The tomahawk is one of the most useful weapons ever invented.  It’s an axe, but more than that it’s a very effective war axe.  Used in one hand, it’s properly balanced for action as well as throwing, and with a long, slender ax-head, this weapon is deadly effective, and easy to train and use.  It’s not surprising that even today the tomahawk is still used by many in the US Armed Forces as a fantastic close quarters weapon in the streets of Baghdad and wherever else Jihadist hide up behind women and children.  The Deluxe Tomahawk Peacepipe is a fine example of the type of weapon an Indian brave or chief might keep and use in both peace and war when the time came.  This particular one is made with a solid brass hatchet and can be used to smoke with.  Unlike traditional medieval weapons and swords, the native Americans often had to have weapons that served other purposes, and the tomahawk’s primary function as an axe makes it as much a tool as it is a weapon, and the extra feature of being a pipe allowed the Indians to have a device that had a lot of different functions in one portable package.  They didn’t have a settled agricultural society or any industry to speak of to make something more specialized, and it wasn’t until European settlers arrived that would make them weapons with brass such as this that they’d have anything that could remain sharp longer than stone weapons.  For the hard core weapons collector the tomahawk would make a splendid display among colonial style or western style weapons.