The tomahawk is extremely effective for close in fighting and can put a perp down with one stroke.
I highly recommend them and they do not have to be expensive to be useful. Track of the Wolf caarries cheap ones and they work just as well as the high versions.
Some of our soldiers carry hawks. None of them carry batons.
No one is questioning the “effectiveness” of a hawk.
However, if you plan to put yourself in the role of “our soldiers” during a post-storm blackout, I can confidently say you might also want to prepare yourself for becoming a bad man’s girlfriend when the dust clears.....