OK, I've had enough of "Tactical" but this is way over the top!

Take an ordinary item, paint it black or camo, then charge $50 more because it is a "tactical" version. Clever marketing I will say.
 
There are a lot of companies making modern interpretations of the tomahawk and most of them are very pricey. Americantomahawk dot com has a good selection.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
What you want is a cane knife Machete – Cane Knife - Duluth Trading Company

Sharpen these with a file at about 10 degrees and I gar-on-tee you will be well prepared :D grinding season is upon us down in South Louisiana and Saturday night in the bunk house with a bunch of drunk mexican field hands means we get a lot of "cane knife" based "incidents" on the Monday Jail call downs :D After years of evaluation and observation, cane knives win out over butcher kinves usually but technique has a lot to do with it ;) If the guy is a particularly good tractor driver, he is usually allowed to bond out until after grinding and is basicly on house arrest at the bunk house (:confused) until January at which time the guy he cut is now his best friend or had forgotten about the incident or is also on house arrest for his own cutting or has gone back home. At which time we just shuffle the deck and do the right thing-whatever that might be at the time :rolleyes:
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Yep we have those here in Fl also. Wicked blades. Lets make a slasher flick!
 
I find my tactical rock to be superior to the tomahawk. It weighs about 2 pounds and is blunt on one end and fairly sharp on the other. It was very inexpensive, in fact it was free. It doesn't rust and is simple and holds up well to rough use. I can conceal it in a pocket and it doesn't have and projections that can snag when drawn. It is easily replaced and is already "cammo" enough to blend in. Its perfect! I believe humans used the tactical rock for a long,long time to deal with predators and enemies. I like traditional, proven weapons myself. I wonder if I could make some good money selling these?
 
I was reading a thread on another gun forum where they were discussing tomahawks. I asked why one would want a tomahawk, and one tacticool gent answered me by stating that he could cut a car in half with his.....Now I really want one.:confused:
 
Two points here.

Cold Steel makes some of the ugliest knives on the planet, but I use their Kitchen series on a daily basis. Good knives at a great price. I also like some of their Hunter series knives, can't remember who designed them, but they are nice, and well-priced.

As for a tactical tomahawk, I have a Stanley (I think) Functional Utility Bar or FUBAR. It has a hammer on one side, with a wicked looking claw designed to grab and bend two by fours on the other. Bottom of the handle is a sharpened prybar. Wicked little demo tool. $30.

But I'd probably prefer a sharpened Glock E-tool over a tomahawk.
 
I've seen the word so many times that my brain automatically deletes it when it appears. Saves a lot of aggravation and confusion.
 
Is there any hand held weapon, tool or gear issued to military or police that fits the (proper??) definition of "tactical"? If so, what is it and why should it be considered tactical?
 
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feralmerril said:
Billy bob can set you up with a fine tactical slingblade that is guaranted to be the most advanced in arkansas! Not cheap, but no good ninja would consider being sent to a dangerous place without one!
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Mmmm...includes french fried potaters, mmmhmmm
 
ChattanoogaPhil said:
Is there any hand held weapon, tool or gear issued to military or police that fits the (proper??) definition of "tactical"? If so, what is it and why should it be considered tactical?
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Backpack nukes, last declassified information on deployments had them in Vietnam on a contingency basis. They're considered a tactical nuke, not strategic, meant to influence events on the battlefield. They were originally meant to be used sort of as suicide demolition weapons.
 
gregintenn said:
I was reading a thread on another gun forum where they were discussing tomahawks. I asked why one would want a tomahawk, and one tacticool gent answered me by stating that he could cut a car in half with his.....Now I really want one.:confused:
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I wish I had known this!
Last time I cut a car in half, all I had was a broken beer bottle. :rolleyes:
 
Tack-tickle stone axe or celt in greenstone camo pattern from the banks of the Flint River. Circa 1000 BC.

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Wow! Now, that's what I'm talking about...THAT'S a real tactical rock...I though "tactical" was a used as a euphemism for something to kill or wound with. From that standpoint, it seems most anything could be tactical. If you jam enough dry toast in somebody's mouth and nose and kill them with it, I guess that was tactical toast???
 
Frizzman said:
Wow! Now, that's what I'm talking about...THAT'S a real tactical rock...I though "tactical" was a used as a euphemism for something to kill or wound with. From that standpoint, it seems most anything could be tactical. If you jam enough dry toast in somebody's mouth and nose and kill them with it, I guess that was tactical toast???
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I think they talked about that on an episode of 2 and a half men one time actually.
 
I kinda grimaced when I bought a box of X-treme plated bullets.:cool:

"Tactical"
"Extreme"

What's worse is people are actually buying VERY expensive handguns with huge lettering declaring itself (or maybe the owner...I dunno) as being uber tactical champion ultimate hotrod operator blah-blah-blah...

Paint it black, carve a few rows of rails in it and declare it "tactical." The ninjas will line up in droves...:rolleyes:
 
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