Between a hawk and a hard place .

[Kevin the grey]

Just as there are many ways to skin a cat there are many ways to build a hawk . I,m not an expert or even an amateur . I have chopped enough firewood and have learned enough about throwing hawks to say there can be a vast difference between the construction of an axe designed to chop wood and a hawk designed to be thrown and can serve for light camp duties .Unless a hawk is poorly made it will serve to chop kindling and if designed for it will bang in your tent pegs and sundry small tasks around camp . I think there are some of us who want a hawk to do it all . I know I do . Iwould like one chopping/throwing hawk that will split half a cord of fire wood every time I go camping and still look brand new . I think in reality with a few exceptions this is not the case . I know there are some exceptional hawk makers out there and in truth I do not do them justice here . The average hawk we see for sale is cast or forged using a method that will make an adequate hawk for the price . The best hawk I saw for the money uses a method that produced hawks cheaply for trade . I think that this proves if care is taken even an inexpensive hawk will do the task it was designed for . I think that an axe in camp and a hawk on your belt is the best way to go for the most of us . It will help to get the most out of the time we spend in the woods .

 

[deserthawk]

so true, we all want that folder that will cut cheese, skin a bear, survive a batoning through a redwood tree and still look good at the end of the weekend. it don't work that way, use the right tool for the right job. it's not a good thing to break your primary tool when out in the dirt. axe and hawk together is good. and heck ya might as well back them up with a big blade too. can't have too many sharp and pointy objects around eh?
i'm glad you mentioned cast or forged heads, been wondering something and will put it up as a new post, so not to hijack this one. thanks...

dhawk