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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: lew wetzel on February 11, 2009, 07:45:47 PM

Title: hawk finished
Post by: lew wetzel on February 11, 2009, 07:45:47 PM

just finished it up...
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi200.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa281%2Fstormcatcher_2007%2Fhawk001.jpg&hash=903da8bf4a3c1cc67929f806eb337461f54d564e)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi200.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa281%2Fstormcatcher_2007%2Fhawk003.jpg&hash=560b4d9a325b1901cc078c98da5e9cd38c8a698b)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi200.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa281%2Fstormcatcher_2007%2Fhawk011.jpg&hash=911ee7743416fc14d413b3aee0a47f31c4192729)

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: G. Elsenbeck on February 12, 2009, 01:24:39 AM

Very nice job!  The inlays look great.  How do you keep those leaf portions to stay?  Small copper brads and then filed flush? 
Now you'll have to make a leather holder for your belt.   ;D
Gary

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: lew wetzel on February 12, 2009, 03:30:19 PM

thanks gary,yes the leaves are pinned in with very small copper pins i made as the leaves are copper also...it has a mixture of copper,silver and brass through out the entire handle.wanted to give it a real folksy look and didnt want it to look new.i wanted to give it the feel that it was made on the frontier!!!!

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: G. Elsenbeck on February 12, 2009, 03:47:27 PM

Mission accomplished Lew.  Geez, I just noticed, no snow.  Want some?

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: lew wetzel on February 12, 2009, 05:32:36 PM

i live outside cleveland ohio and we had over 2ft of snow until this week and we hit a warm spell and some rain and it made it all go away.........

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: G. Elsenbeck on February 12, 2009, 05:38:05 PM

Same thing here, but I still have 2 foot on the ground.  Happy Spring!  ;D
Gary

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: P.W.Berkuta on February 12, 2009, 08:38:51 PM

Very nice "hawk" and it does look "folksy" ;). What are the head dimensions - how long is the handle? Looks to me like it is a hefty hawk and will dispatch anything it contacts ;) ;)

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: lew wetzel on February 12, 2009, 08:51:33 PM

thanks paul,the handle is 19"long and the head from blade end to tip of the point on the spike is 10"long and was forged from a ballpean hammer.....and why yes it would dispatch just about anything it came into contact with.....

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: Scott Bumpus on February 13, 2009, 02:04:46 AM

Very nice!  I really like the blade and spike design, the fancy stuff is cool too.

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: S.Willis on February 15, 2009, 03:55:39 AM

Very nice. I really do like the copper leaves.

Title: Re: hawk finished
Post by: lew wetzel on February 17, 2009, 12:14:30 AM

this hawk has gotten alot of attention and i have a couple people lined up to have me build them something like this one....one guys wants wolf paws instead of vines and leaves!!!should be some very fun projects...