HELP ME!!!

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satin

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A friend of mine has asked me to design and make him a thrower.
I have absolutely no idea where to start.
I have owned own throwing knife in my entire life, and it was a junky one, so I odnt know the basic principles of design, or anything.
But I am always willing to try, so...what are the basic principles of design for a thrower??

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Morgan Atwood
If you deny someone the right to defend themselves you are guilty of nothing less than attempted murder.

If it aint satin finished, I dont want it. (97% of the time)
 
There are more qualified people out there to answer this but Ill give it a shot. You can go with something that is narrow and acts much like a spike or maybe just a bowie knife built to take the stress of throwing. There are alot of options. Ask him to do a demo for you and see how he throws. Does he do both handle and blade throws with the same knife or does he have specific knives he does certain throws with? Ask him what he wants. After all he will be the one throwing it. All this will factor in to the design. If you can get this info it will narrow down the choices. Just my two cents.
Kevin
 
Well I cant get a live demo of how he throws because he and I are just net friends, talk over MSN messenger.
But I can ask him all kinds of stuff like you mentioned about his throwing style, to get a better idea of what he needs.

Good thinking.

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Morgan Atwood
If you deny someone the right to defend themselves you are guilty of nothing less than attempted murder.

If it aint satin finished, I dont want it. (97% of the time)
 
Most throwers are, of necessity, rather simple in design. Check out some of the items on the "Thrower" or "Throwzini" webpages. I believe a good standard is 1 OZ. per inch of length- most good throwers are rather large and heavy. (easier to control) Knives thrown from the handle should be balanced towards the point, blade throwers the opposite. Hard tempering should be avoided, as should anything but extremely durable grips; lots of throwers have no grips at all.
 
Well determine wether he likes to throw by the blade, handle or both. Then draw out a nice symetrical pattern on a piece of paper in between 9 and 14 inches of blade lenght, then use a good thickness of steel, (in between 1/4th, and 3/8ths) cut out, grind down, and ballence out by grinding here and there. then keep that one if you want a pattern and then finally make a couple for your friend.
 
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