Nobo T-Hawk

Good and durable right out of the box! Does need a little sharpening, yet that is just standard practice for hatchets these days. Great handle; easy to clean as well as replace when needed.

I came across this Hawk researching axes for throwing. I’d recently made a target at home and was looking for some inexpensive axes to throw at it. I picked up a couple competition style axes and the woods kangee, i mean why not for the price. When it arrived I was instantly enamored with it. its a fearsome looking piece! ..But I couldn’t get this hawk to land on target. I had the competition style axes landing immediately. Admittedly i was frustrated throwing it, at one point I turned it around and gave a chop, spike first, at the target. That’s when I realized the woods kangee’s true talent. The solid spike hit went 2.5in into the punky log round and actually cracked the top 1/3 right off the target!! The blade arrives dull, that’s fine. You should want to put you own edge on it. -if you use a 1000/6000 whet stone you can put what looks like a sweet hamon on the machined edge. The stock handle is disposable. I only used it to throw, as throwing ruins handles. I was able to find a 3rd party curly maple handle which i hand sanded and fit to the head. That was fun to do. The blade is heavy but manageable. It will do campground duty if it must, but the kangee longs for guerilla shenanigans. With a $25 exhibition grade handle, a few hours of elbow grease (edge work and handle sanding) you can have a visually interesting, tactically functional, utterly devastating tomahawk for under $80.

This tomahawk is really a hatchet out of the box. It's mass is waaay too heavy to be practical for Self defense in the same way a normal hawk is (for Ex a cold Steel frontier, or pipe hawk). However, this hawk is FAR more useful as a woodsmans tool than the Cold Steel variety, or any of the Mall ninja tacticool breaching hawks out there. It could be a tad sharper as many of the negative reviews have mentioned, but as this thing barely qualifies as a hawk, a knife sharp edge is less important than durability and wood processing power. In that role, it does very well, and was a favorite splitting axe for small logs in the several times I have taken it out. The hammer is all but useless, even though I found uses for it, the geometry and design doesn't lend itself well to any real carpentry or camp chores. Even pounding tent stakes, while totally doable, was less optimal than with a hatchet. Really, the only thing that hammer adds, is mass. This helps with splitting, but gets in the way of every other task. As a lark I decided to totally mod mine, and try to turn it into something a bit more like a Hawk. Step one was to remove the hammer with a hacksaw. This alone was enough to bring the weight down to a manageable if still heavy tomahawk level of mass. Now when I compare it to a comparable Cold Steel hawk, it still outsplits (despite the reduced mass) and is a better tool, but is only marginally slower in hand as a weapon. As I am a collector, I have no shortage of hawks and axes, so I decided to go all out and create a new weapon for the ren faire, and as a fan of Vikings I decided to mod this thing into a viking axe, and now, It's my favorite tool/melee weapon in the house!

