Schrade SCAXE4 Tomahawk Knife,Black

Mine came perfect as far as the fit and finish, the bit and bottom of the handle lined up perfectly, the whole head was straight from bit edge to spike tip, it came as sharp as it can get and the paracord wrap ( gag ) was tightly wrapped. I heartily dislike cord wrapped grips on anything so that had to go even before I used it properly, put two strips of sponge like foam along the front and back of the handle then put a double wrap of racquet grip wrap over it, now it feels great and still pulls out of the sheath easily enough. This is a sort of oddity, it is a full tang tactical tomahawk but it doesn't have a tactical tomahawks head geometry ( kershaw siege, crkt kangee etc ), which are more like very thick knife blades than axes. This has a head geometry much closer to a woodworking or throwing tomahawks head ( cold steel spike hawk, condor pipe hawk etc). which is more wedge shaped with a wider edge angle and it's also more head heavy than tactical hawks, closer to the balance of a traditional hawk. Whether that's good or bad is up to you. Personally I was pleasantly surprised by this, in both what it was and how it performs. I own several traditional tomahawks and tactical tomahawks and this kind of bridges the difference between them. I also like that this has a straight handle, a big advantage over any hawk that has a curve in the handle ( which work great for the axe part but are always awkward when using the spike). It's overall balance and feel are very good ( one of those "tools" that you always want to fiddle and play with) and it's power and performance on wood is excellent. This is a good example of a schrade product: Are there better out there? Yes, without a doubt. Are there better out there for $30? No, without a doubt. That aside is this worth the money? Absolutely, it's amazing you can get this at this price. Money aside how does this stack up to the competition? It doesn't, but it does come close, close enough that if this is all you can get you have nothing to worry about, if I could get only one sub $50 tactical hawk it would be this because ( through use and experience) I trust schrades stainless steels. Schrade is the best at these budget stainless steels and this is another example of that. One final note, I used a file to sharpen the spike a little more and it wasn't easy, the steel is fairly hard, more difficult than cold steels 1055 and condors 1060 to do file work on. I would put it somewhere in the area of 1075/1080 high carbon steel when it comes to how it performs in edge retention and ease/difficulty in sharpening, at least that's what it seems like to me and I own over three dozen knives, axes, tomahawks, spears, swords and machetes made of various carbon and stainless steels by several different makers.

I have now used this on 2 separate hiking / camping trips to cut logs / brushwood for a fire. The axe is sharp, resilient and light. My only niggle is with the way the paracord handle was wrapped when I got it - it came off after a vigorous chopping session. After I rewrapped it differently to the stock configuration (I wrapped it tighter and only covered the part of the handle between the 2 holes rather than the whole shaft, and it has stayed in tact since then, despite some abuse.)

Not a bushcraft tomahawk...but still capable of work...instead of 7-8 strokes to chop a small tree down with a heavy bushcraft tomahawk, this one is will chop it down in 14-16.....a little extra work......but it's much lighter to pack.....which I'd rather pack light...the plus is that it's light, durable, doubles as self defense, looks awesome, & full tang....I was happy.

Very nice piece indeed. Well balanced. Only complaint was a slight bend on the rear point. A ball peen hammer and about four seconds put it right. Just a good looking piece and I'm sure it will work for its intended combat purpose.

Would have been a good product if it hadn't come bent. Pulled it out of the packaging and immediately went and chopped on a log. Blade cut well swinging from one direction, but not the other. Looked at the blade portion of the hawks and found that not only was the blade (not the handle) bent to the left, but also had some cupping in it creating a slight "C" shape to the head. I'd imagine this wasn't a result of abuse during shipping, but instead poor QC/Inspection at the factory as the packaging showed no obvious signs of having been crushed, mangled or stomped on. Very disappointing to say the least!

Didn't use it yet but it looks like it made from good quality materials. The finish is lusterless black with black nylon string wrapped around the handle. Liked it very much

Handel leaves something to be desired, also after being kept in the house for a week with no water exposure, it rusted slightly.

Holds together very well. Well ballanced weapon. Not quite as sharp as I hoped for. The sheathing is a little aggravating to remove, have to pull the handle through to use the axe.

Sicuramente un buon prodotto, molto resistente , non un giocattolo come se ne vedono tanti in commercio. Ben fatto e ben rifinito, unico neo è la corda che funge da manico, che dopo un po di uso si allenta con il rischio di sfilarsi dall'anima di metallo su cui è "annodata".Tale problema si risolve velocemente rilegando in maniera più serrata la corda o al limite riposizionarla dopo aver aver pasato una mano leggera di colla. Il tomahawk dà l'impressione di essere molto robusto ,capace di reggere anche un lavoro di taglio abbastanza energico, dopo un uso prolungato risulta essere leggermente pesante ma biosgna considerare che è realizzato quasi tutto in ferro. Ottimo rapporto Qualità /Prezzo.

Fairer Preis, schnelle Lieferung. Gerne wieder.

Dachte ich kaufe hier ein tomahwak eines namenhaften Herstellers, doch weit gefehlt. Abgesehen davon, dass ich fast zwei Wochen auf den Artikel warten musste, das bei knapp 20€ Lieferkosten, ging das Tomahawk nach ein paar Tagen Training beim werfen auf einen Baumstamm kaputt. Der Griff ist einfach mal in der Mitte durchgebrochen! So viel zur Full-Tang-Bauweise. Warscheinlich wurde der Stiel in einem Abwasch, clevererweise, mit gehärtet und war somit zu spröde für die normalen Beanspruchungen/Verwendungen eines Tomahawks. Der Verkäufer meinte eine Rückname/ Entschädigung ist nach 30 Tagen nach Versanddatum nicht möglich. Wenn das Teil dann ganze zwei Wochen unterwegs ist, ist man da natürlich schnell aus dem Schneider. Also in Zukunft auswechselbarer Holzstiel.

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