Boker Plus Tomahook - Max Venom design | Review and Test

If the year 2020 was an axe, it would be the Boker Plus/Max Venom Tomahook. I bought this axe several years ago, mostly because it looks cool, but it has mostly been disappointing. A lot like 2020 has been for so many folks.

This is a design that I think started from a good idea, to make a more utilitarian combat axe, but it has some design issues that just really prevent it from being truly good at any of the tasks it is supposed to accomplish. That leaves it capable of doing a lot of things pretty well, but not well enough to overcome the flaws, and it certainly won't replace an ordinary camp axe and a knife anytime soon. The Tomahook it almost more of a fantasy/wallhanger axe; very cool to look at, but not so great for actual use.

Maybe I just dislike this thing because I paid $180 for it, and it is so uncomfortable to use that it has sat in the garage mostly untouched for six years.

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