Editing Tomahawk (section)

==Modern use==

=== Civilian use ===
Tomahawks are useful in camping and bushcraft scenarios. They are mostly used as an alternative to a hatchet, as they are generally lighter and slimmer than hatchets. They often contain other tools in addition to the axe head, such as spikes or hammers.<ref name="Fadala2006">{{cite book |last=Fadala |first=Sam |title=The Complete Blackpowder Handbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dzxyneq43AEC&pg=PA348 |year=2006 |publisher=Gun Digest Books |location=Iola, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89689-390-1 |page=348 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Tomahawk in stump.jpg|thumb|Traditional form tomahawk]]
These modern tomahawks have gained popularity with their reemergence by [[American Tomahawk Company]] in the beginning of 2001 and a collaboration with custom knife-maker [[Ernest Emerson]] of [[Emerson Knives, Inc.]]<ref name="wedge"/> A similar wood handle Vietnam tomahawk is produced today by [[Cold Steel (company)|Cold Steel]].<ref name="wedge"/>

===Tomahawk throwing===
[[File:Masterpiece of craftsmanship - Franziska forged in modern Tomahawk shape design from cannon steel from the Leopard I battle tank - axe style made of a more than 150-year-old walnut tree.jpg|thumb|left|[[Francisca]] forged in a modern Tomahawk shape]]{{Main|Axe throwing}}
[[Throwing axe|Tomahawk throwing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hatchetsandaxes.com/how_to_throw_a_tomahawk |title=How to Throw a Tomahawk |work=Hatchets and Axes |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}</ref><ref name="comp">{{cite web |url=https://www.awesomeaxes.com/how-to-score-at-axe-throwing/ |title=Tomahawk Throwing Competitions |work=Awesome Axes |date=January 1, 2022 }}</ref> is a popular sport among American and Canadian historical reenactment groups, and new martial arts such as Okichitaw have begun to revive tomahawk fighting techniques used during the colonial era.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joan |last=Taillon |title=Toronto martial arts group visits North Korea |newspaper=The Aboriginal Newspaper of Ontario |date=September 1, 2004 |url=http://www.ammsa.com/publications/ontario-birchbark/toronto-martial-arts-group-visits-north-korea |access-date=July 20, 2008 |volume=3 |issue=8 |page=2}}</ref>

===Military application===
[[File:U.S. Army Spc. Kirk Calabrese with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment throws a tomahawk.jpg|thumb|A US Army soldier throws a tomahawk as part of the Top Tomahawk competition at Forward Operating Base [[Spin Boldak]] in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]].]]
Modern, non-traditional tomahawks were used by selected units of the [[US armed forces]] during the [[Vietnam War]] and are referred to as "Vietnam tomahawks" to inflict injury.<ref name="wedge" /><ref name="ATC">{{cite news |url=http://www.americantomahawk.com/media/av/pittsburgh.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825225129/http://www.americantomahawk.com/media/av/pittsburgh.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 25, 2006 |title=Marines Stuck On Tomahawk |work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |date=February 25, 1968 |page=2 |access-date=July 14, 2008 }}</ref> 

Tomahawks were used by individual members of the [[United States Army|US Army]] [[Stryker]] Brigade in Afghanistan, the [[172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team]] based at [[Grafenwöhr]] (Germany), the 3rd Brigade, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]] out of [[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Fort Lewis]], a reconnaissance platoon in the 2d Squadron 183d Cavalry ([[116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team]]) ([[Operation Iraqi Freedom|OIF]] 2007–2008) and numerous other soldiers.<ref name="wedge" /><ref name="EKI" /> 

The tomahawk was issued a NATO stock number (4210-01-518-7244) and classified as a "Class 9 rescue kit" as a result of a program called the Rapid Fielding Initiative; it is also included within every [[Stryker]] vehicle as the "modular entry tool set".<ref name="wedge">{{cite journal |last=Steele |first=David E. |title=Wedged Edges at War |journal=[[Blade (magazine)|Blade]] |date=September 2005 |pages=12–19}}</ref><ref name="EKI" />

This design enjoyed something of a renaissance with US soldiers in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]] as a tool and in use in hand-to-hand combat.<ref name="ABC">{{cite news |last=Tillett |first=David |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90038&page=1 |title=Lethal Weapon:Historic Tomahawk Returns to the Battlefield with Some U.S. Troops |newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 15, 2003 |access-date=January 24, 2007}}</ref>

===Law enforcement===
The tomahawk has gained some respect from members of various law enforcement tactical (i.e. "SWAT") teams.

===Modern fighting===
There are not many systems worldwide which teach fighting skills with the axe or a tomahawk to civilians.

Tomahawks are among the weapons used in the Filipino martial art [[Arnis|escrima]].<ref name="McLemore2010">{{cite book|last=McLemore|first=Dwight C.|title=The Fighting Tomahawk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85sOcAAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Paladin Press|isbn=978-1-58160-729-1|page=27|location=Boulder, Colorado}}</ref>