'hawk and knife range idea needed

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earthshaker

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I have a long narrow lot that my house and garage is on , but I still have over 100 feet available behind my garage, for whatever use. Is there a standard for the length and width of a throwing range? Just got into the whole thrown weapons scene, and built a 9" long two pointed throwing thingy, I call it that because I can't call it a knife, but it sure sticks good!, Buried it about 1/2" in my garage wall from about 12 feet, can't tell you how many turns though, guessing 1-1/2 turns, I will post a pic of my "TPTT" if anyone is interested.
 
TPTT pics demanded . I just have an old stump on a tripod up against a shed wall so anything you do better than that is already a step ahead of the game .

The farthest I throw knives from is about 25 feet away and I don,t often throw that far .

I think there might be official distances for competitions so you might want to get several peoples ideas first .

Pics , Pics .
 
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Pics, the dots are not holes as they may appear, just some pins I used to hold the TPTT from falling off the board
 
[QUOTE Pics, the dots are not holes as they may appear, just some pins I used to hold the TPTT from falling off the board[/QUOTE]

You had me going there . If you think of the pin holes as eyes it almost looks like a pointy headed pinhead man . L:O:L

Thats a neat thrower . How does it throw ? Does it rotate evenly or do the points tend to drift off center sometimes ?
 
Thats a neat thrower . How does it throw ? Does it rotate evenly or do the points tend to drift off center sometimes ?
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Don't know yet how it throws, I need to get a piece of tree to throw it at, My dad has some cottonwood chunks, I just need to go get them, and then have my wife video the throwing of the thing, for review frame by frame, I will report back.
 
Do me a favor . Stand well back until you see how far that thing springs back .
For some reason it looks a little springy to me .
 
The old Congress of New England Muzzle Loaders used to specify a minimum of 12' for competition, and used an hourglass shaped target. The center of the hourglass was the X ring (about 3"wide and 1" high) then 10, 9, 8, 7 6, 5 going away from the center up and down the hourglass shape.

A section of tree trunk "face on" was the typical target plane with a wood palisade wall behind it for those who might miss. Be careful of using elm for a target face. It's VERY springy and I've had hawks and knives come back at me from a new butt if they didn't hit right. It can get exciting when that happens.
 
There are a couple of guys who have posted pics of very nice throwing ranges .
Some are in a cottage or camp setting and you can tell the guys put some effort into it .

They make my old stump look like an old stump . L:O:L
 
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