So which style of tomahawk ear do you prefer ??

[Ohio Rusty]

Do you like the rounded or the pointed ear look at the bottom of the tomahawk eye ?? (My crappy camera won't focus up close.... i.e. the fuzziness)
Ohuo Rusty ><>

 

[Frogman88]

I am not sure. Both are hard to fit properly

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

I’m a fan of the pointed ears, I like the look. I feel that the rounded bottoms are more modern looking, but maybe that’s just me!

 

[HSmithTX]

Aesthetically I like the pointed better. No reason other than that.

 

[64Springer]

The ears I prefer are the ones still attached to the side of my head after some renegade whacks me with his hawk.

And the top hawk with the point is more aesthetically pleasing regardless of period correctness.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

For me, I would take in the overall shape and look of the tomahawk head.

 

[IronHand]

I’m a fan of the pointed ears, I like the look. I feel that the rounded bottoms are more modern looking, but maybe that’s just me!

+1

Ironhand

 

[morehops52]

for looks pointed, for function I'll take the beefier rounded. Personally I like a Viking bearded axe but I think that's a little pre-forum.

 

[necchi]

Well for the fantasy spike-axe head I'm seeing in the photo, the pointed one would be my choice.
You get that neither are tomahawks,,right?

 

[French Colonial]

I prefer a Biscayne style myself....

Just saying..

 

[Rifleman1776]

I had an H&B traditional style so long it became a close friend. Cannot imagine changing from that.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Well for the fantasy spike-axe head I'm seeing in the photo, the pointed one would be my choice.
You get that neither are tomahawks,,right?

Curious to know why you believe that neither are tomahawks ?? Not all tomahawks had a pipe bowl. In fact, I don't think that the pipe tomahawk was ever carried by white men as a belt axe. They was an indian trade item. Both spike hawks and hammer poll hawks were common in 18th century history. Spike hawks have been excavated in 18th century indian villages.
Ohio Rusty ><>

 

[necchi]

Well, I guess I look at the early trade items that became known as "tomahawk", in let's say the first 100yrs of white Europeans influence on Native Americans from which the word is derived.
The basic axe and half-axe,, the spikes and poll that you mention come later,,
Now I don't want to dicker the "exact" nor "historical" preponderances in this section of the forum at all.
But the point of the your question is two choices of "what do you prefer". The choices are of two spike hawks, I don't see a tomahawk to choose from?
Your words,,

 

[Red Owl]

Do the pointed ears hold better?

 

[Jack Ryan]

About anything, so long as it comes from HB Forge.