Hatchets Vs Tomahawks

[@johnmutton799]

Hawks were used for processing firewood ie: small branches and twigs. Easy to replace handle if broken. Where as a axe was harder, unless you had a pioneer style of axe. A axe is the woods tool, a hawk was a survival tool and weapon. Good vid mate!

[@benchase7537]

Well said. The original concept of the trade axe is lost on a lot of people. Once you understand it's role, it really excels.

[@jake-gd8rb]

I like the trail hawk because of the blade shape when you take it off the handle its good for skinning and scraping hide as well as being usefull for food prep and a few tasks as a carpentry tool

[@Gum05]

I have many hatchets, but I rarely use them for some reason. I think they look really cool, but I just prefer something heavier and with a longer handle. I do keep one in the garage to play with and use it as my “beater” when I’m just playing around. Maybe I’ll have to revisit them. Thanks for another great video!

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Hatchets are pretty useless other than carving and kindling tbh

[@johnmutton799]

The Walk by faith hawks are very nice. And their axes and knives

[@Abbbb225]

It seems the pros and cons are what you would expect: hatchet has a fatter grind and longer bit, so splits better and sticks less, but tomahawk has power of longer handle and the thinner grind and shorter bit aid in carving. Being able to remove tomahawk head adds to its versatility, and the one-handed length and ability to remove more material made the hatchet better for carpentry. I think it just depends on what you prioritize. Seems an ideal might be something like the Rinaldi's boy's axe, i.e. a tomahawk style small axe.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Yes i replaced the cold steel with a rinaldi with a wedged head, best of both worlds

[@Georgecobb-s1v]

Your very skillful use of both tools was impressive, making it difficult to choose between the two. I wish that you had finished carving the spoon with either or both tools. The tomahawk handle is removed much more easily; so I wrongly anticipated that you would use it to finish carving the spoon. Good video. Thanks for sharing.

[@seff2318]

You might be the first person on the internet to buck a log with a tomahawk lol I was surprised how well it did. I guarantee there’s going to be some fuss about how a saw ought to be used over a hand axe. I don’t do much carving, never needed to or wanted to. Obviously, an axe head of this size (wetterlings) would suit bushcrafters better on something a touch longer like the tomahawk. Both tools are plenty capable in the right hands. What do I know? lol.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Both tools are too anemic for serious firewood cutting but are nice enough to tuck into a belt and wonder around with, much better than a big knife imho. You should give carving a try, its pretty cool to be able to make your own spoons and people love them as gifts

[@AnimusZen]

That's because he doesn't know how to use it.

[@bubba7626]

A tomahawk is more veritile but less specialised. Always tradeoffs - A tomahawk, a large big blade is a great combo for survival use including self defense.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Personally i think large knives are pretty pointless, small axe and small knife is better

[@bubba7626]

@@benscottwoodchopper I classify machetes as large knives, thats what I would carry along with a hawk and a mora bushcraft black plus a leatherman surge

[@jake-gd8rb]

I think that it wasnt an even match using the trail hawk cold steel has a size larger i cant remember the name but it has a longer blade and heavier head would have been better for comparison i think

[@benscottwoodchopper]

true yeah, there is a disparity in wieghts but in general most tomahawks are much lighter in head wieght as a rule. the same hehad wieght on longer handle will always win regardless

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Regardless of the head size, give me a handle I can use with two hands. Honestly, I wouldn’t carry anything into the woods that was much less than 28”. Hatchets are only really good for that kind of hacking you did on the spoon, which I have no need or time for. Give me a 2-2.5 lb head with a 28”-30” handle and I’d go anywhere with that.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Yeah if I was purely interested in firewood I would take a small saw or a 2 handed axe. Hatchets are not firewood gathering tools

[@KevinsDisobedience]

That really is all I’m interested in. For fuel to heat my house, and for fuel when I wild camp. I take the Husqvarna 28” 1.25 lb axe and a Silky saw when I camp. Otherwise, I’m using Hults Bruk 32” 3.5lb axe to fell and chop with, and Council Tools Velvicut boy’s axe to limb with. When splitting saw cut wood, I use a 4lb vintage Council I refurbished on a 32” handle. I’ve just never needed anything longer, and I’ve never wanted anything shorter than the Husky. Seems like we’ve come to similar conclusions about head weight and handle length through use. I wonder if real use will always yield similar results, or wether a man’s size and preference has more to do with it? Thanks for sharing your findings.

