Drawing out the iron that will become the blade of the hawk.
Hammering out the blade.
Drawing out the spike. Here you can see the stages of production from beginning to end.
Here at the Dickison forge I produce a variety of different items including cooking irons, fireplace tools, knives, replacement parts for machinery, hawks, iron gun barrels and a few other items that customers request. I have help in the shop with some of the larger forgings and gun barrels from a good friend of mine,Steve Price.