Tomahawk utility or specialize ?

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SLOW2RUN

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After visiting tomahawk forums .It seems to me that the tomahawk market is becoming less utility and more tactical or specialize for urban warfare, excluding the native American hawk collector's market. Anyone cares to guess what the future hawk market will demand from you?

For me, i love the utility type hawks that I see on this forum, but do wonder why the maker or the hawk buyers don't include a brier or vine cutter ,on the back of its head below the handle and blade, you just make a notch or half moon with a good edge that can cut the vine/brier when gagging the vine with the hawk head and pulling on its handle, this makes the hawk much better all around than a machete. Used in both Vietnam and Africa by natives. Also if one needs to saw wood, just drill a hole in your hawk just above its blade and the operator end
of its handle, add two bolts, nuts, a spacer for alinement, add a band saw blade and saw your wood when needed. Note native African or masters of the above mods . They make their Hawk/hatchets by forging the metal in a mud forge ,its just triangle shaped metal head ,when its red from the forge they push it into the handle, letting the red hot metal head burn its way through the handle, then they give it a edge and any mods the customer wants. Slow2run ,US Army SF ,4 years Vietnam and 5 long years Africa.
 
Steve Lilley of Coal Creek Forge here on the forum was making a model you should inquire about. He called it his Blackhawk enforcer. Instead of a straight spike it had a curved downward hook that was sharpened on the bottom edge allowing it to be used as you describe.
 
I have yet to see a modern 'tactical' tomahawk I like. Usually because they have short wee little stubby handles intended for use by Hobbit Spec Ops.
 
The reason I hate most "tactical" tomahawks is that they are noting but a slab of metal waterjetted from sheet stock with an edge ground on and some micarta screwed to it. IMO, there's way too much weight in the haft itself, due to the flat profile, and the fact that the scales only go up the haft about halfway, makes it really uncomfortable to choke up on for utility or combat purposes.

Then of course, there's the "Vietnam" hawks some companies make, that as mentioned, have shorty handles. Seems folks don't realise that you don't just swing a hawk as if it's a hatchet all the time.
 
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