Bookie, fantastic thread, will all kinds of win!
Well I spent a couple solid hours today with my oldest son trying to learn how to throw a tomahawk. It's completely safe to say I suck at throwing a tomahawk. My son didn't do so well neither. He usually makes me look foolish but today he sucked just as bad.
He got me one of them CRKT Kange T Hawks for an early birthday gift. I'd looked at them at our gun show last month and put it back as a little heavy. BUT it'll make a great user and better for digging etc. We threw it too and it was like throwing a sledge hammer compared to the little Vietnam Hawk.
Only a couple throws and the head was loose BUT as we kept throwing it the head got drove further onto the handle and tightened back up. The epoxy or sealant that was on the end all came out. It looked good but didn't really help anything, kept moisture out which is actually bad. Now I can soak it or drive another wedge in.
I got to where I hit the log round pretty regular just couldn't control what I hit with. End of the handle, the spike or the blade. I varied my RPM's and how hard I threw and distance. Didn't seem to improve much.
Guess I'll keep tossing it. Anybody that has any spiritual guidance to learn this, please send it along. I thought about a feather headdress to set the mood or something but I'm just not getting it YET. At least the handle didn't break, got dinged up some on the end but no worries, it's a user.
Ive been throwing hawks for about 15 years, knives longer.
Hawks are pretty simple to throw.
I once taught a group of 200 kids to throw hawks (spend 9 hours with groups of 10-15 or so). Out of that many kids, there were only about 3 or so that I never could get to stick the hawk pretty regularly by the time we were done. (thought, it did break about 3 of my handles, and beat the heck out of my hawks).
The overall winner of the day was an adorable little wisp of a girl. She hit the bulls eye maybe 12 times in a row. She only missed 1 stick!
The Lagaina style hawk is not ideal for throwing and sticking (though once you know how, it will work). Mostly, the way the head is attached will make it more likely to break than a slip fit eye/shaft
Don't focus on throwing harder, or altering the speed of the spin. Just try to throw consistently, and alter distance.
I throw different hawks that spin at different speeds, and once you figure it out, you just know where to throw from. You can also speed up or slow the rotation down based on how you hold and throw for in between distances.
Also, bit forward and bit backard holds increases the distances you can get a stick from, so practice both.
I find for teaching others, my heaviest hawk is easiest to learn on. A rifleman hawk from cold steel (heavy, with a thin bit). It is more consistent on rotation because it is heavier. It responds better to variances in throwing, wobbles, etc better.
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