I thought it was too expensive also (at least for me), even if it's tool steel and has a carrying holster. You can't get me a bloody buck off being a local, can you?
Tomahawks are hot items in some personal defense circles right now...especially with some of the guys back from the sandbox.
the tomahawk is a fearsome weapon. I have handled this one and it is the best I have seen. I like it a lot.
One of my trainers (USSA) pretty much chopped a car to bits with his. There was no damage to the tomahawk.
If a person was in the business of needing a lethal weapon that didn't make noise and didn't mind blood and tissue splatter this would be one to carry. For self defense it beats a knife 9 ways to Sunday.