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Posted: 8/10/2011 6:04:39 PM EDT
| I got mine on the way from SMKW anybody know of any mods that need to be done besides removal of the set screw ? |
I like my new trail hawk but the grind is not consistent it will need some file and stone work. I think I will remove the finish polish the head and stain the handle. I also may order the Dave Canterburry school scout hawk by 2 hawks I think I may have a problem...
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Remove the set screw
Strip the finish Convex the edge Force a patina debur the eye and finish the haft those are my recomendations http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg289/avwilliams/Knives/DSC00620.jpg |
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Remove the set screw Strip the finish Convex the edge Force a patina debur the eye and finish the haft those are my recomendations http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg289/avwilliams/Knives/DSC00620.jpg That's great. I almost bought one yesterday but I bought a Condor golok instead. The trail hawk is next in line. |
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Remove the set screw Strip the finish Convex the edge Force a patina debur the eye and finish the haft those are my recomendations http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg289/avwilliams/Knives/DSC00620.jpg Wow that is awsome! |
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Remove the set screw Strip the finish Convex the edge Force a patina debur the eye and finish the haft those are my recomendations http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg289/avwilliams/Knives/DSC00620.jpg That's great. I almost bought one yesterday but I bought a Condor golok instead. The trail hawk is next in line. Then you can do a Pipe Hawk 
Spike Hawk 
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| Yes and it will more than likely have scratched the haft coming down. You where fighting the burrs. After you sand a stain the haft and de-burr the head it will much better. Remember you don't want the head so tight you can't take it off in the field to repair a broke haft or use the head in you hand. |
| Take a round file or a dremel with a sanding drum and chamfer the top and bottom of the eye. Then go around the inside of the hole and around to make it all smooth. Pay attention to the set screw hole on the inside. Take your time. It doesn't have to be polished just cleaner than the factory. |
| As rendezvous attendee, and hawk thrower, I can tell you are a tight fitting handle in not desired. with a tight fitting handle, if you throw it you be breaking handles right and left. If you don't throw then this may not apply to you. If the hawk hits wrong then the handle slips through the head and doesn't break. To reset you slide the head down the handle till it wont go any more on its own. From there you turn the hawk upside down so that the handle tip showing through the head is pointing downward. You then strike the hawk straight down on a log or hard surface to seat the head on the handle. YMMV. |
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They definitely need a little work off the bat.
Remove screw, pound off head Use round file to chamfer the edge of the haft hole and smooth the inside. Use a sharp knife to taper the haft so the head will come close to the top but can't slide off. Rub haft with linseed oil Take belt grinder and thin the edge out. The thinner the better for the most part. Heat head in oven at 200 degrees, drop down shaft and pound until at the end.. After it cools it will be there till kingdom come |
| Guys the hawk head does not go all the way to the end for a reason. The eye of the hawk head should be tapered (I have not seen one in person yet) and the handel has a taper and the hawk is used, and with the shrinking and expanding of the handel wood the hawk starts to move towards the end of the handel (safe queens need not take heed). So trimming the handle off looks cool but in the end you are limiting the handle's life by trimming too much off. |
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Guys the hawk head does not go all the way to the end for a reason. The eye of the hawk head should be tapered (I have not seen one in person yet) and the handel has a taper and the hawk is used, and with the shrinking and expanding of the handel wood the hawk starts to move towards the end of the handel (safe queens need not take heed). So trimming the handle off looks cool but in the end you are limiting the handle's life by trimming too much off. +1 All I did was sand a radius on the sharply cut ends of the haft, sand, and stain! |
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A couple I did a few years ago. Mod'ing The CS Trail Hawk http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h163/bc5000/003-7.jpg That is a way cool thread! |
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