I'm first!!!!!!! Whats your favorite Hawk or axe?

I second Paul's opinion on the Norlund "Hudson bay' style. Light enough to make a good thrower. tough enough to handle whatever you throw at it or it at.Old enough to have classic trade axe lines but not so old that you wouldn't want to throw it at anything like my true favorite.

However, my all time fav is a little number knocked out about 1750 with a sqaire spike and a very compact, thick blade that if you were to wing it at someone however it hit would "ruin their day" click on the line below and look at the top spike axe in the "Skull hammer" pic to check it out.

http://members.tripod.com/tomahawks-r-tatca/id35.htm



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Here's a pic of my current favorite, its shaving sharp and wicked. The pic is borrowed from the Fox site.
 
Thanks for sharing the pic of those old "skull hammers", Tim. Interesting expression too. ;) I can see how you'd be reluctant to throw something that has survived for over 250 years.
 
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At the moment, my favorite axe is this un-numbered axe made by Buck Knives. Pre 1960, Pre factory. All handmade at the Morena house (possibly by Hoyt himself). The Lucite handle made to resemble stacked scales. 17 0Zs. Part of a two piece set. The other piece is a feather light (2.85oz) scalpel sharp, early 118 skinner with matching handle. For Surgeons only. I'm in łove with this thing.

I'll never dare throw it, though.

When it comes to throwing, I'm a knife guy. As you know, in order to fully participate at knife throwing competitions, one must have and throw some hawks. Since axe and tomahawk throwing was obligatory, I've always gone with self-modified CS Norse Hawks. The Cold Steel Norse Hawk is by far the best hawk (with a couple modifications) for the passive or reluctant hawk thrower who doesn't care to spend a bunch of money and time on tomahawks.
 
At the moment, my favorite axe is this un-numbered axe made by Buck Knives. Pre 1960, Pre factory. All handmade at the Morena house (possibly by Hoyt himself). The Lucite handle made to resemble stacked scales. 17 0Zs. Part of a two piece set. The other piece is a feather light (2.85oz) scalpel sharp, early 118 skinner with matching handle. For Surgeons only. I'm in łove with this thing.

I'll never dare throw it, though.

When it comes to throwing, I'm a knife guy. As you know, in order to fully participate at knife throwing competitions, one must have and throw some hawks. Since axe and tomahawk throwing was obligatory, I've always gone with self-modified CS Norse Hawks. The Cold Steel Norse Hawk is by far the best hawk (with a couple modifications) for the passive or reluctant hawk thrower who doesn't care to spend a bunch of money and time on tomahawks.
 
Teddakine said:
At the moment, my favorite axe is this un-numbered axe made by Buck Knives. Pre 1960, Pre factory. All handmade at the Morena house (possibly by Hoyt himself). The Lucite handle made to resemble stacked scales. 17 0Zs. Part of a two piece set. The other piece is a feather light (2.85oz) scalpel sharp, early 118 skinner with matching handle. For Surgeons only. I'm in łove with this thing.

I'll never dare throw it, though.

When it comes to throwing, I'm a knife guy. As you know, in order to fully participate at knife throwing competitions, one must have and throw some hawks. Since axe and tomahawk throwing was obligatory, I've always gone with self-modified CS Norse Hawks. The Cold Steel Norse Hawk is by far the best hawk (with a couple modifications) for the passive or reluctant hawk thrower who doesn't care to spend a bunch of money and time on tomahawks.
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At the moment, my favorite axe is this un-numbered axe made by Buck Knives. Pre 1960, Pre factory. All handmade at the Morena house (possibly by Hoyt himself). The Lucite handle made to resemble stacked scales. 17 0Zs. Part of a two piece set. The other piece is a feather light (2.85oz) scalpel sharp, early 118 skinner with matching handle. For Surgeons only. I'm in łove with this thing.

I'll never dare throw it, though.

When it comes to throwing, I'm a knife guy. As you know, in order to fully participate at knife throwing competitions, one must have and throw some hawks. Since axe and tomahawk throwing was obligatory, I've always gone with self-modified CS Norse Hawks. The Cold Steel Norse Hawk is by far the best hawk (with a couple modifications) for the passive or reluctant hawk thrower who doesn't care to spend a bunch of money and time on tomahawks.
 
Nice! The original thread became a corpse pretty quickly though. Seems like we should do something to save the very first ever thread.
 
Hoplophile said:
I really like the utility Viking axes. Not the hugungous D&D double bladed Conan types. Just a working Norse profile blade with a small flat for hammering on the back. I used to see bunches from several US blacksmiths back in the '90's, but now the only thing I can find are from Atlanta Cutlery's "factory" in India.
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Check out the crkt freyr and atc model 2
 
Dave Wenger is responsible for that one 👍. Wenger blades “Loki” ( and pilot knife ).
 
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