Review: Norse VecHawk

[ADRENJUNKY]

When I received the hawk I was completely taken aback. I have a Norse hawk from Cold Steel that I have always liked. There has never been a trip out into the woods that I haven’t had it out for both play and work. It has been my general camp ax for the past five + years. Going to the BWCA, AT trail, hunting and fishing all over Michigan it has always been by my side. When Mike(Vector001) brought the idea up at an upgraded hawk I was intrigued, so I placed my order. When it arrived I was very, surprised. When I opened the box I was expecting a Norse hawk with a little tougher handle, and this was no where near what I got. I got and much improved hawk that has almost no ties to the CS version. It was better in every way! The balance of the hawk is exceptional. When you pick it up it screams at you to chop something or throw it.

So well I had to listen to it. The first test was to go outback and chop through a six inch oak log. The performance was great the balance of the head leads to very powerful chops.

The other thing that the balance lends itself to is throwing. It is pure joy to throw. Also the shape of the handle, the flat front, I find helps to make it very easy to throw accurately. Well enough of this I am heading back out to go have more fun with it.

Special thanks to Rick at Wildertools for the head cover.

You can reach Mike (Vector001) at this site.

 

[Robert H]

Great review!

 

[ADRENJUNKY]

Thank you!

 

[Daniel L]

Nice - what is the shape of the handle cross section then? Are you saying it's sort of a rounded rectange or more oval?

 

[ADRENJUNKY]

Kinda looks like this

 

[vector001]

thanks, brother adrenjunky!

great review.

i will post some pictures of the cross section later - my server seems to be taking it in the shorts this morning - probably due to national weather - :thumbdn:

there's an itty-bitty picture of the cross-section of brother adrenjunky's hawk down in my signature.


the Cross Section was developed to give human hands of different sizes a good hold, in a loose hand.

the Cowled Steel Ring in the Butt is to give more effective handle length than with a thru-hole - and it also allows a user to throw the hawk from the end of the unit while using a lanyard (without more risk of entanglement - as in a hasty throw - read; Bear, Flying Monkeys, Zombies, etc .......)

i ran around handing different contours to kids, wives and dogs - even Marines (Semper Fi, brothers!) - for a long time before i started figuring out what a good handle for multiple hands has as its basic elements.

it takes a little getting use to for some folks, but we have made a lot of our investors into handle snobs so far, with the Gen 1 style handles.

our hawks are constantly under development and we back all our stuff with Happiness Guarantees, ...so ya never have to worry if it is going to be right for you or not, like with other products.


HTH, and thanks for your consideration, fellow-babies.

vec

 

[vector001]

to answer our kiwi-brother's question of cross-sections on the Gen 1 line...;

the Gen 1 handles are flat on the bit side, and rounded on the opposite side, with slab sides - very forgiving on the hand with our composite recipe, while increasing control.

the corners of the flat side are radiussed enough to make them comfortable, ...but sharp enough to make the handle itself a formidable weapon for splitting cheeks, breaking bones, or just giving an unwelcome canine in your camp a shot across the nose that they will never forget - and much stronger than a good hickory stick, without a weight penalty.


in practice, the intent of this handle cross-section gives greater control for micro-corrections during a swing, which also allows indexing - so you will always know where your hand is, and which direction the bit or poll is oriented to you.

1000 Denier Cordura adds durable grip, and lowers the noise signature of the hawk.

fear no wood.



i really like laying my whole thumb along the flat side, which contains the Strike Plate (which acts as a redundant support structure if the handle gets into some sword play, etc.) - it makes this style hawk (with the Trail Hawk head) into sort of a hybrid tack hammer and framing hammer - i want to build a cabin with one of these babies to see how they do.

thanks again for looking,

vec