This piece has a number of firsts for me. First pipe tomahawk, first time engraving something besides practice, first try at silver wire inlay. Building this hawk was a lot of fun.
The pipe head is a bronze casting by Reeves Goehring, from an original that was found at the site of Fort Greenville. I added the steel bit. It's a press fit, fluxed first, hammered together, then soldered. The "points" under the head and the mouthpiece are poured pewter. The incised carving design and the "points" are from 2 originals pictured in Accouterments I. The clean-out hole plug is turned deer antler. The handle was stained with home-made aqua fortis, then finished with Chambers oil finish.
I want to say thanks to all the members here on ALR that freely post their how-to's, ideas, secrets, etc. I learned about all this stuff from you guys. THANKS!
-Ron
