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Tomahawks have altogether been in the background when it comes to disucssions regarding "Tactical" functionality or design in bladeware.
Among the chief complaints from the Tomahawk owner and user, several include references to the handle..."gets loose on the head, can break easily, too thin, too beefy, feels unbalanced, I wish more material were here and less here"...and so forth. I personally, have uttered all of these complaints about my Tomahawks...the ones I own, as well as the ones we make here at American Tomahawk Company.
Our Next Generation handle addresses many of these issues. While it probably won't be "everything to everybody", it should be a solution to a problem for many, many Tomahawk owners.
First, when dealing with any handle material, even on a knife, the business of too smooth vs. too rough, too hard vs. too soft, etc., is an age old debate.
Our selection of Acetal with a particular innate durometer from its manufacturing process, allows for unprecedented strength when it is mounted to the head...but it doesn't "feel" like your holding something as hard as a diamond. In fact, because it "gives" just a little, it insulates the user from a great deal of hand shock on a chop. I call it the "Mercedes" of Tomahawk handles. Hope Mr. Daimler doesn't get offended!
Then, texturing the handle also improves the experience of comfort, as well as retention in use...
Here is a close up pic of a knurled and hatched Next Generation
Vietnam Tomahawk handle, next to our current hickory handle for same.
As pictured, the tapers of both handles, are virtually identical.
Here is another, showing the deep hatching on the flats, which in NO way impress themselves as uncomfortable in a bare hand.
The flats get wider on a taper, because the handle gets thinner side to side, on its way up to the head...just like our hickory handle.
Peter LaGana was very particular about the handle on the original Vietnam Tomahawk, and our responsibility was to get the dimensions and weight nearly identical...which we did. There is virtually no difference in dimension or weight with this new handle.
More on handles soon!
Among the chief complaints from the Tomahawk owner and user, several include references to the handle..."gets loose on the head, can break easily, too thin, too beefy, feels unbalanced, I wish more material were here and less here"...and so forth. I personally, have uttered all of these complaints about my Tomahawks...the ones I own, as well as the ones we make here at American Tomahawk Company.
Our Next Generation handle addresses many of these issues. While it probably won't be "everything to everybody", it should be a solution to a problem for many, many Tomahawk owners.
First, when dealing with any handle material, even on a knife, the business of too smooth vs. too rough, too hard vs. too soft, etc., is an age old debate.
Our selection of Acetal with a particular innate durometer from its manufacturing process, allows for unprecedented strength when it is mounted to the head...but it doesn't "feel" like your holding something as hard as a diamond. In fact, because it "gives" just a little, it insulates the user from a great deal of hand shock on a chop. I call it the "Mercedes" of Tomahawk handles. Hope Mr. Daimler doesn't get offended!
Then, texturing the handle also improves the experience of comfort, as well as retention in use...
Here is a close up pic of a knurled and hatched Next Generation
Vietnam Tomahawk handle, next to our current hickory handle for same.
As pictured, the tapers of both handles, are virtually identical.
Here is another, showing the deep hatching on the flats, which in NO way impress themselves as uncomfortable in a bare hand.
The flats get wider on a taper, because the handle gets thinner side to side, on its way up to the head...just like our hickory handle.
Peter LaGana was very particular about the handle on the original Vietnam Tomahawk, and our responsibility was to get the dimensions and weight nearly identical...which we did. There is virtually no difference in dimension or weight with this new handle.
More on handles soon!
