CUSTOM WORK

Here you will find various custom designs and authentic replicas of original works!

1. Jacob Kuntz Rifle; the original was built circa 1800 and is of the Allentown School.

The Pipe Tomahawk is a part of American history and has been made by some of the riflesmith artisans who were active in building the American long rifles in the18th century. Some of the high art tomahawks were presented to the chief of a tribe as a gesture of friendship. Possession of one of these tomahawks became a status symbol. The British government on occasion would commission certain gunbuilders to make presentation tomahawks when they were going to an important meeting or treaty with a tribe.  The inlays are done in the manner the original builders used. No solder is used to hold the inlays in the head of the tomahawk. The mortise for an inlay is under-cut and a rubbing taken in the inlay, is sawed out with a jeweler saw. The inlay is set in the mortise, The inlay is then filed flush with the metal surface of the tomahawk and engraved. The handle is approximately 23 inches long, the head is just over8 inches long. The silver wire and inlays are .999 pure silver.

2. Tomahawk Reproduction

3. This is a copy of what is known as the Angstadt tomahawk, even though the head is signed by F. HOFF

4. These are photographs of a copy of an original tomahawk by unknown maker.