I just got my chogan today and I love it. The first chore I had for it; I had three homemade frozen burritos that were stuck together. I used the hammer to free up my supper! This thing is a problem solving machine!

@stevestringham1095

7 жыл бұрын

that does it. i'm getting one!

@jonasmachado9431

3 жыл бұрын

I just got one for my birthday. First thing i did was cut the cake with it. Flawless slices.

Thanks for the review, Chris! We're glad to hear we got it right. -Ben

@crkt

10 жыл бұрын

Oh... and a classy leather sheath will be available for both models in a couple weeks.

@preparedmind101

10 жыл бұрын

CRKT OFFICIAL excellent. I'll annotate that in the video for those who don't read the comments.

@TheJohn93226

8 жыл бұрын

+CRKT OFFICIAL Keep making your awesome products like this beast of a hawk! :)

@anky9784

8 жыл бұрын

+CRKT OFFICIAL your sheaths could be better with the stitching and they need stronger button snaps but other than that i love your tomahawks

Oakinch...It's a first impressions video. Which means, I literally just pulled it out of the box. Not immediately comfortable with it. I do things differently here. I don't shoot and reshoot until everything looks pretty like most people do. I just do it. It's easy when you aren't trying to sell yourself as "Mr. Master Woodsman". I literally don't GAF. I'm just a regular guy like everyone else.

@preparedmind101

10 жыл бұрын

Secondly...That was dried firewood, which was what I had on hand. Had trouble splitting it the traditional way. Trying to (when I find the time) get a cord of unsplit and untreated wood for demos. But a lot of it was mostly due to it being unfamiliar. It ALMOST felt like the Riflemans hawk, but the thicker handle balanced it out more. I'm sure the Warhawk would have killed that wood.

@TheBoxingCannabyte

9 жыл бұрын

Yes you are, but you are also a Stan Lee No-Prize winner, and that makes you above-average in the regular-dood dept. Know this as you put your pants on one leg at a tail. (that's how humans, er...we people do it normally, yes indeed)

i've been looking at tomahawks for months and this video has SOLD me 110%. thank you for putting your time and convincing me to purchase this along with the leather sheath. again thank you.

@zacharyesplin9292

2 жыл бұрын

Did you get it how did it go

Had mine for a year now, Fantastic ! I live in in Canada and put it to work all the time, I put a leather wrap on the handle, and it works great, Thanks for the review, Keep up the good work.

Seriously righteous tomahawk for sure! I have that one and the Kangee and I love them.....brutal as hell!

Very nice, now you got me wanting a hawk.

@JoeFeser

8 жыл бұрын

+Living Survival I have a half dozen of the SOG Specialty Knives & Tools F01TN-CP Tactical Tomahawk. I just ordered one of these with free shipping. I can't wait to get it.

Just bought mine today. Beautiful hawk

I just started watching and subscribed, great video's. Very informative. I like you honest approach to each review. Top marks. Thank you PM101 from California.

NICE! This is one hawk I think I may get. Great review!

Awesome review Chris... Mine is now on the way! First I had to have all the Becker's, then the Cold Steel Hawks, and now the CRKT hawks... Good to see the CRKT commenting here, like them I appreciate your time as well...

Thanks for the review!

I bought the Black Woods Chogan as my first outdoor tool and was not disappointed. It really is a great Tomahawk. I've long since moved on to a full fledged Gransfors Bruk Scandinavian Forest Axe, but i don't regret buying this. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a nice Tomahawk.

Good show. Thank you.

good review. I bought mine after your review and have had nothing but excellent use out of it. took hardly nothing to get the edge and beard razor sharp and it holds an edge well after hard use. I did make a 12 inch handle for it for camp chores.

I never wanted a 'hawk until I saw this review. I ordered it from goinggear and it was delivered two days later! It is all you said it was and then some! Thanks for the review!

im so excited for this!

I've been waiting for this hawk for months. Thanks for getting this review out so quickly. I will definitely be passing on the pipe hawk in favor of the chogan.

a must buy for me for sure.

I have an idea take em' both out and do a head to head video that would friggin rock great vid glad to see another great product from CRKT

I luv how good honest test vids still get thumbs down..give me a break. your doin a good job keep it up

@extremeedgecustoms

10 жыл бұрын

Some people are are hard to please

@SLCBushcraft

9 жыл бұрын

tac!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fancy seeing you here bro

@SLCBushcraft

9 жыл бұрын

if you dudes are reading this and you like knifes and weapons go and subscribe to tac's channel!!

