Thoughts on the War Hawk and Trench Hawk?

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DangerZone98

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It seems both these hawks are geared towards “tactical” or breaching purposes, but are they any good in the outdoors, for wood processing and such? Are these hawks something practical in to include in the emergency bag or bug out truck?

Thanks folks.
 
I have a trench hawk. not really great for wood processing. it could in limited use, but I'd pick a trail boss axe over it everytime. I have one of those too. it's a great overall axe. it would be far more useful for what your describing.
 
I agree highly with jbmonkey
I do LOTS of outside wood cutting
swinging a trench hawk with the sharp point coming back at you is not safe.
the blade is also not shaped as well as to use with a lot of wood cutting as the boss
I would love to see a trail boss with a plastic handle
The hawks handles are GREAT the blade for wood cutting could be improved
How about a combo boss hawk???
 
Thanks for the input folks. Much appreciated. I’m not too crazy about the back spike as well. I would’ve preferred a hammer side for more utility.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Thanks for the input folks. Much appreciated. I’m not too crazy about the back spike as well. I would’ve preferred a hammer side for more utility.
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yes Sir.

take a look at the trail and pipe hawks. both have hardened hammers on backsides. may fit your wants a bit.
 
I have a trench hawk. I like it for it's novelty. It has a great, super-safe plastic sheath.
Tactically, it's pretty unwieldy, and the spike makes me nervous.
I use the trail boss in the yard, and its great. I love a smallish axe.
 
jbmonkey said:
I have a trench hawk. not really great for wood processing. it could in limited use, but I'd pick a trail boss axe over it everytime. I have one of those too. it's a great overall axe. it would be far more useful for what your describing.
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Thank you. I have too many axes and hatchets as it is already. Although tempting, I saw weight concerns in the past for the trench hawk also. If I had less tools like this, then maybe I could justify it.
 
Pipe or Hudson Bay hawk for woodsy tasks. If you have to have an offensive spike, I think the spike hawk would be more of an all-around tool than the plastic handled hawks.
 
These are the only C.S. hawks that I own. The Frontier (longer handle), is very light weight and and a fast swinger if that is a concern of yours. The shorter stubbier hawk is a Rifleman. It had a hammer head on the back that I sawed and ground off. I use the Rifleman for heavier chopping. After the modifications, the Rifleman looked and felt much closer to a 1700's fur trade belt axe head that I found years back while metal detecting. I moved on to axes and hatchets, but I still like these two. I might get a Hudson's Bay hawk, but I barely use half of what I already have.
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