Knife Damage

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Tomahawk911

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I was just wondering if anyone knows weather or not throwing a knife at a tree trunk will damage it? I've got this old tree trunk that's been dead for about ten years and is soft and damp and I was just wondering if it would damage my knives? Thanks!
 
A throwing knife would be fine. :)
Some knives will take it, some will not.
When I was younger, a lot of knives ended up needing new tips. :eek:

Soft and damp trunk will have less chance of damaging them (probably), but there's a bunch of random forces when you throw knives.
I'd just get a decent throwing knife or three...they don't cost too much. :thumbup:
 
The Condor Throwing Scepter looks great too, and has three sides to stick with.
Tough and inexpensive...I plan on getting a few when the tax return comes in.
Built for throwing.
 
Stay away from throwing folders. Besides risking the tip, you put a lot of stess on the pivot, and scales can break. Especially natural scales.
 
Gentlemen.

There are knives which are intended to be thrown, and there is a difference between them and other knives.

Throwing knives are usually made out of tool steel, which retains more toughness at a given Rockwell number than stainless.

Throwing knives are also not hardened as much as other knives, again so that they don't break on a rock after a mis-throw, or a knot in the tree.

Many throwers have a balance point near their overall center, so that they rotate in a predictable fashion.

The bottom line is that throwers are a specialized form of knife. Some people regard the practice of throwing knives as a useless, even ridiculous, pastime, while others enjoy it.

The only thing I would ask is that you do not try to throw a knife unless you know that the knife has been made to be thrown.

Hope that clears some of it up.
 
If it's a fixed blade, as long as it's not falling on the ground hitting rocks it should be fine. As for folders, I wouldn't do it with my knives, so take that for what it's worth.

Also, I used to be really into knife throwing and I threw them using no spin. If you look it up it's not hard to learn the technique. A lot less knives will go flying to the ground and it'll be more fun cause you don't really have to adjust the number of rotations for distance.
 
Smokinape said:
I would just go ahead and baton the tree...
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Or just throw the damp trunk. ;)
My friends and I used to do that in a wooded area during our youth...kind of like an impromptu highland games.
Throwing logs, rocks, see if you could knock trees over by running into them. Good times.
Sobriety may or may not have been involved. :D
 
stabman said:
Or just throw the damp trunk. ;)
My friends and I used to do that in a wooded area during our youth...kind of like an impromptu highland games.
Throwing logs, rocks, see if you could knock trees over by running into them. Good times.
Sobriety may or may not have been involved. :D
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I was thinking YEAH! COOL! to myself Right up until the running into trees thing. Sounds like fun to watch anyway. :D
 
If the tree has been dead for 10 years and is soft and damp I am assuming it is in the final stages of decomposition so throwing your knife at a pile of mulch wouldn't stand much of a chance of sticking the blade into it anyway. If you are serious about learning the skill of knife throwing there are appropriately designed knives and targets for this. BTW welcome to BF and your first thread.
 
It's a better first thread than many. :)
No ninjas, and not even a "What is the best knife?" in it.

Actually, pretty good, considering the question about damage is being asked beforehand.
 
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