Church & Son
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I have an old photo of a tomahawk where the haft was wrapped with metal. Maybe a repair or like me a terrible thrower and it saved a lot of haft changes. I took it as the latter and also added wrought iron chunks to the bottom and top with iron nails made from some mild steel to save the ends from those less than perfect throws.
The head is wrap and weld, the iron was a brace from a horse drawn wheat cutter.(My secret scrap yard) Forged and welded in charcoal then hot filed and the edge quenched in brine water.
The head is 6″ with a 2″ edge
The haft is 19″ long, Sweetgum from the woodpile. Drawknifed, toasted and scraped.
The metal wrap is from old roof flashing that I beat a pattern in from the back, scalloped the edges and nailed it on with some homemade square head tacks.
The rawhide wrap and thongs are some of my deer hides.
These 'Hawks are addictive......Randy
The head is wrap and weld, the iron was a brace from a horse drawn wheat cutter.(My secret scrap yard) Forged and welded in charcoal then hot filed and the edge quenched in brine water.
![wrap1.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap1.jpg)
![wrap2.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap2.jpg)
![wrap3.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap3.jpg)
The head is 6″ with a 2″ edge
The haft is 19″ long, Sweetgum from the woodpile. Drawknifed, toasted and scraped.
The metal wrap is from old roof flashing that I beat a pattern in from the back, scalloped the edges and nailed it on with some homemade square head tacks.
The rawhide wrap and thongs are some of my deer hides.
![wrap4.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap4.jpg)
![wrap5.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap5.jpg)
![wrap6.jpg](http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx118/churchandson/warhawks/wrap6.jpg)
These 'Hawks are addictive......Randy