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Original McGinnis Creation

 
   

 
      This Pipe Hawk has been around since the early 1700’s. It was carried by the Longhunters and Indians alike. No-one knows who came up with the idea of making a fuctional weapon that you could defend yourself with and smoke tobacco. They were made in France and England to be brought to the new world for trade gifts. They were often presented to tribal chiefs as gifts to win their favor. This Pipe Hawk has pewter poured for the end pieces. It has a bone mouth piece on the smoking end, with an ivory clean out plug on the head of the hawk. The head is 6 ˝’ from the bowl to the cutting edge and the cutting edge is 2 5/8’. The handle is drilled to smoke and has tack work through out with a buckskin beaded pendent hanging from the handle which It took many hours to bead. The blade has a dove-tail cut into it with Damascus Steel fitted into it. These Pipe Hawks became prize possessions of many Indian Chiefs and Warriors. .

 
   

 
This Rasp Tomahawk is a copy of the style used by the Indians and the Longhunters alike during and after the French and Indian War as well as the Revolutionary War. Back when Tomahawks were a necessary item on the frontier and high carbon steel was a scarce commodity, the blacksmith had to make do with what he had but he still could not find a better source of high carbon steel than an old horse shoe rasp. These made excellent Tomahawks, a highly sought after trade item. This hawk is hand forged from a horse shoe rasp with a high carbon center core. The marks of the horse shoe rasp still shows in the eye. The head is stamped “Ozark Forge” on one side and on the other side the makers name “McGinnis”. Some of the early hawks had a rat-tail from the back of the hawk. The rat-tail helped hold the hawk in the belt. From the top of the eye to the cutting edge is 6 ˝” and the length of the cutting edge is 3 Ľ”. The handle is hardwood and 19” long. The handle is burnt with a horse shoe rasp for better control It has brass tack work. It has a pewter poured center piece also a poured end piece.  
     

Trapper Grade Rasp Tomahawk. More information to follow

A reproduction of this hawk may be purchased from Ozark Knife Makers.

 

  
     
Spike Head Tomahawk. More information to follow  
     
Bearded Head Pipe Tomahawk. More information to follow  
     
Carbon Steel Forged Tomahawk. More information to follow