Tomahawk Lacrosse

Belizean hardwood lacrosse shafts

11 Glenn St Lawrence, MA, 01843 United States

7812487420

Tomahawk Lacrosse creates handmade lacrosse shafts made from the best woods available straight from Belize.  Every shaft we sell has been given individual care from machine cutting and shaping to finishing touches by hand.  The result: a quality made exotic hardwood lacrosse shaft. See the Construction Process for details.

*Ash and Hickory are not for sale because while they are "America's hardest hardwoods" they aren't strong or dependable enough for the sport of lacrosse compared to Belizean hardwoods.

**see definitions/explanations of terms used below

Which Shaft is Right for You?

*Use the spreadsheet to help you decide which shaft to buy; results should be representative of your interests in most cases.

Enter 1 and 2 in the orange cells to choose your 2 most desired features. Click the “x” to close the pop-up when editing.

Definitions / How to Choose 

Flexibility / Stiffness - “The Feel”

Stiff wood shafts will up the intimidation factor when you lay a hard check. When it hits your opponent it’s not bending much, so all that force will be felt.

Flexible shafts will absorb the force of a stick check, which will help keep the ball in your stick. Flexibility also correlates with whip, increasing shot speed.

Derived from each wood’s Modulus of Elasticity

  • Describes how stiff vs. flexible it is in terms of pounds of force to bend it a certain amount

Additionally, we tested the stiffness of the lacrosse shafts for ourselves. See Flex Testing for details.

Whip (Stored Energy)

Whip is a term for the fast recoil of elastic stored energy in a lacrosse shaft when forces from movement cause it to flex and snap back during a shot or long pass.

This phenomenon scales with length of the shaft, so it’s more noticeable in defense shafts but is present in all lengths.

High whip means faster passes and shots.

Derived from each wood’s Modulus of Elasticity, density, cross-sectional area, and defense shaft length to calculate the stored elastic energy at an average lacrosse shot speed for relevance

Durability

Durability describes the maximum forces that each wood can handle before snapping, also known as bending strength

Derived from each wood’s Modulus of Rupture

Hardness (Dents)

Hardness is the wood’s resistance to dents.

The higher the dent resistance, the more like a diamond the wood is.

All Tomahawk Lacrosse shafts are harder than Ash and Hickory, meaning your wood shaft will stay in better shape than all the other wood shafts on the field.

Derived from the Janka hardness of each wood

Appearance

This is based on each wood's grain structure, which is discussed in detail here.