Tomahawk

>>31198418
Get a SOG

>>31198418
How are you even going to carry it? Just on your pack?

>>31198912
On my tac vest

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>>31198418
Winkler-Sayoc RnD Hawk

>>31198418
>conservative in color
Bullshit, cover that motherfucker in beads and feathers

Is that all you got /k/ ?

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RMJ Tactical

Have a tomahawk made from a guy in the states that I'm rather fond of, J&L cutlery. He put an excellent edge on it and the heat treat is well done.

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http://www.estwing.com/ao_leather_black_eagle_tomahawk.php

Pros:
>Cheap
>Nice Kabar-ish leather handle
>Steel shaft for prying stuff
>Beefy spike
>Estwing makes rock solid stuff

Also comes in blue, black, or desert.

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Helmforge tomahawk and knife.

https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-American-Hickory-Handle/dp/B0014BMBA6

Cut the handle to preferred length, strip the paint, engrave the wood with something personal, enjoy a nice throwing hawk with a handy hammerhead

>>31199092
looks nice and not tacticool

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>>31199092
>Winkler-Sayoc RnD Hawk
Damn he makes some nice stuff.

>>31198418
Not that I'm going to say you shouldn't buy one but:
>Called by my Army Comatives instructor- who helped create the whole
fucking comabitived program
>one of the dumbest things he's ever seen used
>seriously use make fun of guys with
Tomahawks on their kit like they had aspergers. Anyway, don't use a tomahawk because they're shit.

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Szabohawk

https://www.knifecenter.com/item/SPH01/spyderco-h01-szabohawk-tactical-tomahawk-11-88-inch-overall-d2-tool-steel-g10-handle-boltaron-sheath

>>31201396
FFS learn to greentext or don't bother. Trying to read your post made my brain hurt
>enter hilarious joke about my obvious mental disability here.....hurrr hurr, my sides are in orbit

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>>31198418
>tomahawk
>"as a nod to neighboring """first nation""" tribes"
>not a small axe
Git gud!

>>31201396

Main use of a tomahawk is a tool, not like you're planning to go toe to toe with a terrorist, knife to tomahawk. Your combatives instructor is going to laugh at me because I have a hatchet in my loadout? Fuck your combatives instructor. How's that?

What do you mean your unit is now allowing it?

Some peeps in my company had em every time we went in the field...

>>31199092
I didn't now until then I needed one in my life. This little thing is cute as all hell.

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nigga please.

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If you want a serious tool, don't get anything from SOG, United Cutlery, or Cold Steel. PLastic handles might be ok sometimes, but for military use you want a full steel handle. Wood handle is better for innawoods use as a light hatchet, but wood is obviously not as strong as steel.

>>31201412
The grind on that thing is meant for breaking things, not cutting. And it has a shit sheath. It's not even a sheath, just a blade cover. If you want to break up concrete all day, it would be great, but if you want it to be a more multi purpose tool, you'll have to regrind the head and get someone to do a custom sheath so you can carry it easily.

What's your budget OP?

As a basic entry hawk, go for a CRKT Kangee or Chogan. They're designed by RMJ and they have good kydex sheaths and are easily adapted to carry on a belt or on MOLLE.

If you want something bomb proof get a RMJ. They're the OGs when it comes to tactical tomahawks. They're expensive, but they cater to military first, and they'll make you happy.

Winkler makes some really nasty stuff as well. If you're ok with paying a little more than what a RMJ costs, he's your man. He also does them with a tapered tang, so they have a more weight-forward balance than most other full tang axes. So go for that if it's your thing.

There are tons of other guys out there making custom designs and stuff, but they cost around the same as a RMJ and you tend to have to wait a lot more to get it in your hands. Helm Forge is definitely a good maker though. His wait time is pretty short, and he has really good prices. And he does everything by hand, so any combination of features he can probably do for you if you get into contact with him.

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H A R C O R E H A R D W A R E

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M E D F O R D

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S T R I D E R

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>>31204465
>D2 for a tomahawk
Not the best choice. But they have functional designs... Even if one is a blatant rip off of RMJ's Eagle Talon, and the one you posted is a rip off of the Winkler Sayoc design.

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S P Y D E R C O

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R M J

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>>31201341
Have a tactical version then with a rubber/micarta handle.

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>>31204497
Unless they're branding them the same there's no rip off of things whose design has been around for centuries.

This thread is making me want to do a stalker challenge on MAXIMUM COWBOY mode.
>levergat
>revolver
>tomahawk
>Mexican/injun style blanket for a bedroll
What other supplies am I missing besides an actual horse (which I'm not including for obvious reasons)?

>>31204622
>no tactical sombrero
What the fuck are you even doing.

>>31204773
I live in the PNW. Sombreros would be useless and only snag on branches. I figure I'll use a baseball cap instead since modern cowboys and mexicans wear them.

>>31204622
Poncho and sombrero

>>31201371
>wearing a drug rug in a desert

Holy fuck,how?

>>31204622
Duster

>>31204822
>baseball cap, duster, revolver
This is turning into Dresden Files cosplay.

Why the fuck would you want to lug around that much weight for the off chance you get to do something stupid with it? Get a folding saw and a sharp knife; it'll do everything better and weigh less.