@extremeedgecustoms

9 жыл бұрын

Already am matter a fact he reviewed a sheath I made for him

@natsterlive

6 жыл бұрын

He split the wood wrong and lacks wrist strength.

I bought mine from cabelas in Regina, head had some wiggle but I wrapped some twine around it tomahawk style. It’s a great little tool for a bug out bag

I like your reviews. Keep up the good work

Its still available on Amazon just got it I like the tapered handle

After two months in the MN woods I wont even go out foraging without my chogan. This thing was dropping 6" standing green wood in 3 to 4 one handed swings. Once you get the edge where you want it it stays there (as long as you ain't swinging at the dirt) so much so I cleaned a few squirrels with it after nearly a month after sharpening it and using it daily.

When you mentioned a longer handle, i kinda agree, but i like when you can tap the butt of the handle and swap out for a longer one if you want, can have multiple options for one head

I got one of these several months ago same model and the head is rock solid perfect, comes with a good edge not a great one but that is no problem it allows you to put the edge on you want. One thing is the handle is coated with some sort of coating and it is pretty thick on mine, using sandpaper it clogs up quickly with a sticky residue almost like the coating did not fully cure, annoying but no big problem. Putting it next to my GB small forest axe it is pretty much the same, handle length, weight and edge length and overall size. If you can not afford the GBSF i would say this hawk is a viable budget alternative. Thank you for the all your no hype and no BS videos take care and God Bless

i like it,i may have to get one,darn it all!

GOTTA HAVE ONE !!!

Another Good Review I'm With You When I Buy Hawks I Find The Hammer End Way More Useful Then A Lousy Spike Thanks For The Review Chris.

I've got the version with the spike on order, and I may pick up this one as well. Looks to be a good buy.

I Ordered My Kydex Scabbord For Mine And It Works Great. It Hold's An Edge Forever. My Factory Edged Was Very Good, But You Can Tune It Up.

Been waiting awhile for this one. Thanks for the honest review...much appreciated. Just submitted my order at Going Gear...now the sucky part...I gotta wait for it!...lol

I purchased one of these and I'm very pleased. There is a leather sheath on the web site for this Tom. Its the same one as that of the Black Wood Chogan

Awesome T-hawk

Very nice video, Iam thinking of buying the chogan and your video with some others really encourages to buy it.

The rock smash sold me 🤘

Not really an axe guy even though my dad was an axe man but anyway, I've seen different videos about it, and Gidians tactical kinda gave it a bad wrap, but I went ahead and finally got it and it came with the leather sheeth. Its on the way so havent got it in my hands yet but dude thanks for the video I heavily appreciate it. Also! I bought that Puzan Bowie from Work tuff and Eff me It is just effing phenomenal!!! It splits logs one swing, you can choke up do finer tasks, the sheeth isn't great but im going to customize it and make it a leather kydex hybrid. I know I give ya a hard time but seriously, huge thanks for these videos and your knowledge is second to none! Thanks again Chris.

OK, now I really want one.

Bought One. Pretty Good Tomahawk indeed. I bought the ckrt Nobo too. I like even better imho of course.

picked one of these up today i’m amazed at the chopping power cut 3 15 foot (dead) trees easily definitely going to sharpen the edge and sharpen the beard only problem i’m having with mine is the head likes to slide down but that’s my fault i was being a dumb ass and throwing it into a big tree

Chuck Norris of all tomahawks a classic quote

thx for the vid, i like your reviews. thumbs up and now subbed.

There are sheaths for the Chogan and Kangee, you just have to go to CRKT or the Going Gear site you got the hawk from.

thanks. been waiting to see a review of that one. you are the first I came across. if (when) I buy it, i'll buy it from you :-)

Never even thought of chopping wood that way, man I feel stupid now. Nice looking tomahawk, I foolishly always thought that you couldn't chop wood that well with one. Learned 2 things already today.

@preparedmind101

10 жыл бұрын

That's why I like to try new things myself instead of googling how someone else does it. "You got to stand it on end!" What if you can't? Always try to figure something out on your own first before following the crowd.

@TheMediatorOfChaos

10 жыл бұрын

True story.

