Frankie said:
how'd you know about my tomahawk? Seriously?
Kirkhill said:
If you are going to carry the weight of a tomahawk around why not carry something like these instead?
because a knife is just a knife, and the chances of needing one that large is...minimal.
But a tomahawk is both an axe and a hammer in one. I have also used mine as a pry bar (not recommended, but it worked), a screwdriver, and the CP's Emergency Destruction Kit (only used once. Long story.)
I don't carry my tomahawk as a weapon. That is it's secondary duty. Or even tertiary. I'd rather pull a pistol. I carry it because the machetes we use are shyte, and break too easily. They don't have the mass to chop effectively. Whereas my tomahawk will take down a tree. I also carry it because you never have a hammer when you need one, and I grew tired of smashing my fingers with a rock. It's come in very handy on several exercises, and in theatre.
No, I don't throw it. Yes, I can hit things with it if I do throw it. I don't throw it because then I don't have it, and I've just armed the enemy should I miss. If I'm in such dire straits that I'm reduced to using an axe, I most definitely want to hang onto it, as it's my only weapon. But, as I said, it's a tool first, and a weapon only if everything that goes "bang!" has started going "click!" It mostly lives on my ruck, tucked in between the valise and the main bag.
I strongly recommend it. I use the Cold Steel Rifleman's Hawk, since it has the neat little hammer.