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I just found one of my old ones that I bought at a gun show. Its basically a giant sewing needle, with a hole at one end. It's 7" long. Man was this fun to throw! It is so concealable as well.

It seems like the smaller I go, the more fun it is to get something to stick.
 
Definately more challanging, anyway! I don't know, there is just something satsfying about the "thunk" when a big ol' throwing knife sticks just right.
 
A 7" needle should stick pretty easily with a variety of throws, I would think.

The smallest I've seen someone reliably stick was a friend of mine who could stick a drywall screw into a wood stud from about six-to-ten feet in distance. I could never do it, but he had some sort of innate knack.
 
now thats what I was wondering, how small do you think someone can get......
 
I'm not too sure how small the smallest thrower could be. When I worked in a cubicle, I'd make a paper dart board and try and flick thumbtacks into it. While working in various other jobs where I carried around a razor knife, I would throw those replaceable razor blades into cardboard boxes.
 
now this is something I was thinking of, can you rivet four exacto knife blades together and make a razor ninja star? I haven't tried it yet but I designed it when I was bored in my genetics class last week
 
Yeah, you can do that-- I've done it a bunch of times. Never actually rivited them together, but glued them with superglue. They work great and are scary since they are so sharp, but I liked the challange of trying to make the single blades stick. Oh the crazy things I've done to pass time at boring jobs. I used to use tinsnips to cut multi- pointed darts out of the metal straps that come on some shipments of stuff. I would cut out an interesting profile out of one piece, and then use two other pieces to layer the dart to make it stiffer/stronger and add weight. I also used to make blowguns from pipes and the darts from these mini screwdriver thingies. :p
 
I saw a guy from china on tv who could throw a needle through a pane of glass, popping balloons on the other side. They showed it in slowmotion- I think it was just a regular sewing needle. He also threw one through the side of a glass box filled with water.
 
I wonder if it has to be flat for him to penetrate it like that. Like, do you think he didn't use a glass bottle for a reason?
 
commandojoe said:
I wonder if it has to be flat for him to penetrate it like that. Like, do you think he didn't use a glass bottle for a reason?
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I am sure if the glass was angled it might glance off. Also, the glass was only about 1/8" thick probably. Still, very impressive power.
Supposedly, the technique is for assassination (softer targets)- he had a lethal range of approximately 10 feet. They said he had been an assassin for the Chinese Government, now retired. I guess the needles are small enough to hide anywhere and slip through metal detectors. He had apprenticed under a master to learn the skill.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Supposedly, the technique is for assassination (softer targets)- he had a lethal range of approximately 10 feet. They said he had been an assassin for the Chinese Government, now retired. I guess the needles are small enough to hide anywhere and slip through metal detectors. He had apprenticed under a master to learn the skill.
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Hey, it's a reworked Remo Williams plot. :rolleyes:

Rat's no sucker, I think his baloney detector is ringing on this guy's claim.

Who uses a thrown needle? I can think of several things wrong about a "retired assassin" appearing on television to demonstrate a highly risky method. Because if it were true, he'd be a dead assassin from incompetence or from revealing his history to the general public.

Ah well.
 
I would probably think trying to throw a knife with duct tape on the end as thick as I saw is pretty impossible but that guy did it. I like dreaming :yawn:
 
Watchful said:
Hey, it's a reworked Remo Williams plot. :rolleyes:

Rat's no sucker, I think his baloney detector is ringing on this guy's claim.

Who uses a thrown needle? I can think of several things wrong about a "retired assassin" appearing on television to demonstrate a highly risky method. Because if it were true, he'd be a dead assassin from incompetence or from revealing his history to the general public.

Ah well.
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Actually, I do believe it, I just cant find much information about it. It was on Ripleys believe it or not, episode 118.

Needle Throwing Man

This specially trained agent against terrorism for the Chinese government defies the laws of nature by throwing up to six needles like darts through glass. You can even see the pinholes where the needles have penetrated!
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Ripleys likes to sensationalize things, but they do show real stuff. And it was an impressive demonstration. I guess I remembered wrong when I recalled him as an assassin, but It was aired in 2001, so I'm lucky I remembered at all.

I have seen a guy who can make throwing cards stick, so a needle isnt too far fetched.
 
I've got no problems believing a guy can throw needles through things... as you say, Ricky Jay can stick cards in anything, and I've personally seen people stick playing cards in very solid objects. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence of people sticking nuts in tree trunks, and more.

I just can't believe a guy would use needles as offensive weapons, but your response clarifies that from the producers' point of view...well...the implication is there, but not the actual claim.

Thanks for the clarification.
 
Watchful said:
I've got no problems believing a guy can throw needles through things... as you say, Ricky Jay can stick cards in anything, and I've personally seen people stick playing cards in very solid objects. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence of people sticking nuts in tree trunks, and more.

I just can't believe a guy would use needles as offensive weapons, but your response clarifies that from the producers' point of view...well...the implication is there, but not the actual claim.

Thanks for the clarification.
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Yeah, they never made a specific claim that he had ever killed anyone using the needles. The implication that he could was there, however.
And they talked about how the needles could be concealed easily, etc.
A gung-fu master like that guy wouldnt need weapons to defeat an opponent at close range, so maybe the needles are more an exercise in power and technique than a practical weapon. Of course I wouldnt want that guy to throw anything at me. :D
 
I guess I remembered wrong when I recalled him as an assassin, but It was aired in 2001, so I'm lucky I remembered at all.
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I heared bout that guy before from sum guys they too told me he was a chinese assasin
 
I have also seen the demonstration on replays believe it or not, Very impressive.

I have also seen in some martial art program on Discovery channel. When I chine’s man throwing chopsticks whit grate force into a wooden board. I wish I could do that. I cant even eat propery with chopsticks… :)
 
It is very impressive but the chinese are very experienced with there martial arts and put a great deal of work into techniques, so no doubt these throwing needles and chopsticks took years of training to learn competently.
 
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