Cold Steel Rifleman's Hawk American Hickory Handle

by Cold Steel

Product Features

• Overall Length: 19.00"
• Handle Material: American Hickory
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• This item is not for sale in some specific zip codes

Product Description

This superb tomahawk features a factory-honed cutting edge. It has two sticking points on its cutting edge for throwing and throws extremely well. The Rifleman’s Hawk has a traditional American hammer-head style butt for hammering stakes

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4 x 4 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000Q9BG4Y
• Item model number: 90RH
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,348 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars D@mn this is good, January 16, 2009

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Mountain Medic (Santa Cruz Mountains) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cold Steel Rifleman's Hawk American Hickory Handle (Sports)

I bought this for a buddy of mine for his birthday. Now i don't want to give it up. Pulled it out of the box and was shocked. If you've ever picked up a tool that instantly feels right, this is one. For backcountry, primitive or rough camping or cabin work this is a wonderful wonderful tool. I have a $40 steel shaft axe with a longer handle meant for brush work... and i like this more. One hand chopping it's king. The hammer weight behind the swing means easier chopping than you'd expect and less work than a big axe, yet the light wood handle and minimalist design make it faster and more agile than the Gerber camp axe that can't compare. (Traditional short camp axes always seem limited by the short handle.) And thought it lacks a nail puller having a standard hammer head is invaluable.

Those silly Cold Steel videos are no joke.
One tip. It's designed to be throwable so the handle is smooth, useable but smooth. I wrapped the handle in parachute cord with a loop at the top. By looping my hand securely i can get some crazy powerful swings without fatiguing and the cord serves as cushion and grip.

My buddy is never going to take this thing off except when it's hanging on his wall.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great!!!, December 11, 2010

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Travis Haselton "men are like steel they lose... (NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Steel Rifleman's Hawk American Hickory Handle (Sports)

I got this thing a couple years ago. Part of the reason was because it seemed like a good tool, the rest was purely because tomahawks are cool and this one looked like the classic "pipe" design. I know it sounds juvenile of me, but I can't help it, they are just so awesome!




This one fit the bill, however, I should point out that hawks are not hatchets. They do not have the comfortable, rubber, curved handle. They are all about effectiveness. The solid wood handle has proven to take a beating and if the event of a broken handle in a survival situation comes up, I can simply whittle a new handle from any branch available.




The hammer feature has proven use full when putting up the tent when I go camping. It isn't as comfortable as a hatchet for chopping, but I can easily slip it into my belt for when I am out on the trail and may come across some firewood.




Throwing this is a blast! Problem is, trying to find a target that can repeatedly handle being smashed by this thing. Cold steel has put nice feature in the blade in the form of a allen screw that tightens the grip of the blade to the handle.




Overall, this is a good purchase when you spend much time in the woods and may be in a constant search for wood. The edge retention is great and it is easy to sharpen. I have chopped wood from pines in Utah, and cottonwood in upstate Nevada, and everywhere in between.




It also makes a handy home defense tool that hits with devastating force either with the blade or the hammer, and will not run out of ammo. If thrown and doesn't stick I am sure that the weight will still do quite a bit of damage.




Five stars as a tomahawk but keep in mind, if you aren't going to spent a lot of time in the woods, this may be to much weight to carry for the one or two very small branches you may want to chop.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hawks, July 28, 2011

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Jeremy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Steel Rifleman's Hawk American Hickory Handle (Sports)

Seems most people do not understand how a hawk works the handle is wider at top to keep the head from coming of. remove the screw do a little sanding to get the head to fit snug and proper and you no longer need the screw. a hawk is a malti-use tool. take head off you have many thinng you can use head for. If you are getting it to just cut wood get an axe. want a tool that can do many things get a hawk for the money and a little work you cannot beat a hawk