@Nemoticon

5 жыл бұрын

@@preparedmind101 There is however tried and tested ways of splitting wood that have been practiced for thousands of years... sometimes its good to benefit from the lessons other have already done, otherwise we don't evolve, we just keep resetting to square 1!

The Handle, I took off the coating and sanded it to bare, then I used brown shoe polish on it. It looks good, and it's grippy, even when wet.

@-Zevin-

4 жыл бұрын

you are the only other person i have seen that used shoe polish on a axe handle, I have done this as well and it's fantastic.

Just bought one from Amazon! 39 dollers :) im soooo excited to test this baby out

Thank you for job please keep it up

Looks like this delivers some solid deep cuts and decent smackes, and indeed I saw no effort save for picking the wood back up after a bad or outright missed swing. I don't care much about tomahawks, but this definitely catches my eye as a curiosity.

Yeah, I like this one the best with the hammer instead of the spike cause I'm using it for camping and don't need the spike.

Very cool, Sweet....

Looks just like my CKRT hawk.

CRKT makes a sheath for it, got mine on Amazon

Question! Does the CRKT use the same handle as the Cold Steel Hawks? *Cold Steel Viking Hand Axe/Warhammer/Battle Axe all use the same 30" Hickory Handle....I'm trying to see if the CRKT would fit on the longer Cold Steel handle!

Chris how does it compare to the child steel rifleman hawk. Would a longer handle fit on it like the war hammer handle on your Godzilla hawk

@TheKoonass31

10 жыл бұрын

Cold steel not child steel

I've got some wood like that in my yard from a tree that was like thicker than me and probably 3-4 floors high... Surprisingly hard to split, sand all in it under the bark, interesting smell when it burns... My boys axes have trouble cutting into that stuff... I'm surprised the chogan did as good as it did, even though it had some trouble

Great, no bullshit type video. I ordered mine based off your review. buuuuutttt.... what can I do about the slick epoxy or whatever it was the coated the handle with? Love the Chogan, but not sure about the grip though... sanding, maybe?

With this it on the cold steel handles because I could totally see it being on a Warhammer handle

love mine ... replaced handle with some of my Arkansas hickory and had my machinist "meat grinder " the hammer head

@JohnathanHendrix

5 жыл бұрын

You should make a video on the modification.

Would you choose this tomahawk or the Rifleman's Hawke? Or any Cold Steel tomahawk for that matter

Excellent hawk. I love hawks and just ordered this from Amazon. I am from Canada so can't really use tour Amazon store pal...

The T-hawk is a very nice woods tool. I almost wish I hadn't just bought a Gransfors small forest axe. Though basically the T-hawk is a small axe but with the blade and back stretched a bit, though a hawk is easier to mount on a new haft in the field, if need be. It's a hair heavy maybe for long distance packing, but at the price point I could accept the extra half pound.

i got a question if you guys could help me out, I am wanting to grab one of these since the blade seems slightly thicker and better for splitting than a pipe hawk, however I do like the 22" length of the cold steel hawks handles, would the CRKT chogan hawk head have any compatibility issues with the cold steel replacement handles?

Hi Chris, thanks for your very interesting Review of the Woods Chogan. Good to see a comparison between your Cold Steel Pipe Hawk and the CRKT Chogan. - I guess, the Cold STeel RIFLEMAN's Hawk is probably even more similar to the Woods Chogan than the Pipe Hawk is... what do you think?Cheers, Erik

I added file work, checkered the hammer and cold blu’d mine.

What have hrc in that tomahavk. Plea somebady tell me!! And that video was good only minus is how tougnes is thay steel

I have had the woods chogan for a few months and has been a good splitting tool and small limb remover. The only problem I have had is the ax head is removing the hickory under the ax head creating a loose ax head to handle connection. I think the ax head steel is ruff and if any slack it the handle occurs will effectively sand the connection and create a loose fit. I will make sure to tap the handle a few times before chopping to ensure the proper tight fit on my new handle. Has anyone had the same issue?

The new version has a rubber collar to prevent the head from slipping down. Little overkill as the head on mine is solid.

i have made my own sheaths out of pvc. cut with hack saw and bent with a heat gun its easy as long as you are somewhat skilled with your hands. there are videos on youtube that have the hole processes step by step with the tips and tricks.

