Best production knife for throwing?

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What is the best production knife for use in throwing? My preferred brands are SOG and Cold Steel. Also, is there a book I can get to learn to throw?

Thank you!
 
This constant prejudice against people who enjoy throwing "smaller" knives is becoming annoying.

One of my favorite throwing knives is a cheap Solingen bowie I bought at K-Mart over thirty years ago. I knocked off the sheet brass guard and plastic handles and wrapped the tang with leather boot lace and tape. It isn't pretty but it is balanced well and throws well by handle or blade. It is about a foot long over all.

Point being, you don't have to spend much on a good knife to learn with.
And you can start with those little six or seven inch dart board knives if you want and get something larger when you feel like it.

For a book on throwing, try the one by Harry McAvoy. And check out his Tru-Bal knives.
 
Lots of folks can throw smaller knives effectively; I have a few myself. It's just generally the case that larger knives are a bit easier to throw. More forgiving of grip location, release, etc.

For the most part, "pro" knives are quite large.

Hehe- I knew a fellow in the army who could throw the little "extra" knives in a Kuhkri quite well at table-top distances.
 
hey check out Michael Janich's video on throwing he teaches you how to throw anything from scissors to knives to screwdrivers and get them to stick every time.
 
For a book on throwing, try the one by Harry McAvoy. And check out his Tru-Bal knives.
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just wondering, did anyone order from them recently?
 
I have thrown for some years and have found the True Flight Thrower by Cold Steel a great knife.
TAPIR
 
How are the Cold Steel Delta Darts? They are relatively cheap, but seem a little light for a beginner thrower like myself.
 
The delta darts from cold steel are plastic. I'm not saying that you can't throw them :D they are just very light.
Kinda like throwing chopsticks.

As far as Harry McEvoy's books, (he had several) I say get em. They are very good. I was lucky enough to get my copy of his first book signed by him.

He unfortunately is no longer with us, but one of his sons was still making knives in the Tru-balance lineup.
 
I like Big Bears by Herbertz, these are very cheap (20 euro) very strong, et very well balance. That's made 4 years I use tu throw these knives and, i've always the same pleasure to touch the point targetted.
For the book, there is is a very good french one. le couteau de lancer by gerard lecoeur (corry i'm french) but you can find a lot of book in english or américan, gill hibben has made one wich is not bad.
 
One of my favorite passtime throwers has been a Colt "Combat Commander". Relatively cheap, good balance and weight, and pretty good steel for the size. I have been throwing mine for a while. It's a solid piece of ceramic coated steel and it has out lasted a few other knives and ka-bar's that have fallen victim to wild, (sometimes drunken) flinging. I actually, just broke the tip off the other day when I put some elbow grease on it and missed my target hitting a solid metal lowbow wagon. I took it to the grinder and now its a wee bit smaller but still packs a punch.
 
I have had pretty good luck with the Hibben throwers. They are cheap, well balanced, sturdy stainless, and large in size.
 
Finger Wounds said:
One of my favorite passtime throwers has been a Colt "Combat Commander".
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I have a Colt Combat Commander, but the one that I have shoots .45 ACP bullets, so I'm guessing that it isn't the same "Colt Combat Commander" that you have, huh?.:D.
 
Hibben throwers are my preferred throwing knives. However, I can throw just about anything from nails (1 1/2" ones) to metal rulers to screwdrivers. Needless to say, this includes all knives, starting from Ka-Bar and SOG fixed blades to cheap taiwan folders (folders break pretty quickly if you throw em about, so I don't risk my Benchmades) to even cheaper chinese kitchen knives, whose point you have to straighten after each throw.

And as I said, I love the Hibben throwers.
 
I have an old Blackjack knives Broadhead throwing knife. It is kind of big but its fun to throw. Is it comparable to what is available today?
 
I to throw all things from my hibben cord wrapped (3.5 blade 6 in overall, the one's I threw 40 yards and stuck inthe deer target) to arrow heads, razor blades, spoons, forks, nails, chopsticks, unbent paper clips (some of thses are short range into hevay cardboard), axes, bolo's rocks spears etc.
 
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