Yep, at the start of the video I guessed that the CRKT tomahawk would perform better than the Cold Steel ones. The Kangee and Chogan are both awesome, especially for the price. :)
Kickass! Got $500 worth of knives coming in the mail soon, including a few of your recommendations, stupid international shipping is taking forever but I'm super pumped, your videos are helping to tide me over while I wait, stay cool brother Tac! :)
The woods t hawk's, now that CRKT make's a sheath for them is one bad ass total package. Ill be picking one up this winter for sure. It looked like the CRKT has the best fit between the handle and the head without movement also. As always , you have best testing vid's out there brother.
The second log on the second hit with the spike hawk the log was moving and Tac hit it on the move. Your ninja speed chopped it before it fell Tac. Your the master !!!
The polypropolene handle is actually pretty unlikely to break from what I can tell with cold steel's test vids. They ran over one of the bats they make with a truck and yeah it bent, but it popped right back in place after whacking it on the sidewalk.
I love these videos. It's great to be able to compare performances on somebody else's dime. Thanks Tactical! Any interest in the Estwing double bit axe? I know they call it an axe but it really is hawk sized. Only weighs a bit more than the woods Kangee and Chogan but doesn't feel like it because it's more balanced. The double bit makes it head heavy enough to be a better chopper than any other full tang options I've tried and it looks medieval as shit which is always a nice bonus, lol.
The spike hawk and crkt seemed to get similiar results to me. But you have to remember the cold steel is nearly half the price with bigger selection of hawks. Im more of a pipe hawk person but cant go wrong with either. Any chance you try the riflemen's hawk?? Its a more traditional tomahawk with a bigger axe head.
If only you could get your hands on one of the high dollar hawks to see how they stack up against these budget beasts. Great vid once again tac! Keep it up man
I'm kinda disappointed not to see the rifleman hawk in this video, but then again it doesn't have a spike on it. Maybe there could be another match up with hammer hawks
I would go with the CRKT one with the hammer. Replaceable handle if it snaps in the woods, good geometry and no ugly coating that you wanna strip off right away.
The Kangee is identical to the Chogan only that the Kangee has a spike and the Chogan had the hammer. I can see practical uses for the hammer (nailing in tent spikes, smashing open walnuts, cracking stones, etc) but cannot really see the practical uses for the spike other than as an ice breaker. Is the Kangee supposed to be the tactical weaponized version of the Chogan or is there something I am missing on choosing a spike over a hammer?
Was going to buy the CRKT this week, Now Im going to buy it today lmao.. Btw man you should check out the Tops Bushcrafter kukuri 7 or also know as the BCK7 its an amazing chopping blade
Do the CRKT hawks have the same diameter eye as the Cold Steels? I've been thinking about getting a Chogan and putting it on a 30" CS War Hammer handle.
for me no, but for other people maybe, a hammer can only be used for that & I don't carry nails most of the time & if I did you can always use the side of the hawk
Fucken killed it bro great vid I dig that crkt the snap on guy that stops at my shop has 10 of them in his truck I'll be buying one on Monday for sure now
Good videos Tac! I wouldn't trust the trench hawk any kind of wilderness use. Its better for tactical applications, recreational use or as a wall hanger. The other two are definitely winners in my book. Im excited to get my CRKT chogan woods hawk. If you fashioned a longer handle on the CRKT hawk, imagine the power and capabilities with that thing!
Imagine the CS Spikehawk with a 30" handle ?? Yeah. Cs sells 30" handles that fits the Hawks. The 30" handles are for the cs Warhammer & Viking Hand Axe. PM101 placed a 30" handle on the Rifleman's Hawk and it was an absolute beast with Power & Weight...
Say Heah Tac't, Yeah, I did Ok checking new area's out this summer, and my 2Hawks Warbeast came along on a few of them trips. Your right. A Tomahawk is a all around tool for such a lite tool. I processed almost as much wood with it, As I did with some of my Hatchets, But this is the time I start bringing my heavier hitters like my 17" Hultafors Bruks Agdor Hatchet, and the likes of my g. B. Small Forest Axe, Since there's still alot of scouting time left this season, So I still try to lite. Also my Nessmuk copy 2Hawks Double Bit Hatchet was a pleasure as a on person carry lightweight that punches like a heavyweight. But also I put to use some of my Khukuris and Kukuri to the task, Oh, and I'm starting to get into my Ratweiler, What a Beast. Talk about weight, No wonder it's a killa choppa. But it's a workout just lugging that one around all day. Your a pretty lucky man, Nice toys, a nice Mzzzz, and especially a nice playground. I have to travel mid State to an area called the Tri-County, Then I'm in heaven all the way down to the starts of the Appalachian, Maybe some day we can hit the Trail, The test was kewl Beanz, Thanx Tac't
David Fossen digging,worms & insects or a trench,breaking ice, climbing,battle. for me its more useful than a hammer cause you can use the side for a hammer
whats up tactical. Love your videos. Don't take this as criticism or me saying you don't know what your talking about, i love these tomahawk videos your doing, i have to say though that you seemed worried about the handle on the trench hawk. i'm sure you figured it out but your absolutely not going to break that handle, polypropylene is Armageddon strong, it will for sure not break from chopping some wood, its a material made to flex to keep it from doing exactly that, breaking. I have the kangee and trench and have tortured both, i love both, but if you were in the wilds and lost for a long enough period of time, the weather would eventually get to the wooden handles, but not the polypropylene. Its not going to break or deteriorate. Keep the videos coming, love em.
