Knife Throwing and other stuff

mamav

mamav

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I did a search, but didn't come up with any threads that answered this. Which of the Khuks makes a good throwing knife and do you have any tips on holding it for this purpose.....know what I mean??

Also, does anyone have the original software for the Apple 1 color scanner. Went to the website, but the downloads don't work without the original software.

Thanks.
 
mamav,
any khukuri or knife can be thrown, but it is a very high- stress activity that will break off the handles and maybe snap off the tip of the blade.

i sometimes throw my kardas because they are small and light enough to handle it.

if you must throw it, hold it by the handle and stand back from a target about two paces. throw it overhand and try not to let it spin.
As you get used to this method, you can move back and forth a bit.
 
I wouldn't throw a kuk unless (perhaps) my life depended on it.

From a martial standpoint, knife throwing is the type of thing that I usually only recommend for those who spend a lot of time in training. If you're already spending, say, two or three hours a day, what's 15 minutes throwing a knife? OTOH, if you're primarily interested in having fun, my buddy Byron likes throwing Mauser bayonets.

John
 
For the over-whelming majority of folks, throwing your knife has about the same success rate in real life as throwing a gun. :rolleyes:

The knife is your weapon, don't throw it away.



Kis
 
I know a lot of people who train fairly hard.

I only know two who can be reliably dangerous with a thrown edged weapon. One is my best friend; the other is an uber dan ranking, and one of the most famous Americans training in our art.

John
 
Hi Mamav,
First off STOP! Safety warning! :eek:

If anything you throw whether a tennis ball or a kukri bounces of the target, they come back at you pretty fast & you cant predict the direction they will come at, at 2 paces I doubt if mike tyson at 19 years old was fast enough to dodge a bouncing kukri. :eek:

A Richochete kukri is life & limb threatening. :(

If you still decide to play this game, Well Thats your choice.

I have ruined many knives & axes in my misspent youth throwing them, so if you are doing it for fun use ones you dont mind destroying. :rolleyes:

Tips break, blades bend, rivets snap, handles disentegrate,

The greater the curve of a blade the faster it will spin, so the straighter the blade the better for more distance throws.

Up close {6ft} evrthing will stick if the point hits. :rolleyes:

Their are many technies & styles of knife throwing but IMHO the best way is the following.

To get maximum power & accuracy with minimum spin hold your arm totaly upright, wrist & elbow locked & then bring you straight arm down fast & realease when your arm reaches horizontal.

It feels strange at first but you will get greater accuracy, distance & sticking power than if you use bent wrist or arm techniques.

With practice 10 or 12 feet is an easy enough distance.

Spectres mates idea of mauser bayonets, sounds safer & easier than throwing kukri to me!

Russian army entrenching spades are good as well! They are made for it.

Or straight shurikan like Ferrous is making for Danny.

I know Throwing knives is good fun! Hollow doors make good targets! :rolleyes:

But it doesnt IMHO improve the house decor! :D

But if you do it, please be carefull. It is dangerous.

& kukris will bounce like hell if its not a perfect 10/10 hit,

Good luck,

Cheers,
Spiral ;)

"I dont throw knives no more,no more, I dont throw knives no more"
:rolleyes: :D
 
The only khukuri I'll throw is one that I've paid no more than $25 for, preferably less. It's a hard thing to learn to throw, but it can be done. Not sure what the point would be.. On the bright side, it's got enough weight that it will land with a thud no matter what side it lands on.

I would recommend learning on a tomahawk. Timing the spins are similar.

Personal rule, I don't throw my knife. If I absolutly had to, I would be sure to draw a gun while it's flying... just kidding.
 
I like throwing knifes. It's fun and relaxing. My favorite is a really crappy made-in-pakistan fixed blade. When I got it, the plastic blade slabs were broken off and it was caked with bondo. The chrome plating over whatever steel-like base material was partly gone. It's a great thrower. The crappy alloy is flexible enough so that it doesn't break when bashed against a target. A more brittle metal (like in some genuiwine "throwing" knives) sometimes just busts off.

Knife throwing is very practical -- as entertainment. I can hit a target reliably only from fairly specific ranges. 8-10 feet is OK for a 1/2 rotation (holding by blade), but 6 feet doesn't work, nor does 12. Compare it to golf. Great fun, great entertainment, but not good for combat nor hunting.

Throwing tears the heck out of knifes. Well, not throwing, but bashing into things not exactly perfectly. Most knifes I feel for the balance and think about throwing. Nice, expensive knifes, I don't throw, but I think about it.

When I hold a Kukri, it doesn't want to be thrown. You can throw from holding the blade or the handle. Neither feels right on a Khuk.

Try throwing only very cheap, (disposable) fixed blades. Sharpness doesn't matter much. But you probably will trash your target, backstop, and the knife. Be very wary of the bounce-back.
 
Not much need to throw it.

If ya wanna just fer fun, get a 15-18 inch villager, softer the better, Chiruwa a must. Remove the handle slabs from the chiruwa, then run grip tape or leather all around than handle (slabs will break, tape or leather will not). Heed all the warnings posted here, then have at it.

If you want to get a feel for it before actually throwing a live khuk, make a trainer out of wood or plastic (trace the khuk to throw) and throw it at cardboard, styrofoam, or a hay bale.

If you've not thrown knnives or axes in the past, it may be best to start with these, then move up the to khuk.

