CS hawks, do you end up owning all of them?

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Hi guys, I'm wondering if you can be happy with just one hawk or is it intended that we own all of them?

I had the trail hawk for a long time but I haven't used it often because I found I wanted a longer cutting edge.

Several months ago I bought the frontier hawk and I've been using it a lot more but I'm wishing it had the poll for hammering tent stakes.

...Feeling the need for a "tent stake hammer" I just ordered a pipe hawk. Like any of my 5 various framing hammers can't hammer tent stakes!

Is this the natural progress in hawk ownership or am I a victim of clever marketing? And why didn't I know to get the pipe hawk in the first place?

Thanks,
 
I've had them all other than the vietnam. My fav is the frontier followed by the pipe and spike then the trail which is a great thrower like the frontier then the norse and rifleman. I found the frontier generally the most useful.

Fun hawks for a great price.

Regards

Robin
 
I currently own 2 of the Trail Hawks (one cut short and the other left longer at 19") and I love them both. Just recently bought the spike hawk and while it's a fun "zombie killer" I doubt I'll give it much serious woods time. The spike to me serves very little practical purpose for the bother and risk of having it there. I would like to eventually get the frontier hawk as it gives me the larger cutting area but keeps the weight down. Out of all of them the Rifleman hawk is one I will likely never own. Just way too heavy for my tastes. The lighter weight is one of those things that draws me to tomahawks in the first place.

Good thing is that at the price, even with doing a bit of work to make them better, they're still a great deal and won't break the bank to own more than one.

Charlie
 
After looking at the fantastic work in the stickied thread about the Trail Hawk, I decided I needed a Pipe Hawk. A night later, I saw some ridiculous prices on Amazon for the Viking, Spike, and Rifleman's Hawk. So yes, they're very addicting and I sincerely doubt you'll be able to settle for one of them :p
 
I have the CS trench hawk, then I bought a second one. Been thinken of picken up their spike hawk or trail hawk. The spike on the trench hawk is very useful around camp, works great as a pickaroon and aids in brewing my coffee.

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I just got my first Hawk. A CS pipe hawk. not had it very long but already love it. I like the looks of the Trench hawk above. May have to start looking around for one of those.
 
It is almost impossible to own only one. You will definitely eventually have your favorites according to what your uses are. I have had all of them. The Vietnam Hawk is my least favorite followed by the Rifleman Hawk. The Trail Hawk and the Spike Hawk seem to be my go to hawks.

Howard
 
Trail, Pipe, Frontier, and Spike.

TH is really the only one I carry and use, but they're fun to mod so I kept going. Also served as great pieces to practice file work on.

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My current favorite is the Spike Hawk. It can fancied up into something historical looking, elegant and wicked, all at the same time.
 
I have or had norse, trail, frontier, rifleman's and spike, Rifleman's hawk< i think is to heavy, sold it at a yard sale, guy want to see something else, showed him the trailhawk and priced it, he said I'll take it too. crap need another trail hawk.

trenchhawk looks fun seen a vid or two on them, might make a good all around beater.

They all work pretty good. But I am, 6" 8" and big boned and think the rifleman;s hawk get heavy after a while.
 
Wolf_1989 said:
My current favorite is the Spike Hawk. It can fancied up into something historical looking, elegant and wicked, all at the same time.
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it is a pretty good tool, if you need a hatchet chops well and if you need to dig, it will grub things right up, just another use for spike(pick) be handy on a trap line, digging roots.
 
omniviking said:
it is a pretty good tool, if you need a hatchet chops well and if you need to dig, it will grub things right up, just another use for spike(pick) be handy on a trap line, digging roots.
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The spike is also a good handle when using the bit as a scraper.
 
I got the pipe hawk in todays mail and I'm already mod'ing it. I melted/rounded all the hard edges, flaired the big hole for the handle and now it's sitting in tub of orange paint stripper.

I stabbed my thumb with it and left a big drop of blood on my floor...ouch!

I tried chopping a small branch and it chops better than my FH. The extra few ounces make it so. I think this might be the most versatile hawk CS makes.
 
Bought a trail hawk recently. It replaced the large kinfe. So my current combo is Trail hawk an F1.
I'm prefering the light models , so I guess I stick with the TH.
 
ml100 said:
Bought a trail hawk recently. It replaced the large kinfe. So my current combo is Trail hawk an F1.
I'm prefering the light models , so I guess I stick with the TH.
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I now have the Trail, Frontier and Pipe hawks and I rank the Trail hawk last. If it had a longer cutting edge it would be better. I think if they offered it with a 3" edge it would be everyone favorite as it is now it leaves me "wanting" which is why I bought the other two hawks.
 
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