Description
Storm Breacher is cut from one piece of D2 — bit, poll, body and tang all the same bar of steel, finished in a tumbled stonewash that reads flat gray in any light. A flat hammer poll sits at the back, a pry notch is cut clean through the mid-section, and OD green G10 scales are bolted to the tang with a lanyard hole through the butt. Nineteen inches, no wood anywhere.
| Overall length | 19 inches |
| Steel | D2 tool steel, one-piece full tang |
| Finish | Stonewashed tumbled gray |
| Poll | Flat hammer poll |
| Breaching feature | Pry notch cut through the mid-section |
| Scales | OD green G10, bolted |
| Lanyard | Lanyard hole through the butt |
| Included | Fitted leather sheath |
Intended use: forcing things open and taking things apart. Clearing brush and splitting camp wood are well within it, but the tool is shaped around breaching — prying boards, hooking, striking with the poll, chopping through material that would ruin a knife.
One piece, no haft, nothing to re-seat
Every other tomahawk we make has a head friction-fit onto a tapered wooden haft, which means a fit that moves with the seasons and a check before every session. This one has no eye and no joint, so there is nothing to loosen and nothing to re-seat, ever. That is why it exists. The cost is real: with no wooden haft flexing under impact, shock goes straight through the steel into your wrist, and a broken wooden haft is replaced with another stick while a broken full-tang tool is finished. Full tang versus partial tang sets out the case.
The pry notch and the finish
The notch through the body turns the tool into a lever with the head as fulcrum — hook it under a board, a lid or a hasp and lean on the handle. One rule: pry in the plane of the tool, not sideways. D2 is hard, and hard steels are strong in bending and much less forgiving in twist. The tumbled stonewash is not cosmetic either: new scratches land in a surface already covered in them, and it does not glare in sunlight. The hard-use buying guide covers what else to look for.
Care: D2 is semi-stainless, more forgiving than a plain carbon head but not immune — dry it and oil it after wet work. The stonewash needs nothing; do not polish it. Check the scale bolts once a season. Sharpen with a coarse diamond plate, since D2 at working hardness will blunt an ordinary stone first.
FAQs
Is the head a separate piece? No. Bit, poll, body and tang are one continuous piece of D2. The only separate parts are the two bolted scales.
How much can I pry with it? Enough for boards, panels, lids and hasps. Keep the load in the plane of the tool and do not use it as a twisting bar.
Is it built for throwing? No. The scales and their bolts take the impact on a hard landing, and there is no haft to absorb anything.
Versus a traditional axe? Iron Beard is the opposite approach — forged head, wooden haft, a fit you maintain.
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Model: BMK-1125
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