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The Story Of Native American Tomahawks
The original head/or blade of the American tomahawk was made of stone. After the European market got involved with making the tomahawk, did the Native Americans begin to use steel for the head of the tomahawk.
Native America Tomahawks have been used as a very useful tool in everyday life, but have also served a purpose as an effective weapon. They were even used by our armed forces as recently as the Viet Nam war.
Native American Tomahawks
Early Native American Indians used the tomahawk as a tool as well as a weapon. As a weapon, it could be used by itself or along with a large knife in the other hand. They could be very effective in battle.
The early Native American tomahawks were made with stone blades, such as a polished soapstone, and had intricate carvings on the handles and were adorned with feathers, animal bones and horns. Sometimes even, the opposite side of the blade had a built in pipe bowl for smoking the peace pipe.