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Miles612

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I was interested in buying a fort turner and was wondering which one I should get. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you.
 
Though I don't know much about the Fort Turner hawks, I can help out:

What do you want to use it for?
 
just for collection im starting up maybe throw it with my buddies a couple times. Possibly chop wood.
 
Or if anyone can help me after that, I was also going to get another CS hawk, should I get the trail norse or rifleman?
 
I have a Ft. Turner Camp Hawk. Excellent work and craftsmanship. The hammer poll is useful for pounding nails and tent pegs. I've seen and fingered the Roger's rangers hawk and that is next on my list.

Trail Hawk is a good beater. Lot's of guys cutomize them. Search the threads here. Rifleman's Hawk if very heavy. It's like a large hawk with a hammer attached. I got on for my 10 year old son. He likes it, I'd choose a good hatchet over it. No experience with the Norse hawk.
 
In the "way cheap" market, Cold Steel's Frontier Hawk is good. They're tough, light, inexpensive. You'll want to re-work the edge, which comes dead dull, and I like sanding off the paint, convexing the edge, bluing the steel, and staining the handle to a real wood color. They're about 18 bucks plus shipping via eBay, etc.

For high quality, hand-forged tomahawks, it's hard to beat H & B Forge. They'll sell you a full-sized, hand-forged-in-Ohio 'hawk (try their Shawnee, whcih is their classic version), with the head made by forge-welding a hard, high-carbon cutting bit into the softer steel that makes up the rest of the head. I hear these are a bit thicker than the Fort Turner 'hawks, but the quality is great. They'll set you back maybe 40-50 bucks.

I'd stay away from the CS Rifleman's 'hawk--as mentioned above, it is hugely heavy.
 
I would get a FT with a hammer poll as it will do more jobs for you with just 1 tool. I have a custom made Iroquois with the hammer poll on it from Dana. blutck
 
anyone have any experience with the FT Iroquois? thinking about trying one, hows the edge/thickness on ft hawks?
 
I have an Iroquois I custom ordered with a hammer poll. Dollar for dollar, you cannot beat a FT. JMO Blutck.

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Can the fort turner hammer pole hawks be used for throwing or are they just for camp chores like chopping wood and hammering tent pegs?
 
My favorite throwing hawks are FT camp hawks. I actually prefer them over the FT Buck hawk. I've been waiting patiently for an Iroquois hawk with a hammer poll to arrive. I guess Dana must be very busy. I wish it would get here so I can start throwing it.
 
No. The handles are as shipped (14" & 18"). The yellow ruler is 12" long. The bottom hawk is one of Dana's "Pup" hawks. I wanted a small light weight hawk to fasten to my back quiver for setting up ground blinds, helping in field dressing, ect. Blutck.
 
Miles612,

Thanks for starting this thread. I've been wanting to get a hammer pole hawk for a long time, I already own a vtac (great to use against zombie hordes and as a breaching tool) but I wanted a more practicle hawk for camp work. After reading the advice from the people in this thread (thanks guys) and researching the companies mentioned in this thread, and some that wern't I ordered a camp hawk and a trapper hawk from fort turner:) and when money permits I may eventually order his rogers' rangers hawk.
 
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