Paps custom axes & tomahawks

[papstomahawks]

Hi !
Encouraged by some of the members in my welcome thread, I would like to present some of my works.
I'm forging the tomahawks and axes for about 3 years now. I always loved to throw with axes and tomahawks but I was fed up with productional pieces and I started doing my own
I'm using 1055 carbon steel and hickory (mostly) for my projects. Here are selected pieces that I believe are somehow worth sharing. You will find more If you check my website or my facebook profile or check my thread on BB. Hope you enjoy it! All comments would be welcome

Tomahawks:

Axes:

Misc:

 

[Tony]

Beautiful stuff there Pawel, thanks for taking the time to show us.

 

[nephilim]

Wow. They're amazing pieces of work. How much do you charge for an Axe?

 

[mountainm]

Lovely work - have you done any with an curved Adze/Hatchet combo?

 

[swotty]

Wow....some of the nicest hawks and axes i've seen......stunning work

 

[Goatboy]

Wow, (I'm not allowed to type or even say the word I said when I opened this thread) What a lovely collection of Hawks, Toms & Franks.

Beautiful work, really stunning.

 

[British Red]

Some excellent work there. I would suggest becoming a maker here - I doubt you would have much problem selling those

 

[woof]

Been a fan of your work over on BB. I do like no6, & are those a type of walking/hiking stick at the end ?

Rob

 

[Clouston98]

Fantastic mate! They're great!

 

[Biker]

Those are AMAZING!!! Thanks for showing them off here.

Axe porn at its best!

 

[leon-1]

I am a big fan of hawks and like many other here I would like to know rough sort of costs, especially for the second one down

 

[sunndog]

This one is amazing

http://imageshack.us/a/img171/1507/85110040.jpg


I'd love a walking stick axe too

 

[kato]

Excellent work Pawel...I'd love one of your pipe hawks and the little one with the bamboo style handle is great

 

[CLEM]

Fabulous work!

 

[papstomahawks]

Thank you all for the nice comments. I really appreciate that you like my works I'm doing my best to improve my skills and make better tools and presentation pieces.
I think that we shouldn't discuss the costs in this thread.
Again- thanks for kind words and warm welcome. If you are interested, I can update this thread anytime I will have something new and worth sharing

Lovely work - have you done any with an curved Adze/Hatchet combo?

I haven't try to forge adze yet. But I'm planning to do it However I've never used any of them and I have very little knowledge about them.

Been a fan of your work over on BB. I do like no6, & are those a type of walking/hiking stick at the end ? Rob

You are right, those are walking sticks/ shephred's axes / highlanders axe/ or as we call them in Poland: ciupaga. Those are traditional to middle and south region of Europe, mostly in carpathians mountains.




Edit reason: I was admonished not ask for private messages regarding the prices, so I'm not answering that question till I get the Maker status

 

[milius2]

Such a beautiful work !!! Your craftsmanship is pure gold. I have never seen so many "one of a kind" pieces in one post and you said you did this in 3 years?!! Amazing.

 

[Hibrion]

Nice work. A hand forged hawk would be a nice thing to own someday. I've always wanted one of those shepherd's axes too, but it might raise a few eyebrows on some walking trails! I've always wondered how practical they were in use?

 

[Dreadhead]

wow! beautiful work you have there

 

[papstomahawks]

Nice work. A hand forged hawk would be a nice thing to own someday. I've always wanted one of those shepherd's axes too, but it might raise a few eyebrows on some walking trails! I've always wondered how practical they were in use?

Well according to the sources, ciupaga was both weapon and tool back in the days. The small axe on the long haft was good for fighting. The spike at the bottom was helpful while climbing in mountains, to support on slopes and ice. Also, the axe was helpful when it comes to make a bonfire while in mountains. You don't need big axe to do that, small edge to cut branches was good enough. Today I think this is mostly decorative piece more than a convenient companion. While hitchhiking, I prefer having a small axe in backpack and a telescopic nordic walking sticks

 

[Hibrion]

Very interesting. Thanks for that. I can certainly see how it could have been handy as a weapon in more turbulent times.