Larry Gotkin’s custom, handmade tomahawks offer museum-quality, artisan craftsmanship for the serious collector or reenactor.

Tomahawks are Native American small fighting axes, originally with stone heads mounted in wood handles.

In the 1600s, European traders began to provide iron and brass heads to trade with the various tribes, in a great number of variations. Tribal leaders sometimes received highly decorated versions as gifts.

Settlers also made good use of these small axes, and local blacksmiths and gun makers made many fine specimens. The pipe tomahawk was a fairly rare variation, often highly decorated. They were prized symbols of status, and it is doubtful they were often used as tools or weapons.

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