Throwing knives/hatchets

Hmmm. Frank, you will never have reason to stick a Bowie in my chest silent or otherwise. And if, perchance, you miss and the handle smacks me really hard, everyone is gonna know it. Yells and screams will permeate the forest. Same for tomahawk. If you even think you might have even close to a reason, just let me know. Apologies will be forthcoming.

I suppose there is some fun in throwing a piece of steel at a wooden target. I'm sure there is. At least I think there would be. Okay, I don't get it. But that's just me.

Sam, the hair does grow in funny nowdays. Seems that it's growing faster on my face and arse than it is on my head. And there is this little lightly hair area, right dead on top.

Rick, just like anything, knife and hawk throwing is fun to learn how to do. You get prof. and then you stop for awhile. It's nice to have a thrower or at least know how to throw good enough that you just pull it and throw and stick it in where ya call it. Then ya just put it back in the sheath.

I have friends that throw everyday, I may throw once a week.

Really don't think I'd ever throw my hawk away though, it's long, sharp, and heavy and would do more damage if I just used it in hand to hand.

Beo, knew about the impact and broken ribs and bruises recevied from wearing bullet proof vest. Its good to know that are protection is starting to catch up with are weapons. Did your vest realy stop a .357 magnum round? Thats pretty amazing. I know some one who makes the kevlar inserts for those flak vest used by the military ill have to ask him what those can stop when I see him.

Proud - Here is a wiki article that includes the criteria for judging a vest's class:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_vest

PA, yeah it really stopped the 357 mag. But I will say that the M16, Ak47, .308, and 30-30 all went through like butter and the 9mm carbine and Tech 9 hit with some force tearing the vest up but not penatrating. The Level 3A will stop most handguns (not a .44 mag or larger) but I've heard from guys that have gotten shot in the vest that it feels like getting hit with sledgehammer and hurts for weeks.

I do not throw knives these days. I have had a few made for that reason but just got out of practice.

I love watching the ranger Rambo's throwing their cheep wood cutting hatchets at the camp sights TDW drags me too. I have picked up a few, for free, after they break the soft pine wood handles.

I advised the ranger that he should put a chunk of log out for them to practice on in order to save a few trees. After looking at a few trees these guys damaged he did it. I feel like I saved a tree or three from the Rambo's of the world.

The rules: Never throw at a living tree. Never throw your last tool. Never give a good throwing tool to Beowulf65 if you want it back any time soon.

Don

my dad taught me to throw knives about 4 years ago , its bloody tricky and took me months with a former paratrooper training me. it all has to do with balence , i hold the knife by the blade with my 2 front fingers near the tip and my thumb about as far up the blade as it can go and throw much like you throw darts , with a little flick of the wrist. buy thoes metal dart knife thingies they sell at military surplus stores there ALOT easier

anyone here do no spin throwing its quite easy to learn?

Just a bump for this great topic. Should this possibly be moved to General? It's not really about making something, and I would never have found it in this area had someone not linked me from elsewhere.

My wife just picked up these 4 little Ninja style throwing knives. Can't wait to try them, close range throwers.

i like all manner of shuriken, but i'm not as good with knives as i;d like to be.

I learned tomahawk throwing at an early age as my mother's family are Iroquois and my cousins and uncles are into that old-time stuff. I won a few competitions in western NY state, but I never learned how to throw a knife very well. I worked at a prison which had housing for the staff. It was an old farmhouse and there was an empty barn there. I used to prop up a piece of wood against barn and practice throwing tomahawk at it. Sometimes I missed and hit the barn. There was a vehicle patrol that came around and would report the damage, so as the ranking officer living in the house I had to "investigate" this repeated vandalism. I never did find the perpetrator, of course.

....and you probably kept say..."fellas, this one has me stumped."

Yes, actually that is true. But eventually I got caught because the cook, who also lived there, saw me throwing the thing and ratted me out, so I had to find a different place to practice.

Practice on the cook :D (just a thought, kids...don't try that at home!)

Funny thing is the cook did get fired shortly thereafter for bringing in stuff to the inmates. That was justice, I guess.

Little Ninja knives, at 10' they all made it in the pie plate, 1/2 inch in the wood fence. Hmmmm........whose wood fence you ask. Not mine.

I don't have as much knowledge as others on here about throwing knives, but I have thrown them for a while. I taught my self just by playing around and missing a lot, but I've learned a lot from experience. The think I like about throwing knives is that you can throw them by the handle or blade depending on your distance from the target. It's hard to explaine, But basically if I'm one half rotation away I'll throw by the blade. And if I'm a little farther back I'll throw by the handle becuase if I threw by the blade I'd hit right on the butt of the knife, but throwing it by the handle I hit right on the point of the knife. Then a little farther back I'll throw by the blade again. So by seeing the distance from my target I can decide wether to throw the knife by the handle or blade. Basically when throwing a knife it's all about a consistent throw. You've got to get it into muscle memory. If you don't have a consistant throw then.....well your knife won't stick consistently. And you get a consistent throw by lot's of time and practice. Another key thing abotu throwing a knife (if you're not pacing the distance every time) Is being able to estimate how far away from the target you have to be to hit it. Like I know that if I'm reletively close to the target I'm going to want to be 3 paces away to hit it, and if I'm farther away I'm going to want to be six paces away to hit it. So estimating your distance is important to. These are all things that help me personally when throwing knives. But I'm sure other people have different styles.

the thing i like about them is that with any grip and throwing style, you can learn to intuit your throw and range. i like the same thing at times in archery.

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