Editing Tomahawk (section)

=== Colonial period models ===
From the 1800s onward, these sometimes had a pipe-bowl carved into the poll, and a hole drilled down the center of the shaft for smoking [[tobacco]] through the metal head.<ref name="SSH" /> 

Pipe tomahawks are artifacts unique to North America, created by Europeans as trade objects but often exchanged as [[diplomatic gift]]s.<ref name="PH" /> They were symbols of the choice Europeans and Native Americans faced whenever they met: one end was the [[Calumet (pipe)|pipe of peace]], the other an axe of war.<ref name="PH" /><ref name="SSH" /><ref name="LL" />

In colonial French territory, a different tomahawk design, closer to the ancient European [[francisca]], was in use by French settlers and local peoples.<ref name="LL">{{cite journal |last=Haskew |first=Mike |title=Legends and Lore Through the Spike Tomahawk |journal=[[Blade (magazine)|Blade]] |date=2004-09-01 |pages=12–19 |volume=28 |issue=9 }}</ref> In the late 18th century, the British Army issued tomahawks to their colonial regulars during the [[American Revolutionary War]] as a weapon and tool.<ref name="TK">{{cite journal |last=Dick |first=Steven |title=Frontier Hatchets still On Duty |journal=[[Tactical Knives]] |date=2002-05-01 |pages=43–47 |volume=10 |issue=5 }}</ref>