Hatchets and tomahawks

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Havent seen a thread about these and I am in the market for one of the two. Does anyone have any advice and or pictures of ones you own? I am not into throwing or any other sporting event. Mainly use of it will be around the house, clearing brush, etc.
 
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I bought two SOG F01T Tactical Tomahawks, for myself and my son. Also bought the SOG HDN-F01 Hard Nylon Sheaths to match. I keep mine in my Blazer for those unanticipated zombie attacks. Blade needed just a bit of touch up to get razor sharp. Haven't tried throwing it yet, but there is a plethora of youtube vids on throwing them.
 
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Walmart had the SOG tactical tomahawk for $20 a couple of weeks ago. I thought about it and went back to buy one and they were all gone. Seems like they would work well for clearing limbs or simple chores around the yard or camp.
 
My tomahawk with a hand forged iron head with a sleet insert blade. A hand fitted hickory handle and hand laced leather wrap with brass bead, brass cone, Buffalo horn hairpipe and hackle feather dangles.
It's unsharpened but can be sharpened and put to work and I'm willing to part with it for $75.
 

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Neither tool is great for clearing brush, a good machete will serve this purpose much better. Don't get me wrong I think Tomahawks are very cool weapons and great for intimidation and close combat, but are not the greatest tool for chopping, a hatchet is the better tool for light chopping but on brush nowhere near as efficient as a machete.

The Cold Steel Machetes are a pretty good bang for the buck, I have a Kukri Machete and a 24" Latin Machete, the Kukri is my pack machete, while the Latin resides down at the cabin for clearing trails.

I have a few Tomahawks as well, but they have never seen any real field use, they are more for show, while the Machetes are more for go.

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All I use is an old Craftsman hatchet, it was made before zombies, so I don't know if would help me or not.
 
I picked up a 22" machete in Belize back in the late 80s. I think I paid $5 new and a another dollar for a leather sheath. That jewel has cleared a lot of brush and beheaded a few snakes over the years. Machetes are not the best for chopping down other than small trees, but they are hard to beat for clearing brush or jungle.
 
I have several axes, of different sizes, and a machete (great for light brush clearing, etc.) but as for hatchet-sized tools for hatchet-sized work, I don't think you'll find anything superior to the Gransfors-Bruks "Small Forest Axe". It's slightly larger than a "boy scout" hatchet, with a little longer (and a little safer handle). It's not a tree-felling or firewood-bucking tool, but just right for camp chores that are beyond the capability of a machete. The factory-furnished sheath is inadequate --- I made one of Kydex. It ain't pretty, but it's effective...
 
I picked this Bridgeport hatchet up at a garage sale last fall. This thing is tough as they come and heavy. These were old Boy Scout hatchets and you can find them on Ebay a lot. I painted the handle red so I can see it better out in the woods. They don't come any tougher.

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Gransfors Bruks makes the best axes in the world ... just google and You Tube and you can decide for yourself.

Hand forged by blacksmiths from GB located in Northern Sweden.

I have 4 different axes form GB and know how to use them and take care of them too ...

You get what you pay for ...these axes you hand down to your kids and to their kids ... that may not be worth it to you ...
 
As others have mentioned, clearing brush and general edged tool household chores are best suited for a machete or kukri blade, not a tomahawk or hatchet ... especially not a tactical tomahawk. For wood splitting and light-moderate chopping, a small camp axe should suffice, and Estwing or Gransfors are excellent brands.
 
Smith357, I have that same machete. I have used it more than I thought I would. I paid about $15 for it and have got my money out of it
 
As a teen, I found a home-made corn-chopper, a type
of machete. 3/16" flat-stock, with a homemade wooden
handle. Not pretty, but heavy. Held an edge pretty good.
Cleared a LOT of brush, and scrub trees up to 3" dia. Never
had a sheath for it. Modified square business end.
TACC1
 
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