Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild meeting July 11,  2009 at Hunter Perkinson Jr. shop.

Hunter Perkinson Jr. demonstrated forging a tomahawk.  Afterwards they actually got to practice throwing some!  Charles Digges brought in some tomahawks for display and taught the session on throwing them.

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Hunter showing Bodie Banton and Dan Boone one of his smaller projects.
A visual display on how to make a tomahawk.
Hunter forging out his tomahawk.
One of the finished projects.
Carson Sams working on a tomahawk from a file rasp.
Carson demonstrating forge welding of the rasp.
Charles Digges' display of tomahawks.
Dan Boone doing the 'Robin Hood' thing trying to split a tomahawk with another tomahawk as Robin Hood did with his arrows..........  (not really but it makes great conversation starter........