Me, I'm an an axe thrower. Buddy o' mine has an old dead oak that is like 5 feet accross at the base, and I throw pretty regularly (he throws about an hour each day). Pretty accurate up to 25 feet (meaning I could hit the silhouette on the tree 9 outta 10 times form this range), can land either side of a double-bitted axe (handle up or down) and can land sidearm throws and double axe throws (one in each hand) about 50% of the time. My buddy can blow me away, lands 99% of all throws, accurate enough to split a beercan on the first throw.

If I was in a situation where I neded to throw an object to stop an attacker, and I had an axe in one hand and a rock in the other, I'd throw the rock and hold the axe. A rock is a good projectile, much more suited to the task than axe, knife or khuk.

Keith
 
Mamav,
My repsonse was only for combat-necessity throwing.
If you are more than two paces away, you don't need to throw it. When I practice throwing shuriken, stars or spikes, I am rarely more than two meters away.
Combat-related throwing weapons are just not a good idea beyond a few paces. At those distances there are much better ways to employ larger cutting weapons. So, despite the seeming disagreement in this thread, we are actually in agreement.

Let's be more precise and try this again.

Do you want to know how to throw it at a person in self defense or do you want to know how to throw it at a hard target repeatedly for recreation ?
Throwing for fun is a very damaging activity and I also endorse the mauser bayonet (my personal favorite) for distance throwing at more than 2 meters.
Heavy, solid, cheap, quailty made, able to be used as a real knife, and made to a uniform size and weight.
Hit the gun shows and pick them up for 12$ apiece.
 
I wonder if the balance model would make a good thrower....
 
If one really wants to go the extra mile- and enjoys working with wood and metal- some Mauser bayonets can be made even more ideal by removing the "hump" on the base of the handle. As you learn how to hold the blade for what distance, a blade-up hold will be even better with a smooth release.

John
 
I could find a couple of rocks with something that looks like a cho on them. We'll call em' Nepali throwing rocks. I'll even write a kami mark on them with magic marker.

They're full tang too. :)
 
mamav said:
I did a search, but didn't come up with any threads that answered this. Which of the Khuks makes a good throwing knife and do you have any tips on holding it for this purpose.....know what I mean??

Thanks.
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Gin this website may be helpful for you. This is one instance where I have to say that a chiruwa khuk would be best for throwing.

The cheapest out is to find a good website that sells the "Old Hickory" brand cheap and buy a few of the "Old Hickory" double edged dagger styled knives.
Dull the edges except the points if you're gonna throw by the blade. The Old Hickory knives are thin and, even if the least bit sharp will slice your hands up real quick.
I'm speaking from experience here.:rolleyes: ;) :p
When you bust the slabs off it's easy to tape some heavy leather cut to fit where the slabs used to be. Check at your local show repair places to buy old leather resoles. They're pretty thick and will last a long time.
Once you get the hang of throwing knives you can pick up almost any knife and tell from its balance how many turns it will make at a given distance.
When I was a kid I threw knives and hatchets a lot and was damned good at it. I could split a 2x4 nine times outta ten at 30 feet with my hatchet and the tenth time it would at least stick.
I got good at replacing hatchet handles and back then they were pretty cheap. the Old Hickory butcher knives I liked to throw were about $2.50 a piece and lasted a long time. I never did break a blade with them. Good cheap fun filled activity to keep a kid outta trouble, sorta.:eek:
I once stuck my hatchet right close to a buddy's kid brother's ear once when he wouldn't move away from the target. Good thing he didn't try to dodge.;)
It did however make a believer outta him and the next time I told him to move outta the way he did.
He's the same kid I pinned his foot to the ground with an arrow from my 65 pound homemade Ash bow. I had to cut one of my good arrows in two to pull the shaft from between his toes.:mad: :rolleyes:
I never will forget those times.:D
 
BruiseLeee said:
I could find a couple of rocks with something that looks like a cho on them. We'll call em' Nepali throwing rocks. I'll even write a kami mark on them with magic marker.

They're full tang too. :)
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We can expect "Turkish Gurkha Throwing Rocks" to appear on eBay shortly. Bruise, yo air a geneuss!
 
Thanks guys for the info. I won't be here when the gun show is on, but may try to get a friend to pick up a mauser bayonet for me to use. The use would be strictly for self defense and I'd have 2 blades at my side. One to throw and one to use when he gets pissed off and needs more help leaving. Actually it was the suggestion of a Marine friend who is very concerned about 2 females living alone in Phoenix. I'm not that worried, but the news is in favor of having some reliable self-defense. I would probably feel more comfortbable with a gun now that I read all your posts. Maybe a bayonet for throwing and a gun to finish the job if he doesn't want to leave. I know I'm good with handguns. Even earned a marksmanship ribbon in the service with the M-16:rolleyes: and learned handguns from Eric Hit the target 99.75 times out of 100....One was a quarter off the bullseye so the guy said it wasn't perfect :D :rolleyes:

I do think it sounds interesting to learn to throw a knife...maybe I can go out in the desert and practice at old cactus.....on second thought I may not want to recover that blade. :footinmou
 
Cool link, Yvsa! I gotta pick up one of those Firestone throwers, totally a viking bearded axe design, and well executed:

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Mamv, if yer a marksman, why not go w/a gun? there's no much reason fer the thrown knife fer defense...when a .38 or better is fired in warning instead, then levelled at the interloper.

Keith
 
Why give someone you're "encouraging" to leave a weapon?

FWIW, one can use a longarm successfully in a less lethal (impact) manner, as well...

John
 
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