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Old 05-06-2016, 10:52 AM
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Here's a couple pix of an all 5160 wrap around I'm working on right now.

This one shows the forge brazed eye and fully welded blade.


This shows the double wrap around set up I use for the all steel hawks.


I don't mean to step on your toes here Ed, but I know you've had trouble with wrap around hawks in the past. Just thought this might help.

In spite of being a bit harder to weld, 5160 makes a great hawk.

... on a side note, it is best not to drift the eye after welding and there is no need to. I think this is the whole purpose of the wrap around style, no drifting needed and plenty of height to the eye. Drifting can further weaken the weld at the eye to blade transition area or even worse pop it open. All you need to do is forge the eye over a mandrel prior to welding, mainly just to size it and take the cross directional bow out of the back of the eye from the bending. Just a few well placed hammer blows does it. This will prevent the head from rocking on the handle.


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Last edited by Tai Google; 05-06-2016 at 01:16 PM.
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