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Posted: 11/15/2013 12:42:13 AM EDT
Just got a weeping heart forged tomahawk head today and a curly maple handle and am going to do some inlays and I will post finish pics.
Should be within a few days, since I'm well along and have a beautiful piece of maple that I've already finished. |
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In for pic's! any thoughts on leather tooled sheath? i can help with that!
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No, I'm just gonna do the tomahawk for now. Not real good with leather. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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In for pic's! any thoughts on leather tooled sheath? i can help with that! No, I'm just gonna do the tomahawk for now. Not real good with leather. if you want i can hook you up! just hit me up when you need one .....BTW it would be no charge! all i would ask is to give me credit when asked |
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Wow! Thanks!
Let me get to work on it in the next few days and let me know what you need for that. Thanks again! Tim |
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Can you post pictures of your inlay process?
I've been messing around with Cold Steel tommies lately. |
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Wow! Thanks! Let me get to work on it in the next few days and let me know what you need for that. Thanks again! Tim View Quote No problem at all i love DIY stuff like this, and it is also helping out a fellow Michigander/Arfcomer all i would need is to be able to take some measurements and any ideas what you want tooled on it! |
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No problem at all i love DIY stuff like this, and it is also helping out a fellow Michigander/Arfcomer all i would need is to be able to take some measurements and any ideas what you want tooled on it! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wow! Thanks! Let me get to work on it in the next few days and let me know what you need for that. Thanks again! Tim No problem at all i love DIY stuff like this, and it is also helping out a fellow Michigander/Arfcomer all i would need is to be able to take some measurements and any ideas what you want tooled on it! Where in Michigan are you? I'm northeast of Capac by about 4 miles. |
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Where in Michigan are you? I'm northeast of Capac by about 4 miles. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wow! Thanks! Let me get to work on it in the next few days and let me know what you need for that. Thanks again! Tim No problem at all i love DIY stuff like this, and it is also helping out a fellow Michigander/Arfcomer all i would need is to be able to take some measurements and any ideas what you want tooled on it! Where in Michigan are you? I'm northeast of Capac by about 4 miles. Gowen, looks like it's about 160 miles from Capac! if you want, just trace the outline of the finished tomahawk on paper and mail it, that should be enough to work with! i'll IM my address |
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Very nice! I'd test it for you, if you want, just for that authentic indian feel.
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That is a beautiful finish to the wood. What did you use to make the silver star inlay?
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That is a beautiful finish to the wood. What did you use to make the silver star inlay? View Quote I got the inlays from Track of the Wolf and chiseled into the wood using a dremel carving head and then chiseled them out flat with a small wood chisel. For the finish I used alcohol based walnut stain with a hint of red and applied several times then sanding to get the get the grain and figure to stand out. Then I french polished with shellac followed by 5 coats of wax (so far). The pics really don't show it well but it looks like it has a coat of glass on it and feels as smoth as ceramic. *ETA* I forgot to mention that I browned the head after stripping the awful phosphate finish it had on it. |
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Thanks! Here's three more pics that are a little more clear and include my Dragoon. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/P1010004_zps785ad23a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/P1010008_zps4de32858.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/P1010006_zps931a647b.jpg View Quote Very Nice |
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I thought this thread was about homemade missiles.
Just kidding OP, awesome work. |
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Kudos to you............that is very nice work
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/P1010001_zps14027b20.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/P1010002_zps86c9416d.jpg Just need to add some brass tacks and will post better piccs when finished. View Quote |
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Very nice. I'm currently working on sprucing up a Cold Steel Trail Hawk.
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I'm not sure if you use leather in your hawks, but if you were going to put a tooling leather grip high on the handle, would you use an adhesive like boiled glue or would you pop a couple of brass tacks into the leather after its laced up? I'm working on a hawk and I'm no stranger to leather working but combining the two is a little more than I'm used to. I figured any glue probably wouldn't adhere well to the oil finish.
I'm leaning toward tacks in case I ever have to remove the head but I wasn't sure if there was a traditional way to do what I'm planning. |
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I'm not sure if you use leather in your hawks, but if you were going to put a tooling leather grip high on the handle, would you use an adhesive like boiled glue or would you pop a couple of brass tacks into the leather after its laced up? I'm working on a hawk and I'm no stranger to leather working but combining the two is a little more than I'm used to. I figured any glue probably wouldn't adhere well to the oil finish. I'm leaning toward tacks in case I ever have to remove the head but I wasn't sure if there was a traditional way to do what I'm planning. View Quote Use this: http://www.ropeworks.biz/reader/whipping.pdf |
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I wouldn't have put the tacks so high up the handle. One of the advantages of a hawk is the removable head. A sharp hawk head can be used for fleshing hides. It's easier without the handle.
Edit; I like the dipper design. |
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I wouldn't have put the tacks so high up the handle. One of the advantages of a hawk is the removable head. A sharp hawk head can be used for fleshing hides. It's easier without the handle. View Quote Um, tomahawks in the early days of the colonies were used mostly as war weapons. They used knives for skinning. My goal was something that would have been used by a militiaman during the 7 years war on the frontier. I've seen numerous examples, some by gunsmiths of the time, where the head would have been nigh impossible to remove. |
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Quoted: Um, tomahawks in the early days of the colonies were used mostly as war weapons. They used knives for skinning. My goal was something that would have been used by a militiaman during the 7 years war on the frontier. I've seen numerous examples, some by gunsmiths of the time, where the head would have been nigh impossible to remove. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I wouldn't have put the tacks so high up the handle. One of the advantages of a hawk is the removable head. A sharp hawk head can be used for fleshing hides. It's easier without the handle. Um, tomahawks in the early days of the colonies were used mostly as war weapons. They used knives for skinning. My goal was something that would have been used by a militiaman during the 7 years war on the frontier. I've seen numerous examples, some by gunsmiths of the time, where the head would have been nigh impossible to remove. A hawk is as much a utility edged tool as it is a weapon. A hawk head is supposed to be able to slip off the handle. Not fall off, but removed with moderate force. It's not a wedge tightened fit like an axe. The advantage being that if you break the handle, you can slip the head off, and make a new handle in the field. |
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A hawk is as much a utility edged tool as it is a weapon. A hawk head is supposed to be able to slip off the handle. Not fall off, but removed with moderate force. It's not a wedge tightened fit like an axe. The advantage being that if you break the handle, you can slip the head off, and make a new handle in the field. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I wouldn't have put the tacks so high up the handle. One of the advantages of a hawk is the removable head. A sharp hawk head can be used for fleshing hides. It's easier without the handle. Um, tomahawks in the early days of the colonies were used mostly as war weapons. They used knives for skinning. My goal was something that would have been used by a militiaman during the 7 years war on the frontier. I've seen numerous examples, some by gunsmiths of the time, where the head would have been nigh impossible to remove. A hawk is as much a utility edged tool as it is a weapon. A hawk head is supposed to be able to slip off the handle. Not fall off, but removed with moderate force. It's not a wedge tightened fit like an axe. The advantage being that if you break the handle, you can slip the head off, and make a new handle in the field. Sorry, not during early colonial times. I'm not trying to be a dick but you need to read about the early colonies after the first contact and early trading. Tomahawks were not used for much besides making war. They were not used as useful tools. They actually had axes and knives for work. In fact tomahawks even developed into pipes and purely as ornamnetation as well. This is not meant to be some cold steel mass produced item or modern thing. Okay? |
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Nice looking tomahawk. The second set of pics look really nice.
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Here's a picture of where I am so far, this is just with stain applied. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/hughjafj/Mussey-20131116-00098_zpsbb8ac62b.jpg View Quote looks good! |
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