korydreagan lol, don't believe the marketing hype. The handle on the trench hawk is WELL known to break right at the bottom of the groove where the blade sits when flexed. Which is why they sell cheap replacements. I'm on my second one personally, and LOTS of reviews have described it breaking in the exact same place. A cousin of mine also has a bunch of Cold Steel training swords made of poly and he has broken a few of those too. It is not "indestructable" or even "armageddon strong". Just a decent, and cheap material that is cheap to replace, which is good because if you use it hard, you'll probably need to. It's also prone to air bubbles in the material which weaken it more.
Yeah the trench hawk handle will break. It will dry-rot also. Depends where you're at. I'm in Florida. Only metal does not dry-rot. But it rusts like hell in Florida.
Seems some are having problems with there's. I'm in east Texas, had mine around 4 to 5 years, I have done everything with it, left it in the rain and Texas humidity, never had a single issue with head or handle, and I have thrashed on this thing.
And the winner is.......tactical! Nice shit over there. Beautiful action of some really great hawks. Yeah. I fuckin love em. If they would be full tang I've found my winner. Keep up those great vids bro. Cheers Mike
That plastic handle was a POS! I would almost bet that handle was absorbing to much of the force and was affecting how well it chopped. Beyond that, its going to break and like you said, you'll be SOL.
Yes the handle absords most of the energy. A friend of mine replaced the handle with a wooden handle. Much improved performance. But you still need to shield the handle.
The trail hawk blade is much different from the spike hawk blade though. Thinner, smaller edge, lighter... You test more of the CS- tomahawks out though. The blade geometry on each is different and do various things better or worse than each other. Just look st that Norse Hawk. You can thrust attack with the point. The blade is like a ULU knife blade and useful for many tasks. Cold steel has a great sale going at their special projects site ... www.LTSPECRO.com
Why ? It has the same shortcomings as the Trenchhawk. Not full tang, that awful handle flex... It does have a smaller spike profile to dig deeper. But they really should make a wood handle for them instead of that plastic crap they use now.
No, Cold Steel cancelled the Full Tang tomahawks before any hit stores. Due to Quality Control issues the people making them where having. So CS just cancelled them.
I watched all three of your "shootout" videos and came to the conclusion that CRKT puts out a solid product no matter what size you opt for. Their large hawks are above the standard of other similar sized tomahawks but their small sized tomahawk punches way above its size. SOG is below average in all categories, Cold Steel is your best bet for a purchase buy and United Cutlery is your least favorite brand, though you will concede that the M48 is a surprisingly decent product from an otherwise crappy company.
trail hawk and spike hawk are not anything like each other, should have had the trail hawk in this. for that matter, would have been interesting to sort by weight instead of length for your different shootouts.
Bro idk why but I always think one does better, then you choose the other lol. I own all three and the trench hawk blows them all away in my woods. They all are good. I paid 22$ for my trench hawk.
Say Heah, Why do I like to get the most out of my chopping tools, Like my Bad Boy H I M-43 Khukuri and my Gen2 SP-53 over the SP-52 and my 2Hawks Warbeast that actually is Bad Mudda Mojo for as Lite as it is, it's a Bad Mudda, Chops with the Big Boys, and it has pretty good physics with its geometry, it has Three sharp edges that bite deep and pull out easy, That's what I'm talking about. and their beautiful right out of tge box, You don't have to dress them up and modify the crap out of them to look pretty heh heh heh I was joking around, But it is a great Tomahawk, Good video as usual, Thanx for sharing and that you can use a tactical tomahawk in the bush because your Tactical right, huh, heh heh heh. ,, ,, ,,
Yeah man that thing rocks man, hey bro, I love all your vids man, im not sure if u have checked me out, but man im planning on coming to the US next year, would love to hang with ya for a weekend, non gay of course.
That trench hawk is garbage. Would never buy that. Some things can’t be improved upon and don’t need to be “tactical.” I thought it was full tang at first. Fuck that thing.
