Your take on the use of a Tomahawk?

[TheCanadianOne]

Maybe they can't be as concealment as a knife, but there is still both a utility and nostalgic feel by having a tomahawk on hand when your out in the wilderness. I'm looking forward to when a bladesmith I know will make me a full tang spiked hawk.

 

[red442joe]

"Your Thomas Hawk, sir"

Joe

 

[toddnjoyce]

Winkler for a bespoke ‘hawk, Lagana VTAC for a classic, battle proven design, Estwing has one, but it’s a bit heavy for my taste.

Avoid the Gerber and other skeleton blade ‘hawks since that design creates it’s own problems if you hit something not quite right.

 

[Vaquero]

Generally, there's a hatchet within a few feet of me.
Estwing, S&W, others that split wood pretty well.
It's a tool worth keeping close.

 

[TheCanadianOne]

Winkler for a bespoke ‘hawk, Lagana VTAC for a classic, battle proven design, Estwing has one, but it’s a bit heavy for my taste.

Avoid the Gerber and other skeleton blade ‘hawks since that design creates it’s own problems if you hit something not quite right.

At one point I thought about the 5.11 peacemaker tomahawks but usually lean towards the traditional styles. I've always been intrigued with the Winkler hawks on account of the Jack Carr novels but I can't justify putting down that amount of money at the moment.

 

[General Zod]

Always good to have a few handy...

 

[Vaquero]

At one point I thought about the 5.11 peacemaker tomahawks but usually lean towards the traditional styles. I've always been intrigued with the Winkler hawks on account of the Jack Carr novels but I can't justify putting down that amount of money at the moment.

Get a S&W extraction tool.
It's bad ass and you can feel it.

 

[TheCanadianOne]

Always good to have a few handy...


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Ha! This I'll allow as it shares the name

 

[Vaquero]

Amazon product ASIN B082JWHXY9

 

[General Zod]

I may eventually reach the point of forging tomahawks. There's a couple'a fairly specialized tools I'll need first.

 

[TheCanadianOne]

Get a S&W extraction tool.
It's bad ass and you can feel it.

Got my dad a SOG tactical Hawk a few years back. I contemplated getting a traditional pipe hawk but I'm leaning towards a spike hawk with the full tang

 

[General Zod]

Got my dad a SOG tactical Hawk a few years back. I contemplated getting a traditional pipe hawk but I'm leaning towards a spike hawk with the full tang

Full tang is gonna transfer the impact shock right down into your hand - unless it's got a pretty good shock-absorbing grip.

 

[TheCanadianOne]

Full tang is gonna transfer the impact shock right down into your hand - unless it's got a pretty good shock-absorbing grip.

It'll be a wooden grip/handle if I'm not mistaken

 

[Glenn B]

I do not have a tomahawk but I do have a nice hatchet, or is it an axe! It has a handle about half to two thirds the size of a standard axe, a nice heavy head and was made in Sweden.It came to me from my NY Gun Forum Secret Santa in 2017, what a nice gift considering all that the Santa's were required to spend was a minimum of $20.00 on whatever gift they purchased.

Any way, I have that, recently also had a hatchet too but gave it to my son, have a couple or few machetes around the house, and have some excellent knives. I could use any of them defensively if need be and if in desperation. I say that last because I have no formal training in how to use bladed weapons and would have to be pretty desperate to use one considering the guns around here. Yet, I figure I could use that axee if need be and imagine most of the strikes would be similar to baton strikes (and I was well trained in how to use batons as a weapon) as would be blocking an assailant or his weapon with one. Tomahawks, look cool but if I had to us an axe type weapon, then one like what I have would be what I would prefer over a tomahawk. It is heavier but not too heavy to use in a fight, bigger so offers the ability to use as a blocker and allows the holder to remain at a bit further distance, and I think would be as easy or maybe even easier to control than a tomahawk in a hand to hand combat. It probably would be better at cutting firewood and for larger tasks like cutting down trees too.

 

[TipBledsoe]

Got my dad a SOG tactical Hawk a few years back. I contemplated getting a traditional pipe hawk but I'm leaning towards a spike hawk with the full tang

I advise not wasting money on anything less than full tang - I’ve had too many non-full tang break in half and become near worthless.

 

[baboon]

Here you go as far as a modern tomahawk.

Tomahawks

Tomahawks

www.rmjtactical.com

 

[toddnjoyce]

Full tang is gonna transfer the impact shock right down into your hand - unless it's got a pretty good shock-absorbing grip.

Some of that is right tool for the right job. Using a tomahawk as to split a cord of oak would not be the right job, but slash pruning/clearing is a whole different story.

 

[General Zod]

Some of that is right tool for the right job. Using a tomahawk as to split a cord of oak would not be the right job, but slash pruning/clearing is a whole different story.

I was thinking more in line with a tomahawk's original purpose - as a weapon. Traditionally the blade has an eye for the wood handle, as the handle is considered expendable.

 

[Whalercohasset]

Never really got into them although I have a couple of old boy scout hatchets around. Mostly, I just prefer a short and heavy machete.

 

[majormadmax]

Full tang only...