Which made me excited to try one.įor most backpackers, the extra weight would be a negative thing. They are around a pound heavier than the Cold Steel Trail Hawks. I was initially impressed and intrigued by the weight of these tomahawks. As well as my updated and final thoughts in June 2018 after months of hard use & testing.Īugust 2017:I recently stumbled upon the CRKT Nobo Tomahawk, as well as the Woods Chogan by CRKT. * This review features my initial first impressions from August 2017. So, without further ado, let’s just into my full CRKT Nobo Tomahawk Review. I’m so glad Columbia River was able to send one of these my way to test and share my experiences with you all. Some design choices CRKT made on this tomahawk really caught my eye, which we’ll go over soon. This lightweight 2lb tomahawk can deliver everything you need from simple tree trimming, to survival shelter building, and perhaps defense if needed.I’ve been really excited to give the CRKT Nobo Tomahawk a shot since it originally released. This involved chopping and prying, which the Woods accomplished without a problem. One of the harder chopping tasks is using the Woods to break down a couple shipping pallets for firing the pizza oven. I tested the CRKT Woods Chogan T-Hawk on a variety of soft and hardwoods, from the prolific cottonwoods to working through some oak used in the Roundboy pizza oven. Even better, a broken hickory handle can be easily fabricated out in the field should you ever actually break the handle or if a longer handle is required. The reason is that simple carbon steel and hickory handles are very forgiving to errors or brute force. My old hatchet survived literally thousands of chops, cuts, and even swings that missed the head and hit the handle. From one perspective, I would have liked to see an inexpensive leather edge protector, on the other, the rubber edge protector works and drops weight for a more packable tomahawk.īack when I was a kid, we just called these hatchets. The edge comes covered with a rubber edge protector, which can be reused after the axe is unpacked. Of course, Ryan has put his own spin on the designs to include a functional hammer head and an inner faux edge, which can be sharpened for defensive work.Įach CRKT Woods Chogan T-Hawk is made from a hot forged 1055 carbon steel head and fitted with a solid hickory handle. Where the Chogan and Kangee models are combat and tactically focused, the “Woods” versions are faithful recreations of good old fashioned trapper tomahawks that can build a fire or build a cabin. Previously I reviewed the $185 CRKT Chogan from Johnson, and his designs are clearly created by someone who actually knows what works for cutting tools. Surprisingly, Ryan Johnson, the designer behind this great $69 tomahawk, is the same guy famous for his high dollar fancy tomahawk designs. It only sacrifices the top-end, extreme durability that one piece piece steel designs can offer. In the land of $150-$300 tactical tomahawks, the CRKT Woods Chogan T-Hawk delivers 100% of the functionality with less weight. The overseas production for all CRKT knives is of very high tolerances and quality. The designer Ryan Johnson may make some of the fanciest certified high tech tomahawk designs, but his good old fashioned design with hot forged 1055 carbon steel head and hickory handle is what a country boy like me leans toward. The CRKT Woods Chogan T-Hawk Tomahawk takes me back to my country boy roots. You can take the boy out of the country, but you will never take the country out of the boy.
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