I love tomahawks. Been forging a few here and there out of ball pein hammers and forge welding a piece of H13 into the blade (not for sale). Anyone else enjoy them?
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I love 'hawks as well. Can’t afford the nicer customs anymore, but I have few beaters hanging around.
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Same here. Plus, weight vs utility questions.
But I do like a good hawk
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I have some that came in a Battlebox when I used to do that. No clue how to use it though.
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I have an American LaGana tactical, an older one.
I also have a 2Hawks (Polaris trading) Warbeast.
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I have a SOG tomahawk. It’s pretty cool.
Thing is, not sure about their “field utility”.
Been using a short machete for years, camping and hiking. It’s truly the do-all camp tool.
Thought of the tomahawk as an American classic, have been out with it a couple of times, and been kind of disappointed with its overall practical utility.
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Considered getting one. Check out this company:
http://soldiersystems.net/2015/12/24/hardcore-hardware-australia-cct-01-compact-tactical-tomahawk/
Having both a “tactical” and a field style hawk, I don’t find a lot of practical field uses for the tactical one. While soldiers would use the point to gain entry to vehicles, or skulls, I haven’t found a field use yet. The cutting edge is narrow and flat, coupled with light weight, doesn’t make for a good chopper, at least in field use. A lot of “rifleman” style hawks follow more primitive designs, and have curve to the blade. My Warbeast has this. It also has a hammer poll on back. It’s a bit larger and heavier than most, but it chops well, like a small axe. On the top and bottom, behind the cutting edge, there are back edges. If you sink it, rocking it back and forth, it will cut its way out. I like it better than the tactical hawk, in use, at least from my limited time with hawks.
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I have one made by HB Forge
http://www.hbforge.com/polled-axes/medium-camp-axe
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I use a Cold Steel, then have working replicas of original French ones from 1720s, when I portray early French milicien (militia). These events have both shooting and knife & hawk throwing contests, which pretty cool. Including the longest distance “1 throw stick”.
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I love old-timey weapons and stuff in general, to include tomahawks. I have a nice one that a good friend made for me, the same was as you OP, from a ball pein hammer.
I have other friends who are crazy about them. I have seen suggested “be ready” vehicle loadout lists that included three tomahawks.
For me they are novelty/nostalgia only. I’ve played around with mine quite a bit and you can get to where throwing it, you almost “can’t miss” at a certain distance. But for the zombie invasion / nuclear disaster / whatever scenario, if I found one in my otherwise filled-with-necessities vehicle, I would throw it out to make room for something else. As a weapon of course it would always be better than nothing but for the size and weight something else would be better. As a camp tool it is waayy inferior to an axe. If there is no axe and only a hatchet, in my opinion the hatched is a way more useful tool and it makes a better weapon.
And while they have uses such as getting in to dry wood inside, axes and hatches offer up a lot of possibilities on injuries to intensify or create a survival situation versus just picking up hand breakable stuff.
This.
I have a SOG and a Longhunter from 2Hawks. I LOVE the Longhunter(especially over the SOG but it was a gift), but as an axe or field/bushcraft tool, it just isn’t as effiecient as a hatchet or small axe of similar quality.
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I carry one of these on a belt loop:
https://www.crkt.com/woods-chogan-t-hawk.html
I love it, it’s sharp, and takes a beating.
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I just took my first black smithing class last month. The instructor studied at Granfors Bruks and has a 3 day class on Axe making that I’m pretty sure I’ll end up taking. Very nice work, jealous of your skill!
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I really want to forge one for myself. When my shoulder heals up I may start working on some ball peen-to-hawk projects. Ideally I would like a “damascus” hawk, that will mean making a pretty big billet to start with.
I like that. It’s straight forward no BS hawk/hatchet that does not look like something from a bad movie or crazy $. I’d consider getting that one.
I have it. Kind of heavy, not super sharp from the box, but has potential. And the handle was super loose on mine.
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I have a cold steel rifleman hawk, it’s pretty handy for clearing small areas of large saplings/small trees with it’s longer handle and heavier head. Functions as a hammer if you need one to with the hammer head on the back side.
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I got it. Surprisingly dull out of the box, but the rest seems GTG for the $.