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Ahtuwisae

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Poll Tomahawk
« on: April 16, 2011, 12:58:31 AM »
Seeing the post on the pipe hawk prompted me to post this one I did from a Goehring cast.  My dad picked it up from Reeves many years ago and gave it to me for my birthday.  it laid around for many years as I did not know and was not sure what I wanted to do with it.  30 years later i found it in a box and it became that weekend's project (last summer).  the head is one of the last ductile iron works that Reeves did and has documentation to back it up.  I wish I could find my copy.  I used a hickory billet to make the handle (all drawknife) added some copper inlays and a little hand checkering above the grip.  Metal aged with BC hot brown then hot oil quenched.  handle aged with a bit of heat (burn) then bear oil. finally a coat of linseed/beeswax mix and buffed out.  sinew wrap below the head.

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Offline skillman

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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 01:24:22 AM »
Looks pretty darn good John. A nice bag and a good horn to go with it, a small hand forged knife and a measure hanging on it. I can see a beautiful set there.

Steve
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Ahtuwisae

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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2011, 05:15:12 AM »
Quote from: skillman on April 16, 2011, 01:24:22 AM
Looks pretty darn good John. A nice bag and a good horn to go with it, a small hand forged knife and a measure hanging on it. I can see a beautiful set there.

Steve

How did you know.  the banded horn i just did is the horn.  going to pick up some leather for the bag at ft Fred this month...the measure is part of it as well...made the pick and brush tonight..going to post with the measure here and on THB...hoping to have a nice set done soon.
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KennyC

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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 05:34:59 AM »
wow is all i can think to say right now
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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 09:44:56 PM »
 Well done, Looks the part.

 Tim C.
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Offline James

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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2011, 05:22:42 AM »
That is nice. I don't know anything about putting one together right, but have done a lot of draw shave work and that is a nice looking haft.
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Re: Poll Tomahawk
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2011, 11:39:44 PM »
   I like it.
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