Horsehead Creek Knives | Tomahawks and Pipe Hawks

The pipe hawk and the tomahawk are a result of a request from a very good customer. I had previously made a large damascus buffalo hunter knife complete with curly buffalo hide sheath for this customer. After recieving the buffalo knife he then asked me if I ever thought of making a tomahawk or a pipe hawk. To be truthful the answer was no, but I thought what the Hell, I can do this.

Both pieces are forged from wrought iron (wagon wheel tire) and 15N20 and 1095 HC. The handles are made of Hickory and rawhide wrapped and detailed down to include the adornments that was very much part of the early American Indian and the Frontier way of life.

Whether it be a hide, a scalp, an eagle feather, beads, teeth or brass tacks, each item that is adorned on the handles has a very definite purpose and meaning to the individual piece just as it did to the original Indian. I have tried to bring justice to the whole concept of the orignal “hawks” as well as the damascus steel. Each piece has its own story and can only be told from the makers original idea behind each endeavor.

Click here to read story "Little Weasel and the Hide Hunter".

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Pipe Hawk

Tomahawk
Click here to read story behind this tomahawk.

Tomahawk