Cold Steel Drop Forged Tomahawk Survival Hatchet - Great for Camping, Survival, Outdoors and Chopping Wood, Hudson Bay Hawk

Very nice tomahawk! nice strait grain handle and the hawk with the poll (for driving tent stakes) is perfect.The edge came with a protector but needs further sharpening(to be expected). I will be removing the hex screw and welding the hole closed as I don't want the function of being able to remove the head. I will permanently mount the head with a wooden and steel wedge and epoxy! For $30 this is an absolute steel! BUY IT!

I need shelter. My woodlot looks like a bunch of round 4 x 4's to skinny 6 x 6's. A new 'heavy eye' sledge hammer handle has dimensions same as Cold Steel Hawk Lineup. Bought a "second", less expensive and this was just a try. Heavy eye stick fits perfect on hammer side, needs a little rasp work on blade side to fit, easy. Drop sapling, hew one side, from there measure and cut to make simple post and beam building. This light head on the long stick gives a lot of easily controlled power. Follows the line well, no fear of the pry sideways thing with that much stick through the eye. I liked it so much I got another and put it on old sledge handle, like it a little better than my carpenter hatchet. Photo 1 shows all tools used installing C.S. Hudson Bay head on heavy eye Beaver Tooth #2 stick, wood pieces cutoffs from top of stick, green extra coarse file for centering edge and cutting initial bevel, red mill file for sharpening. L: 33 3/4 inch, W: 2 lb. 8 oz. Photo 2 shows end of stick in head. Photo 3 shows my 1991 C.S. Trail Hawk with hammer end fully cut off sporting its first replacement stick after 33 years of hard use. (Stick trimmed to 16 in. after photo, finished W: 16.1 oz.) The carpenter hatchet I am comparing everything to mounted, a dozen years ago, on old broken sledge handle. L: 14 1/2 in. W: 1 lb. 14.6 oz. New C.S. Hudson Bay Hawk mounted on another broken sledge handle. L: 17 1/2 in. W: 1 lb. 11.6 oz. Last is my Marbles 'Pocket Chopper' mounted on this (the 4th) handle in 1991 when it was replaced with the above Trail Hawk. L: 11 1/2 in. W: 14.4 oz.

I rebuilt the handle and it works great.

Bought this for two reasons...and I'm happy with the product and price. Bought another one for a gift a while back. I bought it to bury in the back yard of my ex in a ...well, ah...hatchet burying ceremony! 28 yrs married 22 years divorced: a perfect 50 years!I do plan to sneak around and dig it up afterwards as it is good to lay by the fireplace for making kindling in the winter. It's 112 degrees hear today so I'm guessing that's a while off!

I'll have to save this is the first Cold Steel Tomahawk that I have gotten that I haven't had to do a ton of work to Handel was a great fit good set screw wasn't Twisted all the way in on the handle and 10 passes with the Work Sharp and it was ready to go and I love the new finish I'm not that thick black paint it's more of a natural finish looks better how's the truly rustic look to it now

I have a few Cold Steel items. They always came sharp and ready to use,. NOT true with this item. It is blunt. Not even butterknife sharp. It is blunt like a couple of grinding steps got skipped. The head is not fixed to the handle at all. There is a set screw that is supposed to secure an axe head? I think that I will be returning it because I really want something functional as purchased.For the price, assuming the metal is OK quality, this is a kit item. It is absolutely NOT ready to use except maybe as a hammer. If you whack wood with the edge, it mashes it, not cut.Bottom line, it's cheap. If you want a kit 80% ready this is a good value. If you want ready to use, look elsewhere.

Nice size would be good for camping and throwing

Seems like a decent product so far, I was just a little surprised that the sticker on one side says American Tomahawk Company and the sticker on the other side says Made in Taiwan.As long as it lasts I guess it’s better than made in China.