Big brother, little brother spike hawks

Some time ago I forged a rendition of this ca. 1730-60 French spiked tomahawk from Mark Miller's collection. At the time, I had only the vague weight and dimensions on Miller's site to go on. Later, I was approached by a gentleman to make another copy using more accurate data that he had obtained in correspondence with Miller regarding the piece. As a part of the commission, this gentleman (who has access to such resources because of his work) made a 3D printed model as a guide for me. I was permitted to retain the 3D model at the completion of the commission and finally got around to recreating it for the 3rd time - at actual scale - for myself.

This diminutive little fella is 8" from tip to bit, with a 2" cutting edge and a 12" curly ash haft, and weighs in at an astounding 5.8 ounces overall ( the original was 5.6 oz, as I recall).






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And here is the original (courtesy of Mark Miller's site):

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