Well as you may remember I was able to go home for Christmas, it was a wounderful time the drive is just under 800 miles and was great even the passes weren't too bad, a little hairy but not bad. I was able to meet Diceman and his family in Mossoula Montana, it was a great but short visit.

Once at home I was able to show off my supercute little girl and wounderful wife. For Christmas My great wife got me a CS Trailhawk, I had wanted one for a while and am very impressed with it, (pictures to come later).

After Christmas I had a chance to go to about 5 area gun-shops with my dad and just look at all the wounderful tools on the walls and in the cases, I have set my heart on a "scout rifle" and am just looking at all my options, but that is an entire different post with questions.

At home my family has a fireplace and a hearty wood pile to keep it fead, was so thrilled about my new trailhawk I grabed my firesteel and want to work spliting kindeling and making my piles of different sizes, ran in to the laundry room to grab a handful of dryer lint and I was go, I started the fire 3 times with my hawk and steel. One day my S6 was closer so I used it to make fire and found the S6 easier with the medium-large stuff using the batoing method, but the hawk was nicer in the small stuff, just set it on the chop-block and have at it.

One highlight was on New Years day when my dad and I "disassembled" the Christmas tree. He had still not broken in his FBM that he got at blade west. so with my new hawk and the big Busse we went to work. Branches or trunk it didn't matter the carnage was great. The FBM cut like a hatchet but felt like, well, a big knife. While the chopping the tree up my dad grabed a two-liter pop bottle full of water and I cut it clean off in one stroke, with the bottom half left on the table still full to the brim with water, then another stroke to the leftovers again a clean cut all the way through, with watwer splashing all over, it was amazing, then after the tree and pop bottle cutting you could still shave arm-hair, truly amazing.

After the tree was disambled enough, the steel stand was ineed of abuse so I took my Hawk and killed it this is thick sheet metal and the hawk tore it up with out any real edge damage, I was very impressed. After the tree chopping and tree stand destruction, I took the head off my hawk, sanded, stained, and sealed the handel. I think it looks great a little darker.

Time for pictures,
Little Baby Bond having great Christmas .


Me and my new toy.


Tree loftovers.


My dad's FBM, with sheath handmade by Joules360


closeup.


Pop bottle in half

Tree stand caranage


More.

Great pics, JB. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Sounds like everyone had a great time.

The CS Trail Hawk is a great little axe. I've got a couple, their fun to throw too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

That poor little tree and stand didn't stand a chance! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

looks like a good time. i got my trail hawk last night, finished the mods today. once i get a decent computer running i'll post some pics.

Another cool thing I saw at home was an August 1960 issue of American Rifleman, that my dad found in my grandpas (passed on) old shop, the adds were great, mossins and enfields for $10, M1 garands for $80, all baynets were $1.88 to $2.50 it was neat, and my faveorite article I found was "Shooting May Results in Loss of Hearing?"

Oh yah I forgot pictures of my Hawk it self, (Mag22's post reminded me)
The only mod (so far) is the handel stained and laquered.

The little allen bolt is an interesting addition to the newer versions. I recently got a new one that had the allen bolt.

I've got a coule of older versions that don't have it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I'm curious how well it will stay in over time with use, and if I'll like it better than the older ones. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

i took the allen screw out, pounded the head further up the haft, then drilled a new hole and the thing's solid now. i should have inserted some of that expanding gorilla glue too. at least i can still remove it, maybe stain and recoat the head. for now it's just wrapped, sharpened, tightened, and woodburned.

Looks like fun!!

Great pics JB. I think Little Bond is adoreable. What a cutie.

Your post says your hawk is a Cold Steel product but the label in the picture says American Tomahawk. Are they one in the same? I alway thought American Tomakawk was a separate compnany.

You know Bill, I don't know what the deal is here

In this first link they have the new tactical vietnam style "LaGana Tactical Tomahawk", they also make the wicked looking Emerson designed one.

http://www.americantomahawk.com/index.htm

Then there is Cold Steel and they say that...
"The American Tomahawk Company® is a division of Cold Steel, Inc."

http://www.coldsteel.com/axes.html

there must be more than one "American Tomahawk Company" or something

I know the American Tomahawk Company had a reputation for making very good hawks. I ghuess they were a pretty small company though and maybe CS bought them.

I've never had a tomahawk but throwing them sound like fund. I bet there is not much as satifying as hearing the thunk when the hawk strikes.

The American Tomahawk Company® trademark is owned by ColdSteel and has nothing to do with the ATC VTAC and it's ilk. LT bought the trademark years ago but has never enforced it until the VTAC got popular and then he started marketing it again.