# Do you own a tomahawk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596 "2022-03-24T03:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/1 "2022-03-24T03:46:49Z")
Do you own a tomahawk? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/2 "2022-03-24T03:49:26Z")
I live in Central Arizona, it’s almost mandatory. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/3 "2022-03-24T03:53:24Z")
Can’t afford it. Dodge only made nine of them, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/4 "2022-03-24T04:08:15Z")
I own at least one hatchet. Close enough? Didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/5 "2022-03-24T04:15:31Z")
yes and the Indian influence in the family seems to have been passed amoung certain females in the family tree ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/6 "2022-03-24T04:23:04Z")
The hatchet, or the missile? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/7 "2022-03-24T04:41:56Z")
I have a couple of hatchets for camping, but no tomahawks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/8 "2022-03-24T04:51:43Z")
I’m more of a ribeye guy myself, but at the moment I don’t have any steaks at all in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/9 "2022-03-24T05:06:26Z")
Used to own a hatchet for a decade or two. But it went to little used in my particular urban jungle and my camping years ground to a halt, so I eventually gave it away. Never a tomahawk. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/10 "2022-03-24T05:13:19Z")
Hmm, I voted but was assuming you were meaning tomahawk as a loose description of a hatchet. Reading the thread it seems a distinction is being drawn but I’m not sure where the boundary lies between hatchet and tomahawk. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/11 "2022-03-24T05:27:37Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > The hatchet, or the missile? Seriously, I’m just happy to see you. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/12 "2022-03-24T05:28:13Z")
I have one. I keep it in my Jeep with a shovel, saw, tow straps and extraction gear. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/13 "2022-03-24T05:40:56Z")
A hatchet is not a tomahawk. Please vote accordingly, or begin a new poll. Sorry, raw nerve, I’ve taught Boy Scouts the differences and safety protocols for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/14 "2022-03-24T05:44:06Z")
OK but the objective difference is…? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/15 "2022-03-24T05:51:08Z")
There are hundreds of articles on the subject, but the handles, size, materials, and the shape of the heads are different. Which means the uses are different… or should be. Oh, and native americans throw tomahawks, NOT hatchets. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/16 "2022-03-24T06:10:43Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > OK but the objective difference is…? [One answer](https://www.thetoolsquare.com/tomahawk-vs-hatchet//). ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/17 "2022-03-24T10:13:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can’t afford it. Dodge only made nine of them, as far as I know. I was thinking the same thing, only [Piper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-38_Tomahawk) instead of Dodge. I’ve owned a Cherokee and an Arrow, but no Tomahawk. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/18 "2022-03-24T10:35:39Z")
Yes, I own several authentic native american artifacts know as tomahawks (celts). Also numerous stone arrowheads, knives, scrappers, pestals, axe heads and banner stones. All found in farmers fields in western Ohio by me personally when I was younger or aquired in trade with others. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/19 "2022-03-24T11:02:31Z")
Does your tomahawk have a bowl on the head, and a hollow handle? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FdcpyidmwB4/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FdcpyidmwB4/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596/20 "2022-03-24T11:47:41Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I live in Central Arizona, it’s almost mandatory. Okay, my curiosity is unbearably peaked! WHY, exactly MUST you own a tomahawk? I’m astounded that 27% of the people voting actually own one. I figured the vote to play out as 99% no. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596.md?page=2)