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Title: Pipe Hawk
Post by: Hawg on July 11, 2021, 11:20:07 AM

I acquired this pipe hawk some years back. It has a curly maple handle but it's not bored.

(https://i.imgur.com/cX37X0Fl.jpg)

Title: Re: Pipe Hawk
Post by: mazo kid on July 11, 2021, 11:57:03 AM

Nice 'hawk! Sometimes it is tricky to drill the length of that handle. My only attempt ended badly :-[ Maybe if I had used a brad pointed drill it would have been different. Or slice the handle lengthwise and carve out the center of both pieces before gluing them back together.

Title: Re: Pipe Hawk
Post by: Captainkirk on July 11, 2021, 06:52:10 PM

Quote from: mazo kid on July 11, 2021, 11:57:03 AM

Nice 'hawk! Sometimes it is tricky to drill the length of that handle. My only attempt ended badly :-[ Maybe if I had used a brad pointed drill it would have been different. Or slice the handle lengthwise and carve out the center of both pieces before gluing them back together.

Did that once for a calumet I made. Worked well, IIRC