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lew wetzel

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hawk finished
« on: February 11, 2009, 07:45:47 PM »
just finished it up...


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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #1 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
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lew wetzel

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #2 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!!!!
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2009, 03:47:27 PM »
Mission accomplished Lew.  Geez, I just noticed, no snow.  Want some?
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lew wetzel

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #4 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.........
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009, 05:38:05 PM »
Same thing here, but I still have 2 foot on the ground.  Happy Spring!  ;D
Gary
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Offline P.W.Berkuta

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #6 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 ;) ;)
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lew wetzel

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #7 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.....
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Offline Scott Bumpus

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2009, 02:04:46 AM »
Very nice!  I really like the blade and spike design, the fancy stuff is cool too.
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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2009, 03:55:39 AM »
Very nice. I really do like the copper leaves.
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lew wetzel

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Re: hawk finished
« Reply #10 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...
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