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TR - I understand your argument that a tomahawk isn't worth the weight compared to a gun, knife or utility tool. (I always used a machette for clearing light overgrowth growing up in Florida.)

What I didn't understand was your distinction between a tomahawk and a hatchet. I looked over whats currently available and the size and weight are about the same. As best I can figure it, a tomahawk is distinguished from a hatchet by the slimmer head and a spike, pick, or hammer opposite the blade. (Is this not an accurate distinction?)

You said a tomahwak isn't as useful as a hatchet or a small axe, but I'm not understanding what you could do with a hatchet/small axe that you couldn't do with a tomahawk. Compared to a hatchet, is a tomahawk not useful because the head isn't heavy enough for serious chopping work? Do you find the spike on the backside just get in the way? I'm not challenging your expertise, just trying to learn something new.