hammer hawk

[old salt]

This was ballpen at 3pm this after noon. Will finish up later.

[Hawken50]

  Lookin good there Hary.I got ta git my forge goin and try my hand.Hope in can do half as good.

[old salt]

Some more work work on the hawk. I know one of the pics looks like it is brass. This was a 3 man job as none of us had ever made a hawk form a hammer

[crazell]

Looks really good to me!! Great job !

[battman1]

Looks good.I have a ball pien I've been saving for just that same thing.

[beowulf]

looks a lot like the scottish black watch axe !

[Hawken50]

  Yep Beowulf,ya nailed it.I thought i had seen that style afore just couldnt rember where.Nice job o salty one.

[old salt]

Some may concider this cheating. I have had an old Viet Nam hawk in my war bag. I decided to see if I could make some thing usefull out of it.

Pic one if what I started with and pic two is what I have so far.

I still have some finish work to do, then fit a handle and figure out what kind of fancy decorations to add

[Rev]

I would not call it cheating. Our ancestors would have altered something they already had before spending good money on something new...

[beowulf]

never liked the vietnam hawk , anything you do to change that profile is just an improvement !

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

Those look good. I gotta get out and start makin somemore.

[Jeremiah]

Some nice work Old Salt!  And one of the reasons I have been wanting to get started in blacksmithing for so long!  I have been metal detecting for about 25 years and from time to time I pull up old axe heads, hammer tops, and things of that order.  I like throwing about anything that has a possibility of sticking, so I always held on to the axes to add handles.  The ball peen hammer heads I have tried to keep as well, and now I know why!  I have seen a lot of ball peens hammered out into hawks lately....once I get set up, I plan to have a houseful of them lol....