![]() ![]() Between the two, I really like the precision chopping of the Estwing Tomahawk over the double bit axe. But anything organic that gets in its way is history. The pick is not sharp like a blade, but more of a blunt sharp, to coin an oxymoron. When you need a hole in something fast, the Estwing Tomahawk will deliver with the speed and force of a quality geology hammer. Protruding opposite the Estwing Tomahawk’s main feature is a powerful spike that is as deadly as is it is functional. Unlike the Double Bit axe, the Estwing Tomahawk has a vastly different back end. The proportions of this tomahawk’s design supports a fine woodworking talent that make the Estwing Tomahawk a great piece of camp gear for minor woodworking, kindling chores, and even some kitchen duties. The balance is wonderful, and the grip to blade ratio leans heavily toward small work. The Estwing Tomahawk is a precision chopper. Maybe not the world champion, but certainly a national champion. Like all Estwing tools I’ve had the privilege to use, the double bit axe preforms like a champ. This is certainly not a felling axe, but it would easily be a go-to camp axe, or bug out tool. For throwing, camp chores, and general small-scale slicing, a double-edged axe like this works great. But this is more of a case of redundancy than duality. Often double bits are ground at different angles for two distinct chopping experiences. The double bit axe has two of the same edges. So I’ll take the liberty and consider them together and both in the tomahawk family. I consider double-bit axes as those twice-as-big lumber tools that Paul Bunyan would have slung over his shoulder, not a two-pound 17-inch double-headed hatchet. Actually, Estwing only lists one head as a tomahawk but I am lumping their double-bit axe into the tomahawk category due to it’s size. In Estwing’s lineup of tools that fall under the axe/hatchet variety are a series of tomahawks that two head designs and a series of colors and handle options. I included the “ish” because one of the earth’s premier axe maker failed to market a “ tomahawk” but does have an excessively expensive “Outdoor Axe” that easily mimics a tomahawk for most practical purposes. To the point that any major knife or axe maker worth his or her survival salt makes a tomahawk or tomahawk-ish hand tool. These are single-bladed, pick iron variants of the same tools the Algonquian Indians used to crack skulls and carve up meat before the Europeans came to North America. Jumping into the 21st century, the tomahawk, and even “tactical tomahawk,” have entered the mainstream bug out vernacular with a vengeance. Estwing Tomahawk vs Double Bit Axe ReviewĮstwing Tomahawk vs Double Bit Axe Review. ![]()
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