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Just bought a new hawk, Estwing Black Eagle tomahawk
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I’ve actually wondered what Estwing makes those for, because they don’t look particularly suited for any particular task. Can you compare it with another axe/hatchet/tomahawk?
I can compare it to the SOG tomahawks. it seems to be made mainly for demolition jobs and camping. It's weight allows you to pummel through drywall,wood and other things with ease. overall, it's a great general purpose tomahawk.
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Demolition and camping ?
It looks more like a novelty that's not going to be great for either.
I'm not saying theres anything wrong with it, but it seems to be made for those who just think it's cool rather than anyone looking for the most practical tool.
You've got an all steel construction and a small head which already means about all the weight is going to be in the handle, but then they went and cut a bunch of weight from the head.
This can't have much chopping power and with many jobsites already not allowing riggers axes I can't imagine this being allowed either.
yeah it's mostly for general use and novelty. It was sold as a demo tool, I'd assume it's for home use.
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Sold as a demo tool according to the packaging?
Or is that just where the store stocked it because they didn't know where else to put it ?
I'm sure this tool is probably going to be useful for anyone who likes it enough, maybe I'm just not creative enough to find a purpose for it.
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It's really a tactical CQC-coded design, but sold as a fantasy item that can be used for demolition work if you want. But once you sink the money into forging dies you're gonna' make as many as you possibly can to help pay them off.
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Estwing’s sales pitch:
Perhaps a situation where your bushcraft shelter is taken over by hostiles?
I’m having trouble figuring out the overlap in the Venn Diagram of tasks done by sportsmen and military professionals.
Perhaps a situation where your bushcraft shelter is taken over by hostiles?
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I used to use an estwing double bit, from the same line as the black eagle, for demo. I currently use it as a tool to split pallets at work for my wood. If they hadn’t taken a bunch of steel from the head, I would have loved the black eagle. But now it poses a real risk of getting hung on branches and “sling” the sharpened spike back at you.
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I see it as a novelty that can do demo work. It's pretty much indestructible as it is. I bought the tomahawk version several years ago, and it makes for a good log buster I can leave sitting by the wood pile. Not something that I am going to actually split wood with, but I use it as a tool that can break apart unsplit logs that have become frozen together, then I use the spike to kinda grab the piece and pull it over to the splitting stump. The Estwing tomahawk is probably my most beat upon and misused hawk. It's too heavy to haul around, but it has enough mass to do the niche chore I require it for.
The double bit version is a bit more useful but it's pretty heavy for its size. By the time I get to that weight class, I am around the same mass a small axe with more leverage. However, it throws GREAT. When I get done throwing my competition axes for "serious business" I usually end my backyard session with a few lobs of that brute. It hits like a hammer of the gods and is just a lot of fun to obliterate stuff, ie decorative pumpkins are on the menu next weekend.
The double bit version is a bit more useful but it's pretty heavy for its size. By the time I get to that weight class, I am around the same mass a small axe with more leverage. However, it throws GREAT. When I get done throwing my competition axes for "serious business" I usually end my backyard session with a few lobs of that brute. It hits like a hammer of the gods and is just a lot of fun to obliterate stuff, ie decorative pumpkins are on the menu next weekend.