Just because it is held from flying off during a swing, does not make it properly attached, much like a ducttaped loose axe head would be considered problematic. For me, this is a tool with a loose head. I find that the ease of removal of the head on the Trail Hawk is a direct result of the head being inadequately attached. By that people usually mean that you can easily remove the head to use either as a small, very uncomfortable and inefficient knife, or to replace the handle if you ever break it somewhere deep in the woods and must do field repairs. The practical reason often given for carrying a tool like the Trail Hawk over a hatchet or axe of comparable weight is that it is more “versatile”. This, combined with a rather annoying feature which I will speak about shortly makes it very hard to use as a carving tool when compared to some other hatchets and axes. In terms of carving, the deficiency comes from the small bit, which does not offer a lot of cutting surface. The very poor head geometry explains a lot of the failures in performance with respect to chopping and splitting.
