Photos Targets of opportunity

[scdub]

I recently started throwing sharp objects again.

I threw lots when I was a kid. My parents actually let me throw a full-sized double-bit axe (along with knives, stars, fist-sized rocks from slings, etc.) around the backyard when I was probably 10!

Anyway, I’m better at it now. I’ve played around with my Cold Steel Frontier Hawk and my on-duty boot knife, which is the first knife I forged (5160, ~56 RC).

I started off on a