There certainly is some utility to a hawk in the woods. Some are more utilitarian than combat in function. The cold steel trail hawk appears to be kinda useful although I don't see it being more useful than my wetterlings Axe.

That being said I certainly wouldn't want to square off against anyone swinging one at me. If push came to shove I would rather have a tomahawk in my hand for self defense over a knife. Even in untrained hands it would be a rather intimidating weapon.

I can honestly say the fear of finding myself in a fight to the death against multiple opponents using any kind of edged weapon (zombies excluded) is not something that keeps me awake at night.