An honest review of a very underrated item, that could save you money and weight on your back. No - its not handmade in Sweden....but does that matter? Watch to find out
I have a trailhawk and love it. My favourite. I prefer a very light hawk to a small axe or hatchet any day any season. However I live the UK so never have the need to carry ANY axe or hawk. The biggest items I carry is an old Fiskers 6inch sliding saw, the black one, and a £4.50 hultafors craftsman knife. Together they weigh less than a Tesco sandwich. I just cant be doing with carting stuff around just for the sake of it.
It should have been noted that the first thing to do is remove an throw away set screw. Next, carefully shave and sand top end of handle to perfectly fit the inside shape of head. This way it will seat nice and tight without scraping a notch. Love this tool for all of the reasons you mention plus throwing. Great video.
Totally agree with the bit on people putting all sorts of stuff on the handles all that just gets in the way of the functions. Great video that made me order myself one today.
Another advantage if you’re less concerned about weight you could carry 2 tomahawk heads and one handle will work for them interchangeably (at least if you’re using cold steel or crkt) so you could have one for lighter jobs and one for heavy jobs like using either the trail hawk or frontier hawk along side the rifleman’s hawk
Yes lots of benefits to using a tomahawk I use the Cold Steel Frontier hawk as my chopping tool larger blade than the trail hawk but doesn't have the pommel. Definitely an overlooked tool. Great video.
Best review so far I’m waiting for more mine to come in. I wish you had a school in Colorado I truly enjoy your channel your woods wisdom and tips and tricks are top notch.
Love my trail hawk, one of my best buys ever i reckon. I got mine from Tamerack outdoors.£33, Bargain! Big them up all day long. They do other versions as well, one slightly lighter without the hammer. But the Hammer one seems to be most popular. Good vid mate, you explained it very well.
CS Hawk is a great yet often overlooked piece of kit! Yours looks awesome, Nice simple aesthetic mods. Well presented informative Vid! Thanks for sharing! Love your logo! ATB BCB
nice video, love cold steel hawks I own nearly all of them, the Crkt chogan is my favorite, It can be a weapon or a serious survival tool, its on par with a hatchet easily, you could take the head and sheath and folding saw to drop weight, been listening to horace kepharts book on here recently and brought a Broc Kephart in 3v , love hawks, I love this channel, brought all the tbs boar folders after watching your video, love the micarta green best
i gifted mine a year ago to my oldest son cause he liked it, and i already have some nice axes and hatchets but i've just ordered a new one for me, it was a lot of fun and nice piece of gear. 😍
I’ve got the CRKT woods Kangee and shogun for heavier jobs and a bug out tool kit. The spike makes a great entry tool in urban environments. And wood tasks.I’m about to buy the cold steel trail hawk for weekend trips.
I too don't see an advantage to the handle wrap I like to be able to remove the head. I bought a CKRT Woods Chogan not because of quality but purely because the handle is round not tear drop shape making it much easier fashioning a handle on the go. Great video love your channel.
I have the Trail Hawk, have had it for years. Today I ordered its big brother the Riflemen's Hawk. Needed something with a bit more of a cutting edge. The Norse Hawk is also a good one. remove the head from the handle and you have an Ulu knife. Hope I spelled that right. Hawks are just plain down right good tools.
I've ordered one from Knives and Tools to complement my GBx carpenter's axe. ColdSteel UK were useless to try and order from, as they kept adding an undeletable sharpening puck to the order....I wouldn't have minded if it were a freebee, but at over 8 quid, I'll stick to my Tormek and favourite field stones.
I've got both a trail hawk and the heavier riflemans hawk. Both have had the same treatment, paint removed from heads and mustard patina added, white hickory handles trimmed to match my size and sanded down to accept dark tea staining, hasn't worked as I hoped (going to try first leaching liquid from acorns, tannin stain)
@@justsomeguywithaboomerang1891 Sort of worked, it took the bright pale hickory wood down to almost red oak colour (I ended up buying some black walnut hulls online and stained the wood an almost "tacticool" black, can't stand bright coloured wood in the woods and marshes)
Hey pal, would you be able to do a comparison video between your norland hatchet and tomahawk. I’m trying to decide between the two STYLES. They seem very similar in portability. I like all the advantages for the hawk you covered. i’d assume the weight of a hatchet head would mean you don’t need to accelerate it so much giving you more control caving and it may be better at removing stock. Cheers Neil .k x
Handy tools...the coating is horrible. The only fancy thing I did to mine was to fill the fixing hole with a large copper harness rivet filed flat inside and out, just because 🙂
The Chogan wasn't around when I got this. It sells here for twice the price of the trail hawk, I know this works, so that's why I recommended it....all my review's are based on several years use.
Haha, it’s hard to find elbow grease because elbows are in short supply due to an explosion in global politician numbers. Some have tried knee grease instead but it’s awkward to use.
Nice tool, but definitely does not compare/do the work a hatchet can do. I personally find there is not enough weight to the head. BUUUUT it looks cool, works for light tasks! :) Good video.
I agree, if I'm working out of a vehicle or at a base location then I have several axes I could use, but for backpacking and light use they are ideal. Thanks for your comment
I have a Trail Hawk, and when I got it the finish and sharpness was awful, but with very little work the edge can be honed to razor sharpness, and it is a fabulous all round light camp axe. The same can be said of the British MOD survival knife (which I also have), it's supplied blunt and looks as rough as hell, but with a bit of work it transforms into an unbreakable and very versatile yet under rated knife.
100% agree with MOD knife comment. I've taken off the top guard, shaped the handle, honed the blade and made a new sheath. It is an outstanding beast, lively chopper splitter and more than capable of finer work. Now I think it is going to have a new pal with a trail hawk.
So leave the handle at home to save a mere 300g, then spend HOURS making a handle for the tomahawk, possibly from inferior wood, NAH I'll keep the handle with mine
