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Old 09-07-2003, 11:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Knife Throwing

Does anyone else on the board throw knives? I've been doing it for a few years now and I find it immensely relaxing. I use a set of Hibben Pro Throwers and consider myself fairly proficient. If anyone has had good/bad experiences with certain types of knives, target, techniques, etc... It would be much appreciated if you would share them.
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Old 09-07-2003, 04:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I've started to throw recently. Not very good at it yet. Any good resources out there on the net?
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Old 09-07-2003, 05:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I've never really looked online, but I'm sure there are some great resources out there. I have the Gil Hibben Knife Throwing Guide, and it has some useful information in it. I think it can be obtained for under $10. It has information on knife selection, target selection, target making, and throwing techniques. I highly recommend it for anyone just starting to throw.
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Old 09-07-2003, 05:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have tried that a couple 'a times, almost broke some stuff. It was bad.
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Old 09-07-2003, 05:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It can definitely be a dangerous activity if the proper precautions are not taken. Even under ideal situations, knives are sharp and if they don't stick, can bounce back with a great deal of force.
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Old 09-07-2003, 08:09 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I threw at log ends for about 40 hours or so, got near an avg. of sticking 2 out of 3 and got bored of the whole business. I can't remember for the life of me what the knives are called.
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Old 09-07-2003, 08:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I threw at log ends for about 40 hours or so, got near an avg. of sticking 2 out of 3 and got bored of the whole business. I can't remember for the life of me what the knives are called.
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Old 09-08-2003, 12:19 PM   #8 (permalink)
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been throwing for about 10 years now

when I started, I hadn't got any tips and learned to do it all wrong... later on I met another thrower (an AMAZING one) and he straightened me out.

I've got a few sets of the cheapy 'on target' 8" throwers, a few 13.5" dragon knives, and a whole crap load of 6", 8", and 12" home-made throwing spikes.

The spikes are by far the cheapest way to throw.. made em all from galvanized nails/spikes with just a hand grinder, and they're more forgiving on your targets.

I'm ok... I can generally stick 9/10 throws, within 6 inches of each other from 2 spins away. Can only practice indoors now, so mostly throwing from 1 and 1.5 spins.

A guy I know can pin-point playing cards stuck on the wall from 3 spins away. He is a Ninjutsu grandmaster, so I'm not counting on beating him in throwing contests any time soon.
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Old 09-08-2003, 11:40 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Throwing knives is fun..... My cousin is all into stuff like that, we made a target out of 4x12's glued together side by side so the knives would stick into the soft end grain...... and attached it to a 4x4 sunk into a 5 gallon bucket of cement, we even made tomahawks out of these old sawmill blades...... those are the most fun
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Old 09-10-2003, 11:29 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Throwing knifes rocks, I used to do it before I moved to Texas. It's a hard thing to give tips on so I would suggest reading a book also.

Good luck.
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Old 09-10-2003, 09:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Location: Iowa...sometimes
I've tried it before, without much success. I used some Hibben Pro Throwers and could stick them maybe 20% of the time. I had a problem of missing and getting the knives lost in the grass behind the target.
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Old 09-18-2003, 09:20 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I tried abit years ago and always wanted to pick it up again... I was looking on http://www.knifezilla.com and they have throwing spikes. I figured id give thoose a run.
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Old 09-19-2003, 09:11 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I don't know what it is, but I can't make a throwing knife stick for the life of me.

I'm best with an italian style switchblade (yes, like morgan freeman used to throw against a dartboard in SEVEN). And can get one to stick about 7 out of ten times. I've tried throwing with a regular pair of siccors for some reason and can get those to stick well also.

I'm sure I'm doing it all wrong since I can't get an actual throwing knife to stick, but I haven't found a good book on it yet. I remember reading the Hibben book but not finding it helpful.

There's a book called Combat Knife Throwing on Amazon.com, but I don't know. Is anyone familiar with it?
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:23 PM   #14 (permalink)
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i've been doing this on and off for the last 20yrs or so, my personal favorites are inexpensive throwing ax's, best thing i could say is reading for proper technique and loooots of practice
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Old 01-25-2007, 03:41 PM   #15 (permalink)
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some good sites for knife throwing

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Originally Posted by 1337haxor
I've started to throw recently. Not very good at it yet. Any good resources out there on the net?
http://www.knifethrowing.info/how_to_throw_knives.html
http://www.knifethrowing.info/links.html
http://throwzini.com/articles.html


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Not ad spam that I can see.
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