O.K. A dumb Hawk question?

[Katagelan]

I believe a tomahawk handle would be easier to replace by a person in the wild, away from the tools and services of civilization.
Nature give a tapered shape to tree limbs.

 

[hso]

What's your question?

 

[alsask]

Tomahawks were originaly a little hatchet used on sailing ships. The British, especialy the Hudson's Bay Company, started using them as trade goods for fur. They were not invented by the Indians or the Vikings.

 

[JShirley]

The word tomahawk originally referred to a Native American war club. It eventually became synonymous in the US with "hatchet", and the American Indians finally stopped making almost any war clubs, so the term is now always used in the modern sense to describe types of hatchet.

John

http://www.shootingreviews.com/tomahawks-hard-use-tools-and-weapons-or-tactical-toys/

 

[jdh]

Little different pov on the subject. While a hawk can be used as a tool, a point made by a seasoned training officer many moons ago was if he saw a hand axe or hatchet in a vehicle he assumed tool, if he saw a hawk he assumed weapon.