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Old 10-22-2007, 08:53   #10
Bill Harsey
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The word "tomahawk" found its way into the english language as an adaptation of the Algonquian Native Amercian term for their tool and weapon of this type.
Early tomahawks had stone heads.

Both tomahawks and hatchets are relatively short handled whacking tools that are now usually made from steel.
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