![]() The part about it that always struck me as funny was how it would be used as a weapon in a "military event" I don't mean what it could do, but more how it would be deployed.I was a grunt, so I know a little about carrying a rifle, and war gear.and I know how "easy" it was to remove this hawk from its sheath.(not so smooth, and fast). It did feel a bit thin, but never broke and i played with it for years. ![]() It was a fun little hawk, it was easy to stick and the handle held up fine. I had a "Vietnam tomahawk" I don't know who made it, can't even remember when or where I picked it up.or when it disappeared. That being said, in a fighting hawk, I can understand that a broken hawk head on the end of an intact handle might be more useful than an intact head with no handle! I feel that when abused, a wooden handle would break before the head sustained permanent damage, whereas I feel that a fiberglass or metal handle might, in some cases, be strong enough that the head breaks before the handle does. PS: Forgot to add, I had seen the Estwings tactical tomahawk, but to be honest I'm not convinced on the all-metal/full tang camp. In short, I think this hawk will hold up just fine - maybe I'll do some testing to see if it really is soldier proof! Just yesterday I had to tighten up the head of my rigging axe and the 2lb ball peen by tapping the wedges in further with a punch, and the cross peen was just seated deeper on the same handle. So:Ĭlick to expand.Sounds like a fun game, but I think I'd break my handle before anyone else did - I've never been a hawk thrower, but I was always able to throw a knife handle-firstįunnily enough, I've never actually broken a hammer handle - when I was a mechanic, the hammers got a hell of a time, and my cross peen hammer has been accidentally left in the sun (Chihuahuan desert sun) and just got a bit loose. Furthermore, a few of the pics I've seen of originals appear to have regular hammer-handles. Way too thin for my tastes and the total lack of mass at the bottom made the balance terrible. If the VTAC proportions are anything like the Cold Steel one, I'm very glad I did - the handle was tiny. I know synthetic is tougher, but I'm not a hawk thrower anyway. Well, anyway, I bought one - the cold steel version, as I wanted a wooden handle. I've never thought it looked like much of a woods tool, but as a grunt, I do have a fascination with the somewhat uniquely American weapon/tool that has been so ingrained in our military history, even before Independence. As such, there are two "genuine" Vietnam tomahawks currently in production - the ATC VTAC and the Cold Steel Vietnam Tomahawk - the former is a modern version with a synthetic handle (as I hear it, nigh indestructible) and the latter being wooden-handled, as the original. As I understand it, the company is owned by, but run separately from, Cold Steel. The company closed its doors in the 70s, and was reopened in the 2000s with Peter LaGana's approval. ![]() I'm not much familiar of the hard facts of its history (though I wouldn't mind being educated, if anyone's better acquainted) but the gist is that Peter LaGana founded the American Tomahawk Company in the 1960s to make tomahawks for American fighting men in the Vietnam war. Weight: 23.7 ounces.I think it's fair to say that most folks in the world of axes and knives are probably familiar in one way or another with the LaGana tomahawk. The 22.0" handle is made of straight grained American hickory which is unsurpassed for absorbing the shock of hard chopping. It's cutting edge is differentially heat treated. The Cold Steel Spike Hawk tomahawk has a 9.0 inch hawk length and 3.12 inch primary edge made of drop forged 1055 Carbon Steel. A superbly crafted leather sheath designed to safely house the point and edge is available and sold separately. Furthermore, the overall length of the of the hawk measures 9" across making it a wide, stiff platform that can be punched into an incoming weapon arm to momentarily stop its forward motion and immobilize it. To make matters even worse for an attacker, either end of the hawk can be used to hook or trap an opponent's weapon, neck, arm or leg, to control or manipulate the situation to one's advantage. With one highly effective edge and a long spike, it puts any adversary on the horns of a fierce dilemma: Face the edge in brutal chopping, cutting, slashing and gouging attacks, or risk getting huge deep holes punched in you by the fearsome spike. While it's certainly capable of performing utility chores, our Spike Hawk really excels when it's used as a weapon. ![]()
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