Hawk handle length?

I know that bows are made to accomadate the "length of draw" of a person, but how about the tomahawk?
Is there a "rule of thumb" or formula based on the physical size of the thrower for an ideal handle length?
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Have the hawks started to ship yet?

THUNK

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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington
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This is a good question Ron. BTW...the Hawks will be shipping late this weekend or early next week.

We have found that handles longer than 20" afford great leverage for chopping and cutting, but put the thrower further from the target, and reduce control in a throw.

The best combination of good distance to target, chopping/cutting leverage, and control in throwing is a handle between 16 to 19". What is nice about our hickory handles is that they can be cut down by the owner from the bottom, to allow "customized" flight characteristics for your personal throwing style.

This method is totally used by most Mountain Man Rendezvous Reenactors, who throw regularly, have a developed throwing style, and want to establish a distance to target within contest guidelines that afford them the most accuracy.

Peter LaGana's handles on the original Vietnam Tomahawk were 14", as they had to be small enough for the equipment harnesses of servicemen, but the head was light enough to still give the Hawk good flight characteristics with such a short handle.




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Andy Prisco,
Co-Founder, Manager
American Tomahawk Company
877-557-5200
http://www.americantomahawk.com
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Thanks, Andy. Looking forward to getting my hands on mine......THUNK,THUNK, THUNK!
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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington
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One method I have seen at a few blackpowder shoots is to cut the handle to the same length as your arm from the elbow to finger tips. On my arm this works out to about 19". This should be a good starting point for most people, its just real hard putting back on that inch or two of wood for those two or three people out of a hundred that it doesn't work for.
 
Leef;
Thanks for the tip, this would make my size about 16 1/2" to 17" as measured frome the tip of my middle finger to the inside of my elbow. Think I will start with the full length and then cut a little be at a time to see if it make a difference for me.
HAVE TO GET MY HAWK FIRST!!!...Andy
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