My Thoughts on Throwing Folding Knives

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Just a piece I made on throwing folders because it seemed to be on the mind of lots of people. I'd really like to if I missed anything. It isn't a tutorial or a factual piece, it's just my opinion and I'd love to hear others'!

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AS a knife thrower. I carry both a .40 S\W on me, and two 6" Jack Rippers on the daily everywhere I go! I'd rather throw and put someone down with my knife than shoot them; It go through them and potentially harm a bi-standard.
In regards to throwing folders.

Unfortunately easily said they are not throwers. As any knife thrower will probably agree with me. Yes you can throw it as any of us can, and if it's the ONLY knife on you and your in a self defense situation then you could be throwing an off balanced knife with a high possibility of a miss, and the attacker could pick it up, and use it against you. Unless you have a giant folder and most are 4" blades and under even if you get a "STICK" on an attacker it wont be heavy enough or deep enough to do any real damage. They will pull it from their body. Be surged with adrenaline and endorphins, and be more dangerous!


For target practice I give the highest quality folder 10 good power throws at how hard I throw before it breaks permanently. Unless your throwing at foam or something soft it's not going to break!

So NO NO NO and NO on throwing a folder under any circumstance or reason.
Your better off using it as a close quarter defense.

To many mechanisms, to many rivets to many possibilities of failure to many percentages against doing this. So if I bet my life on it.. ide rather hold it than throw it at someone, and up my odds against the attacker.

Always carry two throwers on you if you throw knifes. Throw one at the attacker, and if you score a hit it will usually be a deadly hit because you throw THAT knife allot and hard and have a higher percentage of a take down or disabling them. IF you miss. You have your second one to NOT throw, but for close range knife combat!
 
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LOL... watching you just HOLDING that fast eddie knife makes me think deeper into it. You have so little power to transfer into that pocket knife such a small and lightweight blade and to make your point further valid you should throw it without concern of breaking it at wood. It is widely used as a standard that 3\4" - 1" plywood is close to the human bone density. Mythbusters uses this in most all their human damage experiments.

Throwing that blade as HARD as you can youll be lucky to get 1\4" penetration. Which translates into one very very pissed off attacker who's going to pull it out, and stab you to death with it. Not to mention the surge of adrenaline and strength increase you just induced into their body. Their violence level, and danger level would have exponentially increased and the "FEAR" you would have running through you would not induce enough adrenaline if both individuals were at equal body composition to over-come the increased strength and pain resistant attacker.

If he was bigger than you.. your odds slimmed up even more because now you have no weapon. Your enemy has your weapon. Is angry and has a superior strength advantage, pain resistance and is going to focus it all on murdering you.

So again.. NO NO NO NO at throwing a folder! Again NO!
 
If you are far enough away and they are standing still enough to throw a knife at them, you are likely not going to fair very well under any sort of examination in court. You should have walked away first.

If they have a gun, they would have already shot you. If they haven't yet, when you chuck a knife at them, they will. When they have the one story to tell, they will also be the one defending themselves. Win for them.

As already mentioned too, if you miss or it hits handle first, you just tossed them a knife "Oh hai, thanks for the knife, I forgot mine home.".

The idea of throwing a knife at someone is pretty absurd if you just stop and think about it.

Throwing a folder will just break it, even if just doing it for fun.
 
Thanks guys. I'm glad that I've got the right idea when it comes to throwing folders. I don't know why so many people want to try it. I assume the layman that has little throwing knowledge would assume it would be an more convenient way of doing it. And again, I completely agree with you both, there is no way this is a plausible way of self defense or even fun. Your knife will get messed up.

CodyOebel said:
To make your point further valid you should throw it without concern of breaking it at wood. It is widely used as a standard that 3\4" - 1" plywood is close to the human bone density. Mythbusters uses this in most all their human damage experiments.
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Cody, I like that idea. That knife was getting messed up after a few LIGHT throws. I'd only be worried about shrapnel from the thing breaking hitting me after the throw, because it WILL break if I put enough arm into it. If the snow around me clears up and I get a piece of ply to the size you suggested, I'll probably do that as a follow up video.

Thanks again, both of you.
 
Throw A Knife is Very Distance Spicific. Once the Target becomes dynamic the chance of getting a significant hit is small. Notice the distance between the target and the thrower. That distance can be closed in much less then one second. Why Throw a knife when you can use an Advance Attack Lunge that covers the same distance and you don't lose your weapon?
 
You know, I've seen a lot of people say that a moving target is nearly impossible to hit with a throwing knife, Scott. But the more I hear it the more I wonder if it can be done. I may make a moving target for this. Maybe like a piece of wood on a clothing line at a diagonal so it moves down, forward, and to the side... That is when i get time -_-

And libra05, I love those guys. I linked to them in the original video's description.
 
if you were in a situation, say in a convenience store, and a guy came in waving a gun around,do you pull your pocket knife and sling it at him,or if you carry a thrower, throw that and hope it sticks? i think i would grab several cans of soup or beannie-weinnes and start slinging those at him and while he is dodging them run like hell for the door!
 
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