Cold Steel Frontier Hawk Tomahawk without Sheath - 90FHS, One Size (001478)

These are about the best you can get without going custom. Steel is good and the hickory handle is also outstanding. But best of all you can customize these to your hearts content without making them less in any way. I have several of these in different styles and got this one for a present for my son's birthday, my first Frontier Hawk. After modifying it to look allot like the first pic, remove finish on handle, remove paint/finish on head, carefully custom fit head, cold blue, stain handle, several coats Tung Oil, rebevel edge and mirror polish, leather wrap handle and done. I use the others for camping but I liked the fit and balance and feel of this one so much I ordered another one for me. Great tool, you can throw them with care and practice but they are a wonderful outdoor tool. I something give them as presents and they become wallhangers but ones you can use. Light and very useful especially if you have things to do with wood. You can even forget your camping knife and just use one of these, just remember the sharpener. Choke up on it and it will do everything a knife will. The steel is good enough to take a good edge and hold it and resharpens fairly well. All in all I cannot say enough good about them especially considering the price. Awesome tool for fires either at home or in the woods and also a great whack the bad guys tool too.

1st off u have to sand fit any hawk head, especially from cold steel. Look up how to do this and only use sandpaper ur first time and only do a a little at a time, especially as u get close. There’s a screw that shouldn’t be used, as it will destroy & Split the handle w any real use plus Puts the head and blade alignment off center. If u properly fit the handle & head it will fit & stay perfectly, not damage the handle, and the 2 can still be easily separated for packing or the handle can be replaced w a branch properly whittled to fit. Anyways, got the hawk head fitted perfectly and the blade fully sharpened w a puck in less than an hour. It’s light balances well, has a decent size edge etc. and seems perfect for a lite hiking camping tool that also offers pretty decent protection from black bears panthers etc Anyways, it’s simple and CS’s lightest traditional style wooden handled hawk, and probably their lightest hawk which Is a good thing. Believe the trail hawk & Nordic hawk are the 2nd and 3rd lightest.

The Cold Steel Frontier Hawk Tomahawk is an excellent value in a simple, lightweight, yet very capable cutting/chopping tool for bushcraft. Though it lacks the heft and efficiency of an axe for larger chopping and splitting chores, it is a surprisingly capable splitter. It excels at processing smaller pieces of wood, such as splitting small diameter logs (3" diameter or less) and chopping them down to suitable length for a small fire. One or two chops with this hawk is often enough to chop through wood that would take eight to twelve strokes with a saw, so it's fast and efficient in that role. The steel is of reasonably good quality, as it will take a very sharp edge and will hold it fairly well. I find it to be a great lightweight alternative to an axe, small enough to be carried on your belt or pack and more versatile, I think, than a hatchet. I measured its weight at 613 grams (21.6 oz.), which is 1.35 pounds. The head accounts for 296 grams of that weight, and the shaft for the other 317 grams. Cold Steel uses a set screw to hold the head in place, but I recommend that you remove it; otherwise, there is a good chance that during heavy use, the set screw will actually encourage the shaft to split out. Once removed, I found that the head fit snugly to the shaft with a very good friction fit, as a tomahawk is meant to be. Some reviewers mention the head flying off, and I suspect they received defective/misshapen shafts. Mine came with sufficient swell at the top that there is zero chance of the head flying off. The hickory shaft/handle that came with mine is very good. The grain of the wood runs straight and parallel to the shaft as it should, albeit turned at a slight diagonal to the chopping plane of the tomahawk. I am confident it will stand up to plenty of abuse, and that I would have to mis-use or throw the tomahawk to break it. Of course, the great thing about a tomahawk is that it is relatively easy to whittle a new shaft if need be. When the head is removed from the shaft, it fits comfortably in the hand as a decent cutting tool. I'm confident that if you had to, you could use it to make a new handle. Nevertheless, I would not recommend this tomahawk as your only cutting tool. Pair it with a good, lightweight knife--like the superb Mora Companion Heavy Duty Carbon--and you have your edged tools covered for virtually any bushcraft chore you might want to take on (except for large-scale shelter building and tree felling). Add a saw like the Silky F180 and you're pretty much covered to manage everything up through 4" diameter logs (but bear in mind, logs that large will be a challenge to split with this little 'hawk, so it'll be better to saw them to length and burn them whole). My main gripe is that my tomahawk's cutting head came misshapen. If you look straight down on it from above, you can see that the metal was forged unevenly, with a noticeably twist or "cupping" effect along the edge of the blade. For that reason, I have to sharpen the head with a file, rather than a larger flat surface such as a large diamond stone. It's not a big deal, and does not seem to significantly affect the utility of the tomahawk, but it's annoying and will certainly upset someone who is hoping for perfection. At a price point of $25 or less, though, I'm not surprised. It only bothers me because this tomahawk is SO good for the price (so handy as a light, versatile, general purpose utility chopper) that I will be using it a lot and if it had a perfectly even cutting surface, it would be easier/quicker to sharpen. There are many other styles of tomahawk out there, but this Frontier Hawk style is the lightest, simplest I could find on the market--and as I expected, I love it. I don't miss the hammer poll that most people seem to favor because it isn't really needed. If I need to pound something in like a tarp peg, I use a flat rock. It works just as well, but it means I don't have to carry the extra weight that a hammer poll would add. And when splitting, you can use a hefty branch to rap on the back of this Frontier Hawk to drive it easily through most small logs (even relatively hard and still green woods like pin oak, in my experience). If you're wanting to practice primitive skills/bushcraft and looking for a good chopper that is considerably lighter and more versatile than most small axes, this is the hawk I would recommend. It's especially ideal for efficiently gathering 1" diameter or smaller sticks to fuel a twig/hobo stove or build a small fire. Yes, there are fancier tomahawks with more options which look cooler, but they weigh more and they don't cut any better in my experience. The Frontier Hawk just works, and at 1.3 pounds, it does more work for its weight than most other edged chopping tools I've tried. It's also easy to repair in the field if the shaft breaks, and unless you start throwing it at trees (which you can do; it is well balanced), it's unlikely that you'll break the hickory handle that comes with it. It's also cheap, so you won't mind using it hard. The more I use it, the more I love it. If you have realistic expectations (small wood processing, not large tree felling), you probably will too.

