Tomahawks

Eagle Hawk

  I began making tomahawks a few years ago, copying the drawings of Robert Rogers, the famous founder of Rogers' Rangers.  After doing some research on my family, I came to find out that he spent 18 months in Charleston, SC, visiting relatives.  My family had been there for a couple of decades at that point, living on several hundred acres worth of royal grants and I hope to find evidence that they were the relatives he was visiting.  While he was there, Robert Rogers married Elizabeth Brown.  Brown is my mother's maiden name and I'm not sure if I am related to Elizabeth Brown but Daniel Rogers, Sr., my great-great-great-great-great grandfather was living there then for sure.  After falling out with George Washington, Robert Rogers became a Tory but Daniel Rogers, Jr., 16 years of age, signed up to fight as a scout for the Patriots and a Captain Thomas.  He signed up 5 more times during the war.  He fought at the Battle of Stono, served under Francis Marion at Parker's Ferry, and fought under Andrew Pickens at the Battle of Savannah.  War Office records contain letters from witnesses who fought alongside my great-great-great-great-grandfather at all of these battles and he duly received his pension.  As a scout during the war, he likely carried a weapon very much like the ones I make and I feel a direct link to the War  that founded this great country and to my family every time I forge one of these.

     I make several styles including the Eagle Hawk shown above.  It goes for $300.  My Diamond Spike Hawk costs $200.

Diamond Spike Hawk

All of them are hand forged in a coal forge with a 1095 steel insert.  I also make what I call a Trencher for $200.  I designed this one to help me dig up plants my wife sees on the side of the road.  I also call it the Honey do Hawk.

Trencher Hawk

I also make a basic throwing hawk for $150. 

All hawks are touch marked on the right side in front of the eye.  Custom work is available and I have several styles in stock at any given time.  Look for pictures of new models. 

Roman Axe

This axe head is a copy of one excavated at Magdalenberg in Noricum.  The orginal was probably made between 50 BC and 40 AD. 

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