Rob Toneguzzo Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Here is another one I made a while back for a friend who likes a decent sized smoke. It was forged from a big hex crowbar from my scrap heap and packs a real punch. Edited March 16, 2017 by Rob Toneguzzo "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 After heat treat test on a star picket. 1 "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Damn Rob, that is a fine looking axe. As much I like your knives, I think you really shine when you are making axes. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 3 "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidterico Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Rob , just plain beautiful. Cant wait to get mine. Terry KT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Betts Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Beautiful work, Rob! I've made several hawks out of those big crowbars; the local scrap yard had a bunch of them a while back. Whatever the steel is, it makes a durable axe head! Can I ask how you forge the eyes when you're working from solid stock? I've been working with a slitter that I made, but my results are frequently not as clean as I would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Artymko Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Great looking hawk Rob! I also love seeing your work pop up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 17 March 2017 at 1:17 AM, Adam Betts said: Beautiful work, Rob! I've made several hawks out of those big crowbars; the local scrap yard had a bunch of them a while back. Whatever the steel is, it makes a durable axe head! Can I ask how you forge the eyes when you're working from solid stock? I've been working with a slitter that I made, but my results are frequently not as clean as I would like. Hi Adam, I drill pilot holes, rat file between the holes to make a slot then drift the eye. I have done it with just a spitter but I find this the best way for me with thick stock even if it is kind of cheating "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) Good stuff Rob !!....... Edited March 18, 2017 by Clifford Brewer If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hewitt Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 That's a hell of a hawk, Rob! Everything about it screams, "getoutofmyway!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 On 18/3/2017 at 0:24 PM, Rob Toneguzzo said: Hi Adam, I drill pilot holes, rat file between the holes to make a slot then drift the eye. I have done it with just a spitter but I find this the best way for me with thick stock even if it is kind of cheating How is it cheating? If the end result looks like that, does it matter how you got there? Mint hawk. GJ mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoy's Forge Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 great work as usual Rob! a real beauty. www.hoyfamily.net Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.Lu 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Hi @Rob Toneguzzo, Where did you get the handle from? And what shape is the eye? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Rob, I think that may be the coolest thing you have ever made. I love it. Other than the ones from our Mr. Longmire, that is also one of my favorite pipe tomahawks I have seen made in a long time. I am really impressed with how you did this from that crowbar. Good forging, filing, etc. I am serious, I think this is an outstanding piece of work. 1 please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 On 7 April 2017 at 3:56 PM, Chris C-S said: Hi @Rob Toneguzzo, Where did you get the handle from? And what shape is the eye? Thanks. Hi Chris, I got the handle from Dulap Woodcrafts in USA and made a drift as close as I could to the dimensions he gave on his site. Thanks Kevin, really appreciate the feedback. "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Thanks, what's their postage like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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