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Ethan Funditor Offline so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow... Posts: 858 On the edge of a lake... Gender:	Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Aug 4^th, 2007 at 5:03pm I used one a few weeks ago, and I haven't been able to forget it. They really piqued my interest, and I'd like to know who uses them, how you use them and where I could get one or two. Anyone tried these? I was told they were tomahawks, but throwing axe seems to be a bit broader of a term.
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Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe
Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2007 at 9:11pm

Nearly any such device can be thrown, I use a meat cleaver.....
There are a lot of different styles, most you see for throwing are fairly small and have easily replaceable handles. (they take a lot of abuse)
However, I've seen people successfully throw huge two-handed timber axes quite nicely....

You don't want anything cheap, like I say, they take a lot of punishment. Commercial hatchets would not be a good idea.
Check out the "Cowboy Action Shooting" and "Mountain Man" sites; both these groups generally include throwing "hawks" in their competitions.

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Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 1:39am

alot of people seem to like the cold steel trail 'hawk for getting into throwing hawks. never got one myself.

i have never really been interested in throwing things like that...i guess i am more drawn to chopping with them, and chop i do with a 3.5 pound axe (5 pounds with handle) and a little 1.5 pound hatchet

sorry i couldn't be of more help

oh yeah i almost forgot; the people that are really into hawk throwing on the bladeforums site seem to also like the classic lagana VTAC

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 10:19am [quote]No axe in the War on Terror has seen and done more[/quote] But do other axes know they could join the war ? There could be whole axe communities entirely ignorant of the fact that they too could be causing terror in foreign countries around the world ? Someone needs to tell them :-)
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #4 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 10:30am Umm...wait, axes are still used for fighting in modern wars?
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Bikewer Interfector Viris Spurii Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 1627 St. Louis, Mo Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #5 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 12:18pm I know that they were a fairly popular item in Vietnam; a lot of GIs thought they might be more effective in hand-to-hand combat than a knife. Dunno if anyone ever actually USED one.....
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Reply #6 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 3:55pm

i used to be a combat engineer. we were told that the spetznaz had teams to re-take bridges which were mined and guarded (my job!) they were supposedly able to throw an entrenching tool as a silent weapon to knock out sentries. NB the russians didn't invade europe and now i'm too old to be called up, so i missed my chance to be killed by a flung entreching tool whilst guarding a bridge. anyway a 7.62 round in the ballbag would have sorted ivan out! hang on, a shovel against an SLR? on reflection, they might have tried something a bit more effective, like nerve gas, or an atomic bomb

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Ethan Funditor Offline so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow... Posts: 858 On the edge of a lake... Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #7 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 7:09pm Hmmm... a throwing shovel... Sounds like fun... By the way, what are these blade forums you mentioned siguy?
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Reply #8 - Aug 5^th, 2007 at 11:10pm

i attend the www.bladeforums.com forums, with many many subforums. it would be impossible to visit all of the subforums in a day or even a week i think, so i focus mostly on the traditional forums, the hawk forums, the multitool forums, and the survival forums.

oh and speaking of throwing shovel, there also seems to be a following for the coldsteel shovel, supposed to be based on the original spetznaz shovel. (off topic: the free coldsteel promotional DVD that comes with the catalogue is really a hoot. the owner, lynn thompson, is really a mockery of himself. bad advertising, good comedy)

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serious-http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/cs_shovel.html
funny-http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/2292/shovelrev.htm

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Reply #9 - Aug 6^th, 2007 at 7:05am

I believe the russian special forces still favour a throwing hatchet over a knife.
And yeah I don't see any problem with hatchets still having use. soldiers still need to make hides and temporary bases when on patrol or stake out. Also barricades, not too mention food and survival situations.
Also I suppose getting through modern combat armour with a knife could be tricky whereas an axe with spike could do it fairly easily.

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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #10 - Aug 6^th, 2007 at 10:32am i think i read somewhere that the spike on the back of the classic 'nam tomahawk was specifically designed to punch through the contemporary helmets.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #11 - Aug 6^th, 2007 at 10:43am I know people that will try to throw anything. A big suprise was the big modern metal spatula used for outdoor grilling. Turns out it's pretty darn good.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #12 - Aug 6^th, 2007 at 5:51pm lol that's obviously where I'm going wrong, I just cook with my cooking utensils :-)
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Bikewer Interfector Viris Spurii Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 1627 St. Louis, Mo Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #13 - Aug 6^th, 2007 at 7:33pm siguy: Longtime bladeforums poster here as well; same handle.
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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: Tomahawk/Throwing Axe Reply #14 - Aug 7^th, 2007 at 9:26am ah bikewer, good to find a common freind. i haven't been there long, i think i only have about three hundred posts so far... but that forum is great for learning about knives. i have learned alot just reading conversations and arguments.
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