Tomahawks -- myArmoury.com

Richard Eric Paisley · Posted: Fri 13 Aug, 2004 10:58 am Post subject: Tomahawks

At one time I had a link to a company that featured tomahawks but I've since lost it. Any one out there have some good links form me to wander through? I'm looking for a nice piece to match with a flintlock pistol I'm building.

Joseph C. · Last edited by Joseph C. on Fri 13 Aug, 2004 11:52 am; edited 1 time in total

If you want a 'hawk there is always American Tomahawk at http://www.americantomahawk.com/. The front page has one of their more contemporary designs, but if you go to products you will see that they produce an 18th Century line called "Roger's Rangers." I don't know about the level of historical accuracy but I have heard they produce quality products.

Richard Eric Paisley · Posted: Fri 13 Aug, 2004 11:39 am Post subject:

That's a pretty nice site. Thanks!

Jay Barron · Posted: Fri 13 Aug, 2004 1:21 pm Post subject:

RMJ forge makes beautiful, historic hawks but they no longer take custom orders and are very hard to come by. Two other good custom hawk makers that I know of are Michael McCarthy:
http://www.hammerinhand.com/

and George Suiter, gunsmith at Colonial Williamsburg . You can probably get a hold of him through Colonial Williamsburg's website:
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Autumn00/gunsmith.cfm .

Both of these smiths offer extremely hisrtorically accurate tomahawks.

Check this link out for a hawk in the making... http://www.vividlight.com/articles/3705.htm

Here are some other smiths that offers tomahawks.
http://www.szilaski.com/tomahawks/
http://members.tripod.com/tomahawks-r-tatca/id40.htm
http://www.rwwilsonknives.com/home.html
http://www.treemanknives.com/ .

I don't have experience with them but they all have been reccommended to me before.

Gabriel Stevens · Posted: Fri 13 Aug, 2004 1:45 pm Post subject:

Great thread, I was just looking into this very subject. Another link would be Daniel Winkler:

http://www.winklerknives.com

He worked on some of the props for The Last of the Mohicans.

L. Glass · Posted: Sun 15 Aug, 2004 7:58 am Post subject:

You might also look at H&B Forge found here:

http://www.hbforge.com/

And for what I last heard was a 2 year wait list, try Two Hawks:

http://www.2hawks.net/

I bought an H&B Shawnee and I couldn't be happier. I live in a very dry climate and the handle shrunk a bit, but a sinew wrap solved any issues with the head coming loose.

Lamont

Robert W. Betten · Posted: Sun 15 Aug, 2004 8:08 am Post subject:

H&B Forge are great, after purchasing a smallsword I intend on getting more of their weapons. great stuff...

I myself got a RMJ hawk, they're out there and I saw two on Blade Art for sale, and on ebay 3 have popped up in the last few months Happy

keep your eyes peeled and you'd get one of the best hawks you'll ever have.

Below is a pic of my RMJ that I aquired from E.Carter...I'd never sell it, even if I were poor.