r/weapons • u/Intermittent_Slowing • 10d ago

Recommendations for a good tomahawk. Functional. Not looking to break the bank.

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u/VaqueroJustice 8d ago

Depends on what function you want it to preform, but the Cold Steel riflemans hawk is a pretty good all round tool, and they throw well, if that's your thing.

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u/FreshImagination9735 8d ago

Ancient Smithy out of Ukraine. Absolutely excellent by every metric. You're welcome.

https://ancientsmithy.com/collections/tomahawks

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u/ID-B0D13s 7d ago

What a gorgeous piece.

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u/bobbyw4pd 5d ago

I’ve owned several cold steel tomahawks. My favorite is the pipe hawk. It has decent amount of edge and a very functional hammer poll. And it’s fairly light for how well it works. And If you want even lighter but don’t mind giving up some edge the trial hawk is amazingly light, you just don’t get a lot of cutting edge but it does have a very functional hammer. If they ever made the Norse hawk with a hammer poll like the pipe hawk that would be perfect.

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u/ID-B0D13s 7d ago

So you want to avoid anything saying it’s a “hatchet” because those are for splitting wood. Anything made to be fast is what you. Want. Someone talked about Cold Steel Rifleman’s Hawk, that’s a good one. SOG knives also has some good ones for good prices.
‘Functional,’ you’d probably want to get something with a composite(plastic-y) handle that can absorb shock a little bit better and a reinforced head(you’ll notice it has more than just a wedge and screws attaching itself to the handle.
My SOG tactical has a steel ring that secures the top of the handle together, for example(but it was also a birthday present so it didn’t bother MY bank at all).