Oh God, I'm on a PreparedMind video watching spree for the 100th time

Hey, good review, gonna get one of these asap. Just wondering, you mentioned you were Pathfinder qual'd, are you Canadian? Just wondering, because I thought Pathfinders was a Commonwealth thing. If not, I didn't realize the US has/had a Pathfinder course.

Is it lighter then the cold steel rifleman hawk?

Can someone tell me what head is thicker the cold steel riflemans hawk or the CRKT chogan

i just scored one of these for 24.98. needed sharpened and once it was sharpened it kicked major ass took out a inch diameter tree limb with two swings.

with that sunglasses and that axe you really look like jean claude van dam another ceustion is the cold steel gi tango a good knife for building small cabins and stuff? verry good vid

huge crkt fanboy plz reveiw more crkt

Just bought one.

I bought one very happy with the price feel of it great tool I made my own holster fot it purchase on amozn

She looks sweet. I usually just carry a big knife and saw though... too weak to add a bigger chopping tool.

Bonjour So which one is the best ?

Needs a custom kydex sheath haha. Thx as always!

excellent looking hawk, although I might wait and see if the come out with a model that doesn't have a hammer poll before I pick one up. how would you say the weight compares to the CS pipe hawk and your CS rifleman's/warhawk?

@preparedmind101

10 жыл бұрын

Size of a Pipe Hawk with the Weight closer to a Riflemans Hawk. The other model has a spike.

Yes they do make a sheath madway usa.

Chris you should split those hunks from the top, not side on, much easier safer too. lol

are you gonna put the wrap on it?

Chris.. CRKT has pretty nice looking leather sheaths in for the CRKT Woods Chogan 2730. Check their website.

today is june25 2017 I want this, does your store ship to Japan? thanks.

I wonder what the handle difference would be if it was 19.5-20.5 inches.

Now that's the right blade shape for a tomahawk, bearded on one side and straight on the other. It was a weapon first whose secondary purpose was as a tool. The beard helped the weapon cut deeper when swung, and the straight spine meant that the tip stuck in the target when thrown. One traditional element that was missed on this axe was the round handle. A round wooden handle meant that after a battle a broken handle could easily be replaced by a branch thick enough to fit. This one is more oval shaped.

@smokeymountainfieldcraft9690

8 жыл бұрын

True about the round handle, but I made one in the field just to see how hard it would be and it proved to be fairly easy. Probobly would have been easier if it had a round head but still not too much trouble.

I have a question. Can you slap on a warhammer handle from Cold Steel on this hawk head?

@zoomer101xue7

6 жыл бұрын

Im guessing, you can. If the handle is to big, now you have a chance to use Jessica! Trim it down.

I have the blackwoods version..chops like a small axe..😁👌

I'd imagine if you made an extended handle for it, not unlike your Cold Steel Warhawk, that hawk would be an absolute monster out in the woods. I'm talking going from being an all out beast to being an absolute abomination.

Okay.... forget the sheath I have mentioned below. It really sucks! You'd think that a sheath sold by a company for one of their own products would fit. It does not. Forget the fact that it has plastic snaps... I can replace those if they break. The sad part is that the only snap I can close is the main one for the head of the Woods Chogan 2730 T-hawk. The snap that goes over the hammer pull will not close for me, the leather strap is too short. Same for the leather strap that goes over the handle... leather strap is too short to get around the handle for closing. Want to call a manufacturer out on a defect? This is a good one to call out!

Wow that's one NICE looking tomahawk!!! CRKT is a favorite company of mine, and this is definitely on my wish list now!!! HaHa

@jodykordenbrock8858

10 жыл бұрын

Isnt it never seen one like it!!!

bought mine, the handle on mine was loose as hell. having to spend 4 or 5 hours modding the head to where I can set it to be solid. over all though, no to bad.

For great “cheap” throwers, go with any Cold Steel hawk and ditch the set screw (wish they would stop pressing the heads onto the handles themselves and ruining them by pressing a shelf into the brand new handle”. Get a few extra handles as they will break if you hit wrong. For a quality thrower/workhorse, get the CRKT.

I like mine so much I went and bought two more and gave one to a friend. Soon as I got mine I made leather sheaths for all three of them. I hate that kydex crap especially for guns. Ruins the finish. These are beasts and never leave home without it !

How is the throwing quality ?

there is a good tutorial on youtube a kid makes a sheath with schedule 20 pvc pipe and rivets comes out really good and easy