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@guvnor, running the scales all the up increases number grips. Glass filled nylon is pretty dang tough.
@Steverino @thegadgetnut
. And, def check y'tubes testing. Mos def kit-worthy. Great drop!
I'd be highly weary of cutting the seatbelt off someone with a tomahawk(unless left with no choice), considering the spike on the opposite end and the long handle beneath your hand that can get caught on things while in a tight space like the inside of a vehicle. Not to mention the Kangee has the entire top of the head sharpened.
Most people would use a small knife to cut off a seatbelt. If you have a tomahawk handy but not a small knife, it's probably time to rethink priorities lol.
Perhaps it's all my time training Filipino Martial Arts, where tools are adapted to need rather than the other way around, that informs my thinking. Or maybe it's my 20 years as a chef where I spent at least 4 hours a day using a knife, but I find a cutting edge is a cutting edge and my job is to control it and adapt it to a given need, something I've done in a lot of contexts over the years.
I'm not trying to make it sound like this tomahawk won't function for the purposes it's meant for, but for the purposes it's meant for I don't think it's optimal and there are better choices for around the same price. The good news is that I'm sure the tomahawk will still work fine(or better) if the scales do break near the top.
All I'm saying is if that's true, people are quite justified testing them out on wood processing, etc. since that is apparently the intent.
"I designed this hawk to be an entry/exit tool and also a close quarters combat weapon."
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You can still use these for bushcrafting if that's what you have on you, but I've tried several tomahawk designs while camping and they simply don't do very well. Any tool can be used for any purpose, but it's common sense that tools work much better for tasks they're designed for.
I think the only realistic reason why anyone would wear this in the woods and look ridiculous is they thought it was "tacticool" and wanted to live out their Walking Dead fantasies.
I'm buying a couple, one is intended as a gift for someone who likes gadgets and probably won't be "used" beyond being stowed in a truck, the other I want to take the scales off of and play around with, these being SK-5 steel I bet it can be sharpened pretty well. Granted that's extremely silly to buy something just to sharpen/customize it for personal amusement but there you go. If most of the buyers of this thing were being honest that's probably exactly what they're doing with it too.
Honestly the best small axe I've ever had is an old hatchet from an Ace Hardware store, can't even remember the brand. I'm sure a Wetterlings/Gransfors Bruks (the one that's really expensive I forget which...) axe is better but as a city boy I don't process wood regularly.
And if I want to play "Walking Dead" I've got a HI kukri I chop fruit with XD That would probably be better than any hatchet or tomahawk, even dull.
I still do think this tomahawk will function fine as a tool as intended and my complaints about the scales in the overall picture is minor.
I used my HI CAK in the woods a few times and it functioned fine lol. I found out the traditional sheath isn't really ideal for carry though - the brass tip on the sheath would occasionally dig into the back of my calf or ankle as I went to crouch. I retired it as a display because the whole setup kinda sucks when it starts raining.