So I had to try making a hawk and this is how it turned out.  Mild steel with a 1084 bit.

Looks nice to me!

sweet hawk, bet it throws good to how do you go about the eye?

Very nice hawk, Barry.

Allan

Thanks guys.  JD I wrap it around a drift and beat it down tight then forge weld it to itself with a high carbon bit at the end for the cutting edge.

Barry that looks really nice.  can you share more photos of different angles?  Did you fold it in half adding the business edge between the two halves or just wrap the back edge and split the front to add the bit?  

Nice looking hawk - more details for an amature who would like to steal your techniques please.

Bob Urban

Hi Bobby. thanks for the interest. I will be donating that hawk to our club's state archery shoot this weekend to raise funds for the club so that is the only pic I have of it.  I cut a piece of mild steel about 11" long, heated and folded back on itself.  When I got the ends lined up I hammered it down on the drift to form the eye.  When I was happy with that I forge welded the mild steel together starting at the eye and working forward.  I had a little trouble keeping the bit in place so I mig welded it to one side then forge welded it in.  Then drew out the bit a little and down to form the beard.  Then after normalizing it I ground it to shape, heat treated it. I had hoped that the heat treat and temper would give it a nice even dark finish but it was more spotty that I liked to I went back to the grinder with a 220 belt and got it back to mostly clean metal then cold blued it.  I did attack a 2x4 with it after sharpening and the 2x4 didn't have a chance!!  The edge held pretty well considering the temper cycles.  It was easy enough to resharpen with a file so I think maybe I'll lower the temper heat a little and get a harder bit on the next one. I'll have to keep playing with the process until I'm happy with the results and I have a tough edge that holds up and still be easy enough to sharpen.

Hope that helps!

Looks great, Barry.  I can't wait to check it out this weekend.  When are you going up?

Heading up in the morning Jon.  See you there!

Nice!