SO bear with me as I write this slightly annoyed, mostly because I cant find my sharpening stone, so onto the review. Nice handle, good steel, heavy for a tomahawk, good weight for a camp axe, and it even has a smash-y bit on the back to hammer in tent stakes. Having said that (Are you listening CKRT!) I've had butter knives that are sharper come on guys your a knife company you would think you could put an edge on the damn thing or at-least try. My cold Steel axe had more of an edge and that was still dull enough that you couldn't chop your way out of damp cardboard, and this edge is even worse. Sad just sad, and to think they put on all this protective covering making you think it may be sharp, or some reasonable facsimile thereof. #DisappointmentAbounds Well 4 hours later, with a WetStone, I have the Edge profiled, its not sharp but at-least it now can cut wet cardboard. I think I have another 2 hours to finish the edge to sharp and then another hour or so with the fine stone to polish it sharp. Good think I can hand hone in a proper Appleseed edge. When all is said and done my Coarse stone will be toast, CKRT you owe me a new stone for having to fix your sharpening failure. #SarpnessFail Once you get it sharp though, it should prove to be quite a handy camp axe. just be prepared to put in the time to do it. Otherwise it's a fine axe. So for all that you CKRT lose 1 star, and I get 10 for mad sharpening skills, and Gryffindor gets 100 points. Update to all following, I finally got the damn thing sharp. Once sharp it holds an edge (did I mention it's made of good steel.) Took it on a camping trip and use it to chop all the firewood, I love that you can simply knock the Axe head off the handle, This allowed me to use the AXE head ike an ULU for dealing with the fish I caught. (did I mention I have mad sharpening skills.) Filled them using it, then popped the handle back on to split some logs to make the fire for dinner. Later out in the field I cut a maple limb down knocked the head off the axe and used it to whittle a long 30 inch handle as I was needing some more firewood for later in the week. and chopping that with a 20" handle would be tougher than with a full size one so I made one. :-) Next day chopped up some logs and pretty much used the hatches in this fashion until weeks end. At which point I was sure the thing would need more sharpeinig but no, still sharp enough to shave the hair on my arms. So all in all be prepared to put in some time to properly sharpen it, once done it'll serve you for years to come.

Great tomahawk. Came sharp and the handle is great quality. Worth every cent.

Oh what fun. Solid. Well made and great quality. Pleased.

Holy Molly, this thing is an amazing product. I found the handle too slippery, so I told a file and roughed it up a lot, so that it releases when I say. Otherwise, I am really impressed with the CKRT quality, and the seller , perfect condition, and sharp, I can shave with this. I use it for Axe throwing league, and put some tape on the head, so it fits snug, and no slipping. consistant, and reliable, I would probably order another handle, just in case I damage this one and want to continue my league, 5 Star product, 5 Star seller.

Being well-used

Der Stiel liegt am Metall nicht ringsum natlos an. An einer Seite sind es 3cm. An der anderen Seite sind es 2cm. Der Spalt ist aber so klein, dass nur ein einziges Stück Blatt Papier mit rein passt. Zwei Blatt aufeinander passen schon nicht mehr. Der Stihl sitzt stramm und nichts wackelt. An einer Seite der Schneide ist auf 2cm Länge der Anschliff etwas unsauber. Es fehlt der sonnst überall vohanden letzte Winkelanschliff, welcher überall 1,5mm breit ist. Wenn man mit eine Feile ein einziges mal drüber geht, wäre dieser Anschliff vorhanden. Das Beil ist nicht messerscharf. Zum in den Finger schneiden reicht es allemal. (An der vorderen Schneide) Die untere Schneide ist stumpf. Die Schneidenbreite beträgt dort 0,3mm. Wen man diese Schneide z.B. zum Aufbrechen von Wild verwenden will, müsste man sie leicht nachschärfen. Ich verwende dieses Beil beim Camping um damit Erdnägel einzuschlagen und Holzscheite zu spalten. Dafür ist es im Auslieferzsustand bestens geeignet und muss nicht nachgearbeitet werden.

A lot of comments about handle being too loose. As with all wooden handled tools the remedy is to soak if hot water, then let air dry, soak in WD40 rags to displace water, then keep head part of handled well oiled. It prevents rust and swells the wood so it doesn't slide so easily unless you want to remove head for sharpening. The same for sledge hammers and pick axes etc. because of the rounded style handle. It's basically a throwing axe, as well as axe. Sharp, and the guards are for shipping only. Youtube provides axe carrying PVC or ABS belt carrier designs if you don't want to purchase leather sheath designed for the axe. Love it, well weighted, chops and throws great. Bust the handle and it's easy to make a new one. Cheers.

Schönes kompaktes Beil, kann zum Transport schnell auseinander gebaut werden. Der Schneidenwinkel ist für Schneid- und Hackarbeiten etwas zu groß. Wer selber schleifen kann, bekommt in den Preissegment ein gutes Werkzeug.