- Joined
- Jun 17, 2002
- Messages
- 50
Hey guys, thought I would barge in over here and make myself a nusance. 
I have been throwing for fun since I was a wee tike. A fond memory as a child was going to work at the welding shop with my father and standing in front of a hard wheel grinder making myself a new thrower to replace the last one I lost in the woods. I was always saving up a dollar to send off for one of those leather wrapped, mild steel, too light, throwers from the back of a magazine. In 1975 my best bud came home from Fort Stewart in Hinesville Ga. with a brand new Olsen OK throwing knife. He had paid 20 bucks for it and used it as bait to get me to come back to GA. with him. It worked and I spent the whole trip holding that 20 clenched in my hand. It was hard to unfold, being all smashed and sweaty, to lay out on the counter,but I did it, and left the hardware store with my prize. I still have that one 30 years later. I have since add more Olsens to my stash and have noticed some have slightly different grinds and one I have and one my bud has do not have a stamp on it. Does anyone have any info on why this may be? Here is a pic of the current four I throw.
I have been throwing for fun since I was a wee tike. A fond memory as a child was going to work at the welding shop with my father and standing in front of a hard wheel grinder making myself a new thrower to replace the last one I lost in the woods. I was always saving up a dollar to send off for one of those leather wrapped, mild steel, too light, throwers from the back of a magazine. In 1975 my best bud came home from Fort Stewart in Hinesville Ga. with a brand new Olsen OK throwing knife. He had paid 20 bucks for it and used it as bait to get me to come back to GA. with him. It worked and I spent the whole trip holding that 20 clenched in my hand. It was hard to unfold, being all smashed and sweaty, to lay out on the counter,but I did it, and left the hardware store with my prize. I still have that one 30 years later. I have since add more Olsens to my stash and have noticed some have slightly different grinds and one I have and one my bud has do not have a stamp on it. Does anyone have any info on why this may be? Here is a pic of the current four I throw.
