Does anyone juggle knives?

[not2sharp]

I do not; and I am sure I wouldn't be around for long if I did. But, here is an interesting photo for you.

Caption: Real Photo Postcard of Unknown Risque Girl Knife-Juggler from The Netherlands,1906.

n2s

 

[digdeep]

That was interesting but I would like to see someone juggle some Himalayan Imports 30" Sirupati Khukuris.

 

[mycroftt]

I went to a Flying Karamazov show several years ago and there was knife juggling. The part I liked the best was the guy juggling a chain saw, a bowling ball, and a coconut cream pie.

 

[daverave999]

I have. Whether you can describe them as knives or not is another question

It is the illusion of juggling with knives that entertains not how sharp they are. I have used Beard knives before and they balance very nicely. Very few jugglers in their right mind would use live edges on a knife that was not designed (balanced) for juggling. Jugglers need their hands whole!

The chainsaws used have had the teeth ground off. They will still injure you but they are far less likely to take an arm off

For those interested, I have juggled axes and shot puts too.

 

[Thomas Linton]

I've only juggled my checking account, but a guy I knew, "Lefty" ONCE juggled knives.

 

[cmd]

Sure, many times. I have juggled just about anything that can be tossed from one hand to the other, including my niece's 3 cats!

I have even done an egg, an apple, and a knife - and ate the apple while juggling them all.

A common stage trick is to freshly sharpen the blade to make it shine and then blunt the cutting edge. Leave the tip pointy, though, so you can pop a balloon with it to demonstrate how sharp it is and also tap the sides of the blades to show they are really metal.

One should be good with clubs before going to more exotic objects requiring rotation like knives. It is easiest to start with 2 easy objects like balls or beanbags and 1 exotic object.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

I have not, but she could juggle my knives anytime!

DD

 

[bigjim]

Juggleling knives or jiggleing......There is just something oh so sexy about a woman older than your grandma with a see through shirt.

 

[not2sharp]

Juggling knives...

n2s

 

[bigjim]

The only more fun than juggleing is a good weekend at a Mime convention.

 

[cerulean]

That old pic is very cool, N2S!

But yeah... real juggling knives are not sharp, though they're relatively heavy and the point can still hurt you. They often have a knob on the end of the handle, like juggling clubs do, and they're balanced specifically for juggling.

Here are some nice ones from Dubé:

I've juggled some friends' kitchen knives before, but those were dead dull (as most people's kitchen knives usually are). Attempting to juggle knives belonging to a member of BladeForums would probably be a seriously bad idea!

 

[Boink]

I juggle knives all the time, each day figuring out of many which will be the one that I will carry that day.

 

[mycroftt]

Juggling knives...

n2s

Wow - COOL!!! In the second picture, in the background, there are people doing the spinning plate on a stick routine. I remember seeing it done on the old time variety shows like the Ed Sullivan show where the guy would have lots of them going and would run around like a maniac trying to keep them all up. I haven't seen that done in probably 35 or 40 years.