Cold Steel True Flight Thrower?

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Fearsclave

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Been thinking about getting a couple of these. Anybody have any good/bad experiences with them? They seem to me to be the closest thing to an actual practical knife among the throwing knives out there.
 
Perform a search in this forum for cold steel and see what turns up. They have been discussed before. If not, Someone will chime in.

Bobby
 
Got 'em. They're pretty good.

:) = well balanced, good heft, and nice ability to stick in anything from cardboard to solid wood. Heavy-- on a practice throw, you might actually stick the butt of the knife into the target. Paracord wrap is comfortable in the hand, and the blade shape allows you a wide variety of grips for different types of throws. Don't like one grip? Try another--the blade will accommodate you.

:( = They're way too sharp for a thrower. I don't know what CS was thinking when they put a really sharp edge on it, but that was a waste of time and effort on their part... by the way, that's time and effort that's ultimately reflected in the price. I don't mind some cutting edge of course, but I don't need my thrower to be able to slice tissue paper. Also, the paracord handles can be hard to keep clean, so stay out of the mud. And of the three I got in the set, one got a very tiny chip in the edge, near the choil, fairly soon from routine throwing (no concrete). (The others have lasted for many years with no problem, and no additional damage to the first one).

Hope this helps. Overall, I'd recommend as great throwers for the price.
 
There has been quite a bit of discussion of CS products in these forums.. From what I have seen a majority of it is CS bashing. I own a number of CS products including some hawks and throwing knives and have never had any problems with performance even after severe abuse.
The older True Flights did have a breakage problem usually occuring right above the hand grip area. This has been fixed and I know of 3 people who have sent the older broken ones back to CS. All recieved new throwers, even one person who had the knives for over ten years. I recently opted for the 14" CS throwers since I prefer a larger thrower. IMO the True Flights should serve you well.
 
I agree. I've had a few CS products over the years, and found them good and reliable, let alone inexpensive.

However, in fairness to all sides, there is a remarkable consistency between which CS products people dislike and which ones get good marks.

There are always exceptions among individuals, but I've never owned any of the CS products which get regularly trashed. The ones I do own are almost invariably recommended. The only real borderline I've seen is the recon tanto... which Will P. for one disliked, but I like it a great deal. On the other hand, I don't believe Will generally goes for tanto blades due to thickness and sharpening. Which is fair. And he oughta know.

I realize my luck with CS was blind luck on my part--the specs looked good, the size seemed right, the shape was what I wanted...so I got them. Will I always have good luck? No way. Will I consider other manufacturers? Absolutely--and I've got a few from other manufacturers, some I've liked and some not.

There was a point here, but I've totally forgotten it. :(
 
I've got a 9 of the 14 inch pro flight throwers, and I like them alot. I also have 3 each of the Sure flight and Mini flight, and all of them throw well.

I do however prefer the pro flights as they are a big heavy knife.

I used the Pro flights indoors recently to teach throwing to beginners and they got a real workout banging on concrete from missed throws. They are tough knives, acouple of file strokes and they were needle pointed again.

BTW Anyone know were the Cold Steel challenge rule are posted I'd like to start training for next year.
 
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