Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: KShip85 on November 04, 2012, 10:37:17 pm
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I've got an old Estwing framing hammer that I'd like to turn into a survival 'hawk someday. Curious to know if anyone has ever tried it. My thought was to try and make something that could be used for a variety of tasks. I was curious if a bevel could be created below the head above the grip on the steel neck to act like a draw knife and possibly turn the opposite edge into a scraper. Anyone ever try anything like this?
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Well I dont know about framing hamers, but i have seen it done with ball peen hammers. Experament and see how it turns out thats how i figure such things out. :)
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You may also want to look at a roofers hatchet. They have a chopping blade on one side and a hammer head on the other.
Never seen one with a steel handle so you would most likely have to make the blade,scraper,handle that you want.
David
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hell i allways thought a framing hatchet was a survival hawk, got a hammer head for driving nails or beating on zombies, nail puller, and you can chopp and scrape with the blade edge
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As an ex framer (and roofer for that matter), I would advise against it. I have seen hammer heads break and it is not pretty. I would recommend either a drywall or roofing hammer as they are already a type of hatchet. Some framing hammers also have an axe blade (rigging axe is what we called 'em), but they are considerably heavier than the roofing and drywall types. Mine was 28 oz. whereas my roofing hammer was 22 iirc. Anyways, just my 2 cents since I have considerable experience with these tools.