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>>31204874
It's an axe bro. It can do both the jobs of a knife and a saw, and some of the ones they can't. Wood handled tomahawks are the multi-tools of innawoods, and they don't weigh much. Around 1 pound. And the tacticool full tang ones are around two pounds, but they're meant more as breaching tools and last ditch weapons than for cutting wood.

>>31204874
Have you ever spent much time in the woods? Axes are VASTLY SUPERIOR for cutting through small branches, whether for bushwhacking, building shelters, or collecting firewood.

>>31204812
Deserts can get pretty cold, you know.

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go big or go home

>>31205136
>everyone talking about carry pistols
>HURF DURF GET AN FAL
This is you right now.

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>>31205144
>AN
>before a f

>>31205180
It works if you pronounce "F A L" as an acronym instead of rhyming with "pal."

>>31205180
>>31205190
Welcome to 4chan y'all

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>>31205190

>>31205059
Yes I have; backpacking. You don't need to bushwhack much when going off trail; you're expending more energy than just going through it (at least where I've been). If you are actually needing to bushwhack, a machete is likely better. The only thing that I'd rather have a hatchet for is splitting firewood, and you're not likely to be chopping down >4" thick trees anyway. To each their own. I didn't realize they were under 2lbs though, I thought they were heavier.

>>31200016
Come back a few years ago if you want quality threads.

>>31204832
I'm okay with this

So is it decided? Best full steel tang tomahawk?

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bump

>>31204832
Don't forget the skull, pentacle necklace, and blasting rod.

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>>31198418

I know stupid fuckers like you. You are the first to fall out of a unit ruck and as your "friends" walk past you they laugh. You helplessly look over your shit and the first thing you chuck is that useless piece of shit tomahawk.

All you need is a multi-tool. Your better off with pic related. You're not fucking mel gibson british raping patriot.

All of you stop this nonsense.

>>31198418
What to the rangers use?

>>31204345
So does he just put the rest of his rifle mags on his belt or something?

>>31198418
2cmbg which unit?

>>31208511
But what am i gonna use to dismember limbs for confirmed kills innacountry?

>>31201451
Used my buddy's Fiskars last night. The blade was a little short, and the handle was too hollow for my taste. It worked well, but the next morning the blade was fucked from me drunkenly missing swings and hitting rock. Big old chips were knocked out.

Any suggestions for a hand axe for camping?

How are these hawks for cutting firewood and bushcraft

>>31204465
Looks cool.

>>31204482
That looks sweet.


Any alternatives to the Gerber Downrange that aren't fucking $200?

>>31204345
Have fun hitting yourself in the pills with that every time you bend over

>>31208566
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHUNACCEPTABLE

>>31198418
CER?

>>31198418

Tomahawks are just hatchets/axes, why do we have to pretend that natives invented small axes?

>>31209282
If hes in Canada like I think he is its because our government will stop at nothing to placate natives

>>31208511

This.

Carrying a fucking tomahawk instead of the equivalent weight in water or ammunition, fucking idiots.

Get a SAK or Leatherman Wave and a coldsteel voyager XL clip point and call it good.

>>31209282
>>31209310
for the most part, natives stopped using tomahawks and began using hudson bay trade axes because they realized that they were way fucking better.

GRADUATE RANGER SCHOOL IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS AND YOU GET A SECOND TOMAHAWK FREE! YES FREE MOTHERFUCKER!

>>31209392
Weren't most tomahawks hollow and basically just pipes with a sharp side, or have I seen too many movies?

>>31209282
The Boston Tea Party was conducted by a bunch of New Englanders armed with tomahawks and disguised as natives. I suppose it's symbolic of "fuck monarchists" in the US.

>>31209372
Tomahawks are e tools for solo innawoods time. Bring a trowel and you're set on latrines.

>>31209080
>>31209080
dont smash rocks with it and a fiskar will be fine you mongoloid,husqvarna/condor hatchets are nice enough for the price ,then goes wetterlings/hultafor bruks and then gransfors bruks/autine at the top.

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>>31209798
>That is some weird wild stuff, I did not know that.
I think from the cool factor aside, they seem like a good tool to have backpacking or something where you may not want to carry a heavier or bulkier ax.

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Make your own

>>31204598
What brand is this?

>>31204598
With that logic ganzo knives wouldn't be rip offs because folders are old as fuck. Nevermind that they're specifically made to look like other brands

>>31198418
I bought and took one to Afghanistan BEFORE it was cool (or technically permitted).

>>31198703
Mine was a SOG

And people laughed until we used it to breach doors.

>>31211195
>a fiskar will be fine you mongoloid
Eh, idk about that. I used one a while back that's about to let go of the head because the polymer is damn near gone. It's fine for a suburbanite maybe.

>>31212365
Hardcore Hardware

>>31203038
gosh anon, that IS a thing of beauty

>>31204538
jenny wren? those are cute

>>31204608
i have the one benchmade made. it's heavy as fuck. kinda too heavy really

>>31214686
you have the forged version?

>>31215011
nah.. it's one of the earlier ones. it looks like it was cut from a thick slab

>>31204779
Kevlar sombrero, you dumb faggot.

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traumahawk for life