For those confused about throwing knives...

Don Rearic

Don Rearic

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Top one is a throwing knife. Bottom one is an everything knife. Knife to the right is for cutting boxes at work. :D

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We had a discussion over in the BKT forum about this same thing. Knives that are MADE TO BE THROWN, KNOWN AS THROWING KNIVES

Todays temper process are lightyears ahead of what was around 20yrs ago, and though some older knives, were thrown and held up, newer knives are just tempered to hard. I mean, you get to the top of 50's on the Rc scale, like most modern knives are, and they will break from the vibrations and harmonic resonance. Good post Mr. Rearic, nice knives too.

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I don't know what the wood scales are on that Bowen, but they are probably tougher than a lot of knives are now. That thing took some nasty hits on rocks and all manner of nonsense. That blade is massive and it's an excellent throwing knife. Take and hold a good edge, too. It's about 20 years old or so. I should have bought the one next to it that had solid brass scales the same thickness! :eek:
 
Some more examples of throwing knives, not to be used as survival knives...
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Are those newer Hibben models of throwers? He started designing some far out Starship Troopers shit back in the 90s!

Are those gut hooks or just for show or what?

I have a set of his (Hibben) more conventional ones in three sizes. Old Steven "Pusselgut" Seagal used one of them, the largest, in "Under Seige."
 
I bought them brand new about three years ago, can't remember where I got them but, they came with razor sharp edges, gut hooks, and are perfectly balanced.
 
call me a heretic, but I still like my old CS True Flight Throwers.
nice balance, handy size & shape, and in a pinch you can use one to cut up dinner.
 
fixer said:
here's a pair of throwing knives Dylside (Dylan Fletcher) made for his dad!

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Those are really beautiful. :)

I remember when Bud Malmstrom was handmaking four-point senban shuriken in the original Feudal Japanese pattern, I always wanted a half-dozen of them! It's just great fun to throw stuff that sticks. :D
 
Don Rearic said:
Top one is a throwing knife. Bottom one is an everything knife. Knife to the right is for cutting boxes at work. :D
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... so it's good for throwing right? Does it make a difference if it is a plain edge? I really don't want to have to send mine back to ESEE, which seems to be all the rage now.
 
1066vik said:
call me a heretic, but I still like my old CS True Flight Throwers.

nice balance, handy size & shape, and in a pinch you can use one to cut up dinner.
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Actually, for the money, they were great survival knives back in the 1990s! Easy to resharpen, kept and edge fairly well, tough as nails and almost impossible to destroy unless you set out to do so. Sounds sort of familiar around here, don't it? :D
 
JK14 said:
... so it's good for throwing right? Does it make a difference if it is a plain edge? I really don't want to have to send mine back to ESEE, which seems to be all the rage now.
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The ESEE-5. Well, if I had to throw it at someone, it would be a great throwing knife because that would be what I had and what I felt I had to do at that moment in order to survive. I'm sure if it hit the intended target, it wouldn't break. Flesh and bone is a hell of a lot more forgiving than wood targets, after all.

Now, no one should start a "Combat Knife Throwing" thread and say that it's either the thing to do or is bullshit, I'm not advocating that at all. If you're down to only having your knife in "combat," you're already in deep shit and you don't need to be throwing what is now your primary weapon at someone trying to kill you. But there are also situations and methods that are possible and more effective than trying to judge distance and numbers of spins and blade-hold vs. handle-hold and the rest of that stuff.

A straight, direct, throw into that target from a short distance will absolutely bury that knife into something and some might be surprised to know that in such cases, you cannot thrust the same knife into the same medium with your hand as hard. No judging distance and spins or half spins and the rest of that.

My favorite edged tools to throw are actually Estwing hatchets, virtually indestructible! I wish I had a couple acres up in the mountains, man. I'd be living large. :D

I just can't do that stuff around here living in an apartment.
 
Don Rearic said:
... If you're down to only having your knife in "combat," you're already in deep shit and you don't need to be throwing what is now your primary weapon at someone trying to kill you.
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deeper for some of us than others... hopefully I'll never need to throw a knife in a combat-like situation, as I imagine it would be hard for me to hit the intended target as I run full speed in the other direction. As for squirrels, bunny rabbits and pop cans, for now I'll keep working on the throwing stick.

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I wish I had a couple acres up in the mountains, man. I'd be living large. :D
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I hear ya. My wife is into camping, supports my interest in bushcraft and knives and lets me buy knives for the kids, but she does not share my dream of living on the side of a mountain. She's right of course, but I can still dream about it.
 
She just doesn't want to miss out on the convenience of living closer to "town?"

Sometimes, the country spooks people that like to visit it as well. No streetlights freaks a lot of people out if that is how they are going to actually live life day to day.
 
Don Rearic said:
She just doesn't want to miss out on the convenience of living closer to "town?"

Sometimes, the country spooks people that like to visit it as well. No streetlights freaks a lot of people out if that is how they are going to actually live life day to day.
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Funny you mentioned that but a buddy of mine who lives in town said that once. Living out in the country as I do, I'm use to darkness and no lights at night. Sort of strange to hear someone say that, but I understand it.
 
Don Rearic said:
She just doesn't want to miss out on the convenience of living closer to "town?"

Sometimes, the country spooks people that like to visit it as well. No streetlights freaks a lot of people out if that is how they are going to actually live life day to day.
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one of the first things I told the wife before we started building -- no permanent yard light, they ruin the night sky.
fortunately, she agreed with me.
 
It's amazing how well you can see with the lights out. People buy these big honkin flashlights that ruin their peripheral vision when they're on. Cops are the absolute worse when it comes to light discipline. Cops do nothing at night without a flashlight on.
 
Don Rearic said:
She just doesn't want to miss out on the convenience of living closer to "town?"

Sometimes, the country spooks people that like to visit it as well. No streetlights freaks a lot of people out if that is how they are going to actually live life day to day.
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It has less to do with living on a mountain and more to do with the fact that my dream (more a fantasy rooted in a touch of burn-out with the rat -not RAT - race) is to leave it all behind and live a simpler life in the woods. It may not be practical or realistic, but it sure would be interesting.
 
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