Heart in Hawk

[KidTerico]

Does any one know what the symbol of the cut out Heart in the hawk heads stands for or means? KT

[Big T]

They call it a weaping heart hawk , not sure it means anything just a decoration , alot of the mountian men an indians alike cherished ornate wepons t

[KidTerico]

Thanks Big T. KT

[GunClick Rick]

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[Forty Rod]

I've been told that the weeping heart design, with the lower point of the heart turned to the side, goes back to medieval times, often in ladies' jewelry.  It's supposed to signify being apart from loved ones or loneliness.

[KidTerico]

Thanks Forty. When you try to look it up there are no definate answers of what it stands for.KT

[Forty Rod]

I know. 

I heard that from an old man named Ripplinger.  He was editor of our town (Logan, Utah) paper when I was a kid (about 1952-1958), and the first mountain man I ever knew.  He wore hand made buckskins, shot a flintlock long rifle, made his own knives and hawks, and told school kids, Boy Scouts, etc about the history of the country, especially the early Rocky mountain era.  That was one of his explanations.

I wish I'd taken better notes when he (and maybe a hundred other old timers I've known down the years) talked about everything from banking a fire to knapping flints. 

20/20 hindsight is a useless thing.

[KidTerico]

Forty great info. KT