Plains Indian Pipe Tomahawk... Antique Tacks

[hawknknife]

This is the hawk that stopped Crook on the road to the Rosebud. No, seriously, I just finished this pipe axe.  Ash haft, file burned, with 150 year old American square shank brass tacks.  I have always been told that the American made cast brass tacks were irregular in shape with various flaws in them.  Notice the flaws in these tacks...some actually with small pieces missing and sprue marks where they were clipped from the mold.

Top and base caps are poured pewter with an American Liberty head one cent coin dated 1840 for the top cap. After viewing the great Pineyone's beautiful engraved blade, I wanted to post another style of American made pipe axe that is more of a crude nature in the build and from a totally different time period in history. Pineyone does make a beautiful colonial style axe.

Carl
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[Shreckmeister]

I get to be the first to say that I really think your hawk captures the period and is extremely well
executed.  Nice work.