This tomahawk is a good deal for those looking for a very usable hawk and not wanting to spend $200 on a name. I've been using it for a couple of days and it really chops well, made from good strong materials, holds a nice edge, is lightweight, and is easy to sharpen. My only suggestion would be to remove the "set screw" on the head, but there are also plenty of "mods" you can do to the hawk to give it a more "authentic" look, if you are looking to do that, there are plenty of videos on youtube about it, just search for "coldsteel tomahawk modifications" or something along those lines. For the money, it doesn't get better than this, and overall it's a great tool.

Hab mir diese als Wurfaxt betellt, was soll man sagen funktioniert super.

Not a review guy, expert or critique, but seeing the low reviews on this item, couldn’t resist! First of all, yes, if you’re looking for perfection in your living room, bragging with your friends, watching videos on “how to”, and actually not getting out there and experimenting stuff on your own and depending on your tools, it’s fine, DON’T BUY THIS ONE, buy a schnitzel hatchet, at list will help you with cooking, lol! This hawk is perfect to my opinion, used it for 6 years now and still have a great deal of life in it! Sharpened well, will slice through paper/cut the hair on your arm as you wouldn’t believe it, or cut a chunk of meat/apple in mid air (150, 400 gritt, then a tile and leather belt, all wet, this is the short process to sharpen it). For throwing, found it well balanced and accurate/powerful (went to a team building/throwing event with a bunch of newbbies, inclunding myself, and must say everyone agreed that it was easier throw than the other hawks provided on site). As the description about forging says, blade is more aggressive than back, have a dent in the back of my Frontier from the Pipe Hawk I also threw.. Forget the pinning set screw on the handle, don’t use it, fit your handle into the blade first with a file, then use electrical tape to stop it from sliding back (I know, a lot of extra work for the price you’re paying). Also cut about 3-4 inches off the handle, which makes it way faster for combat/retrieving and harden it into a camp fire without burning it, you will turn it into almost a rock! I’ve spent some years/winters outdoors (through my job and my choice) and this and a Leatherman Wave would be the tools (in that order) I would like to be stranded with. I’ve built shelters, cut trees down on snowmobile/quad/truck’s path when I got stuck, skinned game, chipped holes for ice fishing (in 2 feet ice) and prepared food with both this tools. Also gave up the bear spray (preety much same price, expires every few years and doesn’t cut wood) ever since I carry this on my belt/backpack, at my fast, an must say it made me more confident (came upon unaware bears several times and even got bluff-charged). Frontier Hawk and Wave Leatherman never leave my side, either if is hunting, hiking, fishing, camping or outdoors working. The only reason for choosing Frontier over Trail Hawk was the weight (for backpacking) but I believe every Cold Steel hawk will do. Found the Pipe Hawk to be more suited for truck camping chores (more weight to the head and hammering end for cutting wood and pounding tent poles, nothing that Frontier wouldn’t do with little more perseverance). Bought my hawks on a sale and after couple of months of research but, ever since, bought a few more as a gift to my friends, they all apreciated it! In the end, I believe that no tool will buy you skills, you only have to find the right one for yours, but highly recommend Cold Steel Hawks, even “Made in Taiwan” ;) **By the way, in the photos, you may see the dent made by the other hawk and my daughter’s Flamingo, who loves my Hawk** Cheers and get outthere!!!

Got this years ago! Love it

Der Axtstiel ist leider beschädigt, zum Glück wollte ich diesen eh noch verzieren. Aber dennoch sind das Makel die ich mit einem Punkt Abzug bestrafe, Qualitätskontrolle Fehlanzeige da eine Verletzungsgefahr besteht.

Das Axtblatt wackelt trotz nachziehen der Madenschraube, zumal es auch verwundert, dass eine Madenschraube zum Sichern des Blattes verwendet wird! Der Stiel hat im Bereich des Blatts einen starken Grat. Habe vergeblich nach einer Cold Steel Kennzeichnung gesucht, war keine vorhanden. Dachte daher zuerst, ich hab ein Plagiat bekommen. Ich würde den Artikel nicht weiterempfehlen.