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Plasmio

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It's 85$ list price, I'm not sure how much cheaper it is other places, but does anyone else think that's a lot for a single throwing knife? I mean I personally like having more than one so I don't have to go and grab it every time it leaves my hand.
 
Are you sure that it's a throwing knife? I have 2, pretty decent knives, 440B steel, cord wrapped, sharp tips. Of course, you can throw them, but I don't think that are made specially for throwing.
 
Plasmio said:
This one specifically: ... The blade is a shape that makes it kind of useless for anything but stabbing and throwing.
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The same could be said for all the knives in the Exagon line. There is no evidence of any of them being made of a "throwing knife" steel. "Throwing" in this case is just a sales hook.
 
marcinek said:
The same could be said for all the knives in the Exagon line. There is no evidence of any of them being made of a "throwing knife" steel. "Throwing" in this case is just a sales hook.
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But you wouldn't buy that blade shape expecting to use it as a utility knife.
 
Plasmio said:
Neither of those are the same as the Exagon throwing model though... It's a slightly rounded triangular blade. Almost like a dagger.
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So it has some belly then.

It's no more or less "utility" or "throwing" than any of the blades in the series. They just made a series of blades of different shapes and gave them names like "Utility," "Small Attack," "Throwing," "Military," etc. The "throwing" part of its name is meaningless.

Is a blade with no belly my choice for general utility? No. Do tons of people use blades with no bellies like wharncliffes, tantos, sheepsfoots for utility? Yes.
 
I think I would be more inclined to use that knife in a non-throwing role. However, I don't know what the hardness (Rockwell C scale) is, but I want to think that knives made for throwing rank several points below a knife meant to hold a good cutting edge. In other words throwing knives are "softer" so that they will not break as easy when hitting a solid object such as a rock, not that the rock is the intended target.

Boker Magnum makes a set of throwing knives, as does Browning, Cold Steel, Condor, and United Cutlery makes some Gil Hibbern designed throwers. Any of these can be had for under $50.
 
cutter17 said:
I think I would be more inclined to use that knife in a non-throwing role. However, I don't know what the hardness (Rockwell C scale) is, but I want to think that knives made for throwing rank several points below a knife meant to hold a good cutting edge. In other words throwing knives are "softer" so that they will not break as easy when hitting a solid object such as a rock, not that the rock is the intended target.

Boker Magnum makes a set of throwing knives, as does Browning, Cold Steel, Condor, and United Cutlery makes some Gil Hibbern designed throwers. Any of these can be had for under $50.
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Yeah, I've seen how cheap ones shatter or snap. I still don't see why you'd buy that blade shape when you have other, more useful ones to choose from.
 
Oh I wouldn't buy the knife as I have no use for it, but if I "had" it and did use it, I think it would make a good small utility knife, though there are better blade shapes to fit that role. If this is meant to be a throwing knife you may be able to email FoxUSA and get some more info about it, such as hardness, and is it designed to be a thrower or is that just the name of it, though it would make a funny name especially if it is not a thrower.
 
Plasmio said:
I still don't see why you'd buy that blade shape when you have other, more useful ones to choose from.
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Because, by calling it "Thrower", people believe its a special, dedicated throwing knife. Just as people believe the "Military" model in that line is made specially for high speed operators.

It's not a thrower. Throwers are made of tougher, softer steels than ordinary knives. Throwers don't really need sharpened edges.

"Thrower" is pure marketing/ninja bait in this case.
 
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