Stroup Knives might be best known for models like the Bravo V and Mini 2, but when it comes to other tools, don’t count them out. The company produces some top-notch tomahawks, too.
Before you count out tomahawks as a tacticool gimmick, give them a chance, specifically the Tomahawk S by Stroup Knives. Here’s what you should know about it.
Bombproof Design
This is actually one thing that gives many tactical tomahawks a decided advantage not only over knives but over conventional alternatives like hatchets.
In the case of this tomahawk, it’s a one-piece design. Whereas other tomahawks have their heads hung on hafts, this one is a one-piece, 1095 steel design with rock-textured G10 scales bolted right onto the sides of what we might, for lack of a better term, call a tang, or perhaps a langet.
Now, there’s nothing that could really go wrong with G10, but even if you did destroy (or lose) the scales, you could either make your own from wood or some other material, or else wrap the tang in cord and get back to work.
In other words, you’ll never have to hang a head or fashion a new hatchet haft again, that is, if you pick up a tool like this.
Surprising Versatility
Tomahawks are discredited by some as impractical, but the truth is there are things a tomahawk is better suited to execute than both a hatchet and a knife.
Not that tomahawks are great at it all (they aren’t) but they do offer some significant advantages.
For one, a tomahawk allows more power to be delivered in a blow since it can be swung. This provides an advantage over knives, and tomahawks also tend to be lighter than hatchets.
And, while they don’t split as effectively as hatchets, they’re not terrible for the job, either. Plus, a tomahawk with a spiked poll (like this one) can do a lot of what both a hatchet and a knife can do.
Split wood? Carve camp furniture? Drag logs? Punch through thin sheet metal? Food prep? Check, check, check, check, and check; and that just scratches the surface of what you can do with a tomahawk like this. There’s no way every use case could be covered here.
The fact of the matter is that with an edge, a spiked poll, and swinging leverage, there is a whole lot you can do with a tomahawk.
Does it mean your loadout should have a tomahawk? Not necessarily. Does it mean you should give a tomahawk like this a fair audience? Absolutely.
Flexibility in How You Carry
Lastly, tactical tomahawks like the Tomahawk S from Stroup Knives typically come with thermoformed plastic sheaths that offer a great deal of versatility in how you carry.
In this case, the Tomahawk S comes with a Kydex sheath that can be carried on the belt, lashed to a pack, or carried in any of many different configurations.
Best of all, the sheath configuration leaves the spike exposed so you won’t need to unsheath the tomahawk to use the spike.
Shop Stroup Knives at The Knife Connection
Want to learn more about this tomahawk or see what else Stroup Knives has come out with? Visit The Knife Connection. They carry this tomahawk (and others) as well as knives from the top brands, along with accessories.
Check out their website and if you have any questions about this tool or any of the others they carry, get in touch with them directly and they’ll help you find whatever it is that you’re looking for.
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