Estwing Tomahawk: Field Test and Review

[@Riverbugger]

Hey Dan. Good food for thought and a great reminder. We’re not always in a woods. Great urban tool for sure !! Thanks for sharing!!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thanks once again! I really had fun with this. Makes me curious about testing other tools I normally wouldn't use.

[@James-ke5sx]

I'm a retired carpenter. They are good for demolition work before you start re-building especially when you only need to do small areas and not major demolition. Pointed side can break bricks or pull out the motar between the bricks or just digging.

[@starlingblack814]

I'm a big fan of the tomakawk. Lighter weight than a hatchet, makes a better weapon than an axe, and for any choir I do backpacking don't generally need an axe or its weight. Thanks Dan for another interesting video.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you, greatly appreciated!

[@docsavage9773]

Nice review Dan. Practical, informative, and interesting. Thank you

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you for watching!

[@optimumperformance]

I’ve sharpened and has very good edge

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

Last year I bought my oldest son the double bit version of this and it is an amazingly good bush tool. We really hadn't expected that.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

I've been wondering about that. My Grandfather spent months at a time in the mountains trapping, and carried a double bit hatchet with him. I may have to try one out.

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

@@ochocobushcraft1742 IMHO it is worth it. Doesn't really have a fine carving edge out of the box (more like a rooting axe) but is easy to work over the way you like.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

@@turtlewolfpack6061 Thank you!

[@blackhawkbushcraft]

Great discussion and content as always, Dan👍 Urban survival/emergency is a very real and likely scenario to be caused by either manmade or natural disruptions/disasters-far more likely for most folks than wilderness survival situations. Folks should really think about and plan for likely urban situations, including having tools and utilizing resources as you’ve pointed out.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you! It was definitely a different way of thinking for me. The woods are my backyard, but for most people, cities and suburbs are far more common.

[@blackhawkbushcraft]

Looks like a pretty awesome and effective tool for emergency. They happen to have a few in stock at my local Lowes. 😁 You can never have too many tools, especially sharp and pointy. Haha!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

@@blackhawkbushcraft agreed 100%!!!

[@glenmo1]

I picked up my estwing tomahawk few years back at home Depot for $36 plus tax! Unfortunately I haven't seen the tomahawk at home Depot recently I'll have to check out Lowe's.. as I would like a second one.. for my vehicle. My first one resides right next to my bed! .. not only is this a great self-defense tool you can also choke up on the head at extremely close grappling range... It also makes a fairly good chopper for branches and small logs.. it would make a good breaching tool to breach a door perhaps escape a building or escape your vehicle as the spike makes an extremely great Glass breaker!

[@xxfaction6xx]

Thanks Dan

[@James-ke5sx]

One more note. The blade is angled to be able to chop into cornors like a gyprock hammer. With a regular axe you could not Chop into a corner.

[@qparxiii]

Thanks Sir. You basically demonstrated that a full tang tommy batons better than them all

[@jeepnicc]

Cool video Dan. Thanks for sharing!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you for watching!

[@joshsimp1995]

I forgot I had one, very strong tomahawk

[@arctodussimus6198]

Good to see you with a tomahawk. 👍🏻👍🏻 I bought my first tomahawk in 1986. A hand forged head with a 17 inch hickory handle. I was in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in early Spring of 2005. The West Fork trail hadn’t been cleared yet. A severe ice storm had dropped dozens of trees all along one section of the trail. My 18 year old tomahawk allowed me to chop my way through the tree fall like it was made for it. I now have a tomahawk in all my kits. I have axes and hatchets too. But like to use the tomahawk, unless I know I’ll be processing a lot of wood for the camp. The spike is a great tool for digging. Making a trench to put coals in for cooking, etc... And they’re really fun to throw!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you for sharing that! I have a lot to learn about the various ways to use a tomahawk. Do you have a favorite model ?

[@arctodussimus6198]

@@ochocobushcraft1742 Yeah, I’m a tomahawk fan. I still have my original hand forged Hawk. Like it very much. I have many traditional style hawks (wood handle) that are great for rendezvous and such. But I’m also a fan of the modern one-piece designs too. I have a CRKT Kangee that was my favorite for a long time. But I have to say, my absolute favorite is one I made by combining parts of two tomahawks. I took the head of a SOG Mini Voodoo tomahawk and put it on the longer handle of a SOG Tactical tomahawk. It has so much more inertia from the longer handle (for chopping), but is still light and weildy. The regular SOG Voodoo tomahawk is an excellent substitute for a hatchet too. I have one or two of all the SOG tomahawks and found them to be pretty good. The handles have never broken. They come pretty sharp and can be honed to a razor edge.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

@@arctodussimus6198 Thank you for the information.

[@robertphillips3833]

Estwing makes a good reliable product!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

First time I have ever used Estwing, seems like a quality American made product. Thanks for watching!

[@vickilennox5004]

I think the pointy end is meant to be used as a weapon!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

I don't know, I know a guy who peals oranges with an axe!!! LOL!

[@Rossski]

I would definitely feel more comfortable throwing this at something/someone compared to a hatchet with a wood handle

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Agreed!

[@woofman4796]

nothing angers my wife and i more then seeing trash left out in the woods,,

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Sad thing is it's getting worse.

[@woofman4796]

@@ochocobushcraft1742 yup,,, we live in west central florida,, been through too many hurricanes, they ain't fun, irma was the most recent, no power for 5 days, thank GOD for our generators, i've been considering this tomahawk for a few years now, excellent self defense, or breaching tool ,, we only had 1 night where some idiot thought about taking 1 of our generators, we had them chained up , 1 to a telephone pole next to our home, the other to an anchor under our home, we live in a double wide, my wife and i went out to re fuel them for the night , and as we turned the corner of our home, some low life was jumping back over the fence that borders our yard, a cow fence, he saw my rifle and he ran, no more problems after that

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

@@woofman4796 wow! Glad you made it through safely, and no one got your generator. Stay safe down there. Seems like more INTERESTING times are ahead.

[@woofman4796]

@@ochocobushcraft1742 yup, unfortunately,, we are on the brink of full communism