H & B Forge Tomahawk - Any good?? (2024)

If you're not set on H&B, consider a Cold Steel. The Frontier hawk, Rifleman's hawk, Trail hawk, etc are all great in the woods, and come at a very affordable price.

i don't have any xps with it mtmanjoe, but i sure like the look!
got a link?...woods

I've carried and USED that hawk for 25 years. It's my favorite. I have several axes and hatchets, if I could only have 1, I'd go with that hawk, it's been that good for me.
Donk.

Dang, sweet hawk at one heck of a price!

Thanks! I had this link and somehow lost it and couldn't remember the name.
As soon as I opened the page I new it was the site I had visited before.
This time I will bookmark it!

H&B is the gold standard of working hawks in the buckskinning community, I have several that I bought about fifteen years ago, I use them for wood prep and for throwing, I also have two of their throwing knives, one of them I moded and use as a camp knife, they make them out of leaf spring steel, they hold a good edge and really take a beating.

i've used the H&B Forge "Large Camp Axe" quite extensively for almost a year now. I like it a lot. I use it as a pack axe and it does everything from clearing branches off the trail to small camp tasks.

Don't think you can beat it for the money. A lot of throwers swear by them, and they're really well made. I wouldn't look anywhere else for a tomahawk unless I wanted something really high end.

I don't mean to sidetrack this thread, but has anyone used or seen the Franciscan hawk? That thing looks menacing, but it seems to not come with a sheath? Also, would you go with a French hawk or a French polled hawk?

As others have stated, you really cant go wrong with an H&B. An added bonus is that it is an actual forged piece of steel, not a casting, and you wont need to worry about a socket head cap screw to keep the handle and head together......

I just ordered the French Ladies Polled hawk I was also told of the wait time. I am not very good at waiting lol let see what happens.

Do the French hawks made by H and B come with sheaths? Is there an option to buy them? If not, what are you guys doing for sheaths? Thanks.

Orders one a couple weeks ago. I've heard a lot of good things about em. Look'n forward to it!

Used my medium polled axe to dissect a fatwood stump this weekend, worked great!