Tomahawks For Beginners

[win70]

 

[win70]

http://photobucket.com/

 

[win70]

 

[upnorth]

Nice collection there win70. I just gave a Buck 119 to a woman. Female hunters are few and far between around here, so I figure she earned it. I really like how you set up your hawks. Good looking, no frills, working man units. I appreciate the more embellished hawks also, but tend to lean toward the simpler, functional mods.

 

[win70]

Thanks, I'm not a hawk fanatic, but was just in need of a small chopping tool so I got these and just made them a little more user friendly. Thanks again..........

 

[Thorsmitersaw]

what do you guys think of these tomahawks here: http://www.americantomahawk.com/products/cqc-t.htm

I have been really interested in learning to use a tomahawk but seem to keep asking myself: why? Is it practical for defense? It seems to me with reality taken into account that a tomahawk is not as practical to carry as a fixed blade knife in any case. Or am I dead wrong?

 

[reveler]

jay mack, do you happen to be a member on ATZ?

 

[C_Kyle]

I thought I'd add to this post. I recently commissioned a custom 'hawk from Fort Turner; but I just found these Great River Forge 'hawks:

www.greatriverforge.com

I really like the look of this one, and it is very similar to what I'm having Dana craft for me.

 

[Nord]

I thought I'd add to this post. I recently commissioned a custom 'hawk from Fort Turner; but I just found these Great River Forge 'hawks:

www.greatriverforge.com

I really like the look of this one, and it is very similar to what I'm having Dana craft for me.

That looks nice, the head looks almost like a cross between a classic tomahawk and a viking battle axe, even if such a battle axe is much larger of course.

 

[upnorth]

I used my CS Rifleman hawk to build an emergency shelter today. It took me about 20-30 minutes. I found a sheltered spot off the shoreline with mixed sized evergreen and poplars. I hacked two decent sized evergreens then pushed, snaped them toward each other and continued to make a lean to with diff. sized trees. I put some in upside down to fill holes. It came out as a semi circular tee pee type structure. At one point the two main trees started to sag under weight so I shored them up with V cut branches on some poplar that I chopped down and anchored them at the entrance leaning toward the center. I dug the snow out of the center and pushed the snow up around the bottom inner and outer edge. Then I filled the inside with evergreen boughs. Conclusions: This shelter is easy and fast to construct. You do not need para cord to secure the main structure, although it would be handy. I need to drill a hole in my hawk handle to secure it, as it shot out of my hand twice while tree snow fell on me and made the handle slippery. I need to have a dark, light ring pattern on my hawk handle to see it in the snow or forest ground. My seemingly secure hawk head that I roughly refitted needs more work, as it loosened a bit. My white Canadian military nylon snow camo jacket and pants stopped me from getting wet from falling snow and basicly worked as a snow, rain suit. My hawk is only so,so sharp, could be better. I made sure that I picked my spot well. I had a reasonably sheltered, well wooded area with trees of diff. sizes. This was important for filling the gaps in my structure. I might go back and try to start a fire in front of the shelter, but I dont think I need to. I have started fires in the snow on worse days than today. It was around -18 with a light wind. I was sweating a little actually as I was hunting so i had to slow my pace.