best Estwing hatchet for throwing?

[paul brown]

Im wanting a all metal hatchet for throwing, can't be made in China. I've seen the fiskars x7 and the large line of Estwings. Any and all suggestions welcome!

 

[Park Swan]

Any reason you want to throw a hatchet over a tomahawk?

Estwing will hold up fine. In fact, it's perfect for throwing wildly at stuff since it isn't much good for anything else.

 

[paul brown]

all metal tomahawk would be fine also.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Look at one of their blackwing double bits.
I don't know that Estwing necessarily markets them for throwing, but I really don't see them being very practical for much else besides throwing.

 

[Charlie_K]

Im wanting a all metal hatchet for throwing, can't be made in China. I've seen the fiskars x7 and the large line of Estwings. Any and all suggestions welcome!

Estwing makes tanks, not throwers. Don't try for Estwings unless you and your shoulder are looking into getting a divorce.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

The local axe throwing venue provides plain ol' Estwing solid steel hatchets as their "house axes" for the vast majority of folks who do not have their own.

They actually aren't too bad. If you are following league guidelines, you are only rotating the axe once from about 12'. I throw flat footed at the line and can stick it just fine without tearing up my already lousy shoulder. Actually, I think my throwing axe is about the same weight as the Estwing but it has a lot more mass in the head since it sports a wooden handle.

My beater for the home target that is not a Cold Steel is an Estwing double bit. Just plain unbreakable fun but it does do a lot more damage to my target. Hits like a truck.

 

[EngrSorenson]

The local axe throwing venue provides plain ol' Estwing solid steel hatchets as their "house axes" for the vast majority of folks who do not have their own.

This has been my experience in two of those axe throwing places. 24A is fine for what you want, and the stacked leather will probably hold up better than the foam.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I will say that the Estwings are ridiculously tough. The loaner axes look like someone dropped them down an industrial garbage disposal, but they weren't bent or broken. Just some gnarly dings to the edge where off target throws smacked into the concrete floor.

 

[thebrain]

The Estwing hunters axe looks like it might fly well but it cost a bit more than most of their other offerings.

 

[knomad]

They have a tomahawk that looks like it was made for throwing. I found a couple cheap, haven't thrown them yet.

 

[NapalmCheese]

I agree about the Estwing hatchets. I've thrown those, and thrown other hatchets. I prefer throwing other hatchets, but I've made both stick and didn't mess up a single shoulder doing it.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

They have a tomahawk that looks like it was made for throwing. I found a couple cheap, haven't thrown them yet.

Their tomahawk throws fine, but I find it a bit overkill in the weight department. Their hatchets or the double bit cousin to their tomahawk are fun to throw because of the mass in their heads and long cutting edge. The hawk will stick no problem, but I feel like I am lobbing a lot of weight for what the axe can do. My personal preference for a throwing hawk has a wooden handle simply because they are more fun to twirl and whip into the target. They are so lightweight that I like to goof around with my daughter and "draw" my hawk off my belt, whip it around my finger like a gun slinger with a 1873 Colt, and send it whistling into the target. The Estwing hawk is a lot to flip around

However, it is a still a good buy. They are nearly indestructible and do a good job at demo work. I use mine to bust up pallets that accumulated behind our warehouse.

 

[paul brown]

I'm happy to announce the purchase of a slightly used and my first tomahawk, the estwing black eagle EBTA. thanks for the replies!