Buy Benchmade Black ClassKillian TomahawkBenchmade Black ClassKillian Tomahawk Product Description:
- Head length/Spike length: 7.50-Inch/3.5-Inch
- Overall Length: 16.25-Inch
- Blade Material/Hardness: 1095 carbon blade steel (57-60HRC)
Product Description
The Benchmade 172 Tomahawk features a 1095 Carbon Steel blade and contoured G10 handle, making it a very dynamic tool. The wedged end can be used for prying and its apple seed mill bevel provides for increased edge life. Includes MOLLE compatible Nylon sheath.
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful.
Great Quality, Great Design, Great Value!!
By monkeywrench133
I received my Killian Tomahawk yesterday, and am very pleased with it!And since the only other review of this product mentions RMJ Tactical's Eagle Talon Tomahawk, which I also own, I decided to do a little side by side.First of all, quality of construction:The Killian is a well made hawk, cut out of a single piece of steel. The Eagle Talon is as well. Both hawks are cut with a plasma arc, and both have the striations from plasma cutting. The striations on the Killian are more pronounced than on the Eagle Talon, but not significantly so. The edges of both are rounded for user's comfort, and both are otherwise equal in craftsmanship.The Killian hawk uses G10 handles with a diamond texture. The Eagle Talon has micarta handles, mine is laced with paracord to improve grip.The Killian is shorter, and heavier in the head than the Eagle Talon. However, despite the shorter length, the added weight gave the Killian just as much cutting power as the Eagle Talon.I tried both of these hawks on a number of palo verde and mesquite trees in my back yard. As I mentioned, the Killian and Eagle Talon performed equally well with respect to direct cutting power. With a single hand blow, with full rotation of my upper body (I'm 6' 2", 235lbs) I was able to get cut depths of 1 1/2 - 2 inches from both hawks.When using the point of the hawks, I was able to achieve penetration of 1-1 1/4 inches with the Killian's point, and 1 1/4- 1 1/2 inches with the Eagle Talon. It is significant to note the the point on the Eagle Talon is a narrow, tapered one, while the Killian's is twice the width. I feel that, while the Eagle Talon can penetrate deeper, the wound channel caused by the Killian would be much greater.Using both hawks in a back hand sweep, the Eagle Talon's more pronounce beard proved to be formidable. I was able to achieve great penetration and cutting with the Eagle Talon's beard. The Killian's less pronounced, and less sharp, beard still delivered significant damage, but not as much as the Eagle Talon's.One important advantage to the Killian is the size of the grip. The grip on the Killian is significantly larger than that of the Eagle Talon. As I was testing both on trees, the Killian's grip was very comfortable, and allowed no slippage of my hand. The Eagle Talon, with the smaller grip, became somewhat uncomfortable after a while due to its smaller size, and the fact that I had to grip it that much tighter to maintain my grip on it. I think this would be amplified by the user wearing gloves while using the Eagle Talon.Over All Feel:The Killian is a great product, but in my opinion, is more of a breaching tool, than outright weapon. The balance of it is superb, and I would feel very comfortable with it in a hand to hand combat situation. The one thing I dislike about the Killian is the "pry-bar" bevel at the end of the handle. This doesn't strike me as a practical use for the weapon, and I dislike having the pointy ends of weapons pointed in my direction. This is my one and only gripe about the Killian.The RMJ Eagle Talon is a fighting hawk first, and tool second. It is several inches longer, and quite a bit lighter, than the Killian, which makes it a faster weapon, with better reach. However, while the Eagle Talon would do a fine job of hacking into, or out of, any place/thing I wanted to, I would look to the Killian first, as I feel it is the better suited tool.My one complaint about the Killian is the sheath it comes with. There's no nice way to say it, it's pretty crappy. I'll be having a custom made sheath made for it very soon.The Eagle Talon comes with a kydex sheath that is very functional and fast to draw from.Bottom Line:Both the Benchmade Killian, and the RMJ Tactical Eagle Talon are superb weapon/tools, but at roughly half the price of the Eagle Talon, the Killian is a great deal! I am very happy that I purchased mine!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.Excellent high end breaching tool at a more than reasonable price
By Elliott VFP
I've owned, and loved, my Benchmade Tomahawk since I got it early in the summer, around the time of its release. It is, as mentioned in another review, a breaching tool, and most of the characteristics noted as "flaws" by those using it as anything else are ones which exist as part of the flawlessly designed, compact breaching tool that it is.Personally, I have a fascination with the modern, shorter tomahawks being produced by a few companies at present, and bought mine before setting off on a trip around the country. The trip involved a lot of camping, during which I used my Killian pretty much the way in which a more practical person would use a hatchet and/or large fixed blade like the Ka-Bar/Becker BK-9. While not the most efficient tool for my application, it was most likely the most fun, and a good excuse to finally drop the $150+ you need to if you want to buy a modern tomahawk that will actually hold up through heavy use.This is the only "nice" tomahawk that I own, and its superiority to cheaper ones like the SOG Fusion or the Cold Steel Trench Hawk is not something that you'll ever find yourself debating. The only other Tomahawk I considered was the American Tomahawk CQC-T, but my loyalty to Benchmade won out in the end.Simply put, this is a compact, heavy duty breaching tool, and if used as anything else one will likely find either the weight excessive or the reach to short. Not to say it can't be used as a camping tool, but you'll have to accept that its heavier than many other options and it is no chopping axe. When thinking strictly of efficiency, I'd much rather carry my Fiskars Hatchet when in the woods and maybe BK9, if not just my BK2. The build quality is incredible, as one would expect from any blade produced by Benchmade, and if taken care of, you won't find yourself replacing this thing at any point in your lifetime. As others have mentioned, it does not come very sharp at all, but its hard to complain about having to do a little bit of work to finish off perfecting such a great tool.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Excellent product.
By CBnL
I read the 1 star review and thought it a bit unfair.Examining he product one can see it was laser cut from 3/8 plate steel.The blade and point were shaped on a mill. (actually I'm pretty impressed by that)Correct, it is not sharp enough to shave with, but if that sharp it would provide a poor edge for what this tool is intended.I tested this tool on some well aged hedge/bodark wood which is some of the toughest wood you will come across and it performed wonderfully keeping its edge and point.I would suggest putting a wrist lanyard on it in case your grip slips.I'm 100% pleased and give this product an A+ / 5 stars.
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