Any tomahawk users here?

[Gunzilla]

What is it about a tomahawk that coaxed you into buying one?.....and did you go with a high-end hawk or a low-end hawk....tactical or utilitarian?

Here's my 2 Hawks War Beast shortly after buying it a couple years ago, it doesn't look this nice now. (excuse the Serpa POS, it's since been replaced with a Safariland rig...as has the 1911 Frankengun with a DW Valor):

[Kain]

I like tomahawks, have one myself and as far as a fighting tool I think they are very neat. That said the fact that they are hard to carry and with most sheaths a pain in the ass to deploy quickly compared to a knife tends to reduce it as far as a fighting tool in many minds.

I personally have a SOG Fast Hawk that a friend gave me for christmas a year back. He bought one for himself as well. We then took and stippled the handles and painted them, he went tan and brown, I went OD green and Brown. I like it a lot, will invest in a higher end one down the road I am sure, really like the Emerson hawk I have handled that a friend of mine has.

[CoryCop25]

I have a cheap tomahawk in my gear bag. My co workers were rolling their eyes when they saw it. I had a crash where the driver died of a massive heart attack while driving and the vehicle went into the creek. Well, if it wasn't for the tomahawk, we wouldn't have been able to get the body out of the creek. It's a very useful tool.

[Frank207]

On a lighter note: At camp, instead of throwing horseshoes we throw tomahawks. Very entertaining after several rounds of beers.

[sn8kedoc]

Nice war beast, I've been thinking about getting one myself. That is after i get my Winkler combat axe and Sayoc.

[theblackknight]

On a lighter note: At camp, instead of throwing horseshoes we throw tomahawks. Very entertaining after several rounds of beers.

Best post ever. Thanks for braving the on coming safety nazis.

sent from mah gun,using my sights

[Ready.Fire.Aim]

On a lighter note: At camp, instead of throwing horseshoes we throw tomahawks. Very entertaining after several rounds of beers.

LOL, brings back memories? When I was a kid we used to throw roofing hatchets at a tree . We were imitating Walt Disney's Davey Crocket show.
Great fun--Until my buddy took two turns in a row. His little brother got pissed, and decided it was fair game to hit him with the hatchet; he threw the hatchet and hit his brother in the back as he ran off, just bruised him.
Of course we all ran, hid, and watched as his mom came out in the yard with a belt and whipped the dickens out of both of them, just for being stupid. And we never played that game at their house again. Growing up in the 1960s was great.

I think of that day every time I see a " tactical tomahawk"

Have fun,
RFA

[panzerr]

Yep, I'm a hawk user.

Circa 20006

[lunchbox]

I will use a the ol' T-hawk in a wilderness setting on occasion. Have yet to bag anything with it (always have gun close by). As far as type, I guess its "Traditional"..I got it from the local blacksmith, I might have to get him to bang me out a tacti-cool one.

[ap1220]

I've always wanted one and have been seriously looking at them for the past 6 months or so. I've always been into martial weapons of all types and from all over the world(swords, polearms, axes) and time(ancient, medieval, all the way up to modern).

Something about the Tomahawk in particular always drew me to it though, possibly(and probably), because it's truely an "American", martial weapon. Yes there have been one handed axes in the past but something about that sleek wood and wicked metal blade just calls to me.

Been looking at the Ft. Turner http://www.fortturner.com/store/index.htm 'hawks but somehow I never saw these ones. I'm liking that Warbeast now thanks for more options lol.