed, sanded etc.

If made by a master smith, forged items would never look forged.

 

[BillinOregon]

Great Scott, man! You are a very good blacksmith. Hope your Dad is just thrilled.
A merry Christmas to you sir.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Mighty fine.

 

[user 48679]

You better get some digitalis to go with it, because he's gonna have a heart attack when he sees it !

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

Wow, excellent craftsmanship! You’ll have to let us know how he likes it.

 

[S.Kenton]

Man that is excellent! Great job!

 

[ohio ramrod]

Nice work! Sure beats new underware and socks that I get.

 

[Kipawa17]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Loja man]

Looks great!!

 

[LRB]

How did you seal the head over the handle? Most pipe hawks are fitted with a leather gasket.

 

[deertraks]

Very nice!

 

[arby]

How did you seal the head over the handle? Most pipe hawks are fitted with a leather gasket.

I glued a small leather gasket inside the head, tapered the edges of the leather so that when the head was driven in it heavily compressed the leather. If you look closely in person it is barely perceivable.

 

[arby]

I finally got around to giving the hawk to my old man at our family Christmas party. He absolutely loved it. We ended up going straight outside, lighting a fire in the backyard and smoking it a few times. Smokes quite well.