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Title: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: robtattoo on March 27, 2008, 12:57:00 PM
Had a few hours to kill over the last day or two, so I figured I'd fire up the forge & have a play around.
I saw one of these on E8ay a while back & I've fancied one ever since.
Started out life as a broken-shafted, 8oz ball pein hammer (obviously!)

Now it's without a doubt, the sharpest thing I've ever made    :eek:    The handle is Osage Orange. Don't know how it'll hold up, but it should be fine I reckon.
The head weight is a gnat's under 8oz & has a 1-7/8" cutting edge. OAL is 13"
I wouldn't want to try felling a big tree with it, but for camp-duty & light work it should be ideal! I've given it a triple quench & tempered it back (totally trial & error, it took 3hrs at 220C in the end!) to 54-56 RWC. Too hard to file sharpen, but comes up a treat on stones & should hold it's edge fairly well. I am a little worried that it may chip with use though.

Lemme know what you think....

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Comparison pic alongside my Colin KC hawk & a Marbles Nessmuk axe....

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Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: skullworks on March 27, 2008, 01:04:00 PM
Looks great to me!
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: Tim Fishell on March 27, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
Nice work Rob!!  Keep up the good work bud!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: el oso on March 27, 2008, 04:05:00 PM
Thats great! I've never seen that done before. I love that Marbles doublebit.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: JEFF B on March 27, 2008, 04:11:00 PM
real awesome bro i must try that sometime myself  :clapper:    :clapper:
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: el oso on March 27, 2008, 04:13:00 PM
I was just wandering if you could do the same thing to the ball side. Onle bring it to a point like a fighting type hawk?.........just a thought.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: sticshooter on March 27, 2008, 05:02:00 PM
Very sharp Rob. maybe ya could make the ball into a spike?<><
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: OconeeDan on March 27, 2008, 05:47:00 PM
That is very nice work!  Suggest flattening the peen end next time for tent pegs!
Dan
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: kbaknife on March 27, 2008, 06:09:00 PM
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Originally posted by OconeeDan:
That is very nice work!  Suggest flattening the peen end next time for tent pegs!
Dan
that is EXACTLY what I was going to post!
Otherwise, that is waaaaaaaaaaay cool!
Think I'll do one now......

I'll tell you what, if it does chip, just resharpen and eventually you'll get back to where it didn't get so hard and it shouldn't be so brittle.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: robtattoo on March 27, 2008, 07:25:00 PM
Wow! Thanks Karl, & everyone. I had thought about flatting the ball-end, but franky, in my excitement, I forgot until it was too late!  :D
Actually, I might set-to with the welder & extend the poll (I'm calling it a poll now  ;)  ) & then grind it back to flat.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: drewsbow on March 27, 2008, 07:28:00 PM
Now thats cool :0)
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: vermonster13 on March 27, 2008, 10:49:00 PM
Pretty sweet Rob. Looks like it would be useful for some butchering to boot.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: Doug Campbell on March 28, 2008, 01:33:00 PM
Hmmm... Looking good Rob, what they say must be true, "great minds think alike"   ;)  I hammered this out of an old ball pein a couple months ago. Just picked up a drift for the eye hole and got it punched out yesterday. I like the tent stake hammer idea...
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Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: Ian johnson on April 01, 2008, 09:40:00 PM
I'd be happy to test it for ya?, cool looking hawk
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: vermonster13 on April 02, 2008, 07:40:00 AM
Cool stuff.
Title: Re: Small camp ball pein hawk
Post by: tippit on April 13, 2008, 12:13:00 AM
Great idea and nice work.  I got a couple of drifts here that I've been wanting to try too!