[@mattjohnston5807]

@@KevinsDisobedience I got one of those cold steel trail boss axes for Christmas and just cut off about 10 inches from it and sanded it down with some hempstring wrap for the overstrike guard. It's my favorite little 2 handed axe now.

[@DeezNuttius]

You are honestly a mad lad

[@Mr71paul71]

I'd say the hatchet is better, but I'd still pick the tomahawk, over the hatchet for the ability to replace the handle

[@benscottwoodchopper]

I think the hatchet has the advantage because of the wedge shaped head design, the tomahawk is uniform thickness right up till the eye. The best of both worlds can be found In rinaldi's axes, tomahawk style handles but proper woodcutting heads in a range of wieghts from 250 grams to 1300 grams. I have a couple but this video by a friend shows it best kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGmgIh6dtKdrtk

[@myhauntedislandhome62]

I think the major difference in the two is the experience with the hatchet versus learning how the tomahawk works

[@benscottwoodchopper]

yes personal preference is certainly a big factor

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Hatchet is just pissing about size id take anything you can get two hands on most of the time.

[@Zurgo-fl1kx]

@@ajaxtelamonian5134 I would take both sizes of axe, because the hatchet can be used for that finer in between a knife and axe work

[@Zurgo-fl1kx]

tbh I would rather have my hatchet because I have more familiarity and skill with it, but I can still appreciate it even though I can't do piss all with one!

[@harper136]

i’d pick a half over a hatchet any day of the week but for carving i use a carving hatchet

[@ryandavis6660]

Would you link that tomahawk that you recommend?

[@benscottwoodchopper]

What country are you in?

[@ryandavis6660]

@@benscottwoodchopper H artfordshire England

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@ryandavis6660 www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=rinaldi+axe&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=rinaldi+xe

[@patriceb26]

Bonjour So which one is the best ?

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Overall I think tomahawk, its a bit more versatile. A hatchet with a 17" handle is also great

[@patriceb26]

Ok Merci 😷👍

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@patriceb26 if you want the best tomahawk, rinaldi sicilian is great

[@lanedexter6303]

Put a long handle on that hatchet, and you have a better tool than either one.

[@elemental4rce]

nice heirloom tools right there, i hope you never sell them

[@Dav624]

Tomahawks were mainly designed to be weapons not tools and of course it was easier to mass produce them since less metal is used

[@benscottwoodchopper]

technically false, while some were designed as weapons the vast majority weren't intended as weapons by design, just small European axe heads which you can still see used today as tools

[@Dav624]

@@1800moonSugar how did I get owned by stating facts?Yeah ur pretty delusional over there

[@Dav624]

@@benscottwoodchopper look here is my point a hatchet/axe can do everything a tomahawk can do and even more than that in other words a hatchet/axe is a better upgraded version of the tomahawk and the tomahawk is a shittier version of the axe/hatchet before ur feelings get hurt people listen to why that is true a hatchet/axe can carve wood like a tomahawk it can be thrown like a tomahawk it can also get a handle replacement as easy as a tomahawk can BUT the hatchet/axe has something + that the tomahawk doesn't have it can chop wood much better than the tomahawk why?Because the axehead and hatchet heads due to having more metal onto them they're heavier and will chop deeper into wood than the tomahawk which has less weight and as such will not cut as well as the hatchets/axes will and if ur not convinced by this here is another question for everyone if tomahawks were better than hatchets or if hatchets were the same as tomahawks why are hatchets and axes mainly used nowdays by the majority of the people and not tomahawks?See my point?That's because they're BETTER than the tomahawks hence why they're used more than them in medieval ages tomahawks were mainly used because people had less metal to work with as such Making a thin tomahawk head wich could perform slightly worse than a axehead/hatchet head for wood processing would make more sense than wasting all their metal on a big axehead/hatchet head when they could use the metal for other tools or weapons

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@Dav624 this is a wall of text of mostly falsehoods, i suggest doing more research on european tools

[@Dav624]

@@benscottwoodchopper good,u disagree and called my arguments falsehoods until u provide evidence for that claim it remains nothing but an assumption/opinion and never a fact got it?If I had to guess u probably didn't even read the reply fully before starting to comment on it as well but that's just my opinion and assumption on the matter