Pipe Hawk

[rustylaidlaw]

Howdy!
A friend built himself a nice little forge and asked me to show him some stuff. I said sure, pick a project, and he picked a pipe hawk. It was a good choice, as we got to go over various forging operations such as swaging, drawing out, forge welding the bit in and splitting for the eye.

Thought I'd post a few pics. We used a piece of thick-wall machine tubing about 3/4 inch ID and a piece of worn out old file for the bit.

If it was mine I'd have filed it to a nicer finish and polish, but he was happy with the rustic look (and I agree, it looks pretty dandy).

Thanks for lookin!
- Rusty

 

[Flint311]

Now see what happens when guys have too much time on their hands!? Have fun! :thumbsup:

 

[Rick Son]

How,does it smoke~ :grin:

 

[rustylaidlaw]

Hey Chief! No idea yet, feller needs to make a handle for it yet, I'll let ya know though as I'm curious myself!

 

[Moose Guide]

What town you from Rusty, I live just North of Kaslo! That is a nice lookin hawk!!!!

 

[rustylaidlaw]

Hey War Hawk!
Thanks for the kind words about the hawk! I'm in Mission, in the Lower Mainland.

 

[mccarthy.tf]

I thought this was pretty cool till I saw the spilt beer. :wink:

 

[M. De Land]

Oh, that's forging lube your seeing there! Some of the guys I shoot with use the same lube for aiming! :rotf: MD

 

[rustylaidlaw]

I call it "liquid inspiration", not to be mixed with powder but definitely acceptable for those long forging sessions with friends

 

[MSW]

neat looking hawk!