Tomahawk

[anvil1231]

Here is one I tried some engraving,file work,punching,piercing,pewter casting and brass inlaying on. It is made from a 24 oz ball peen hammer.

 

[blacksmithshoppe]

REAL NICE WORK!!!
Jeff :applause:

 

[bwhoffman]

Anvil,
... two words...

OH BABY!

Brett

 

[davy]

Man ... thats a nice one amigo! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[catman]

You should be proud of that work..........
Very nice indeed

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Dang fine work.

 

[LRB]

Anvil, as always, exceptional work!

 

[Raynor]

Beautiful work !! :thumbsup:

 

[timbuckII]

Another beauty! Is a how to still a possibility?

 

[anvil1231]

Another beauty! Is a how to still a possibility?

timbuckII,yes it is still in the works. Hope to get it on before much longer.
Thanks ya'll for the kind words. anvil

 

[chipper]

What type of tempering do you do to a hawk. I've fixed several broken ones and re-did the temper, I've never started from scratch. I'm thinking this looks like fun.

Regards

 

[Tinker2]

Outstanding


Tinker2

 

[anvil1231]

What type of tempering do you do to a hawk. I've fixed several broken ones and re-did the temper, I've never started from scratch. I'm thinking this looks like fun.

Regards

Loyd,I am sure you can get as many opinions on this as we have members but here is the way I do it. After forging I heat the whole thing back up twice and let it cool to normalize.Then the way I do it is I heat the edge of the blade to a non-magnetic state then quench in trans.fluid,then draw it back to a blue color.Note in the pic of the blade the temper line.I do the same on the tip of a spike. I then run a file across just to see if it feels about right. If it is a hammer poll I draw that end back to a straw color. All this leaves the eye an part of the blade and spike fairly soft.All this is kind of primative,but it works for me without ever having problems. Hope this helps, Anvil

 

[renovato]

Anvil, that is one amazing piece of work! The details are really well done and don't overpower. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[spitfire]

A beautiful 'hawk :bow: !

 

[hawkeye1755]

It is made from a 24 oz ball peen hammer.

Born as a hammer and know in his prime a HAWK
:bow: :bow:
:thumbsup:

 

[Couchtr]

That truly is one impressive tomahawk and made from a hammer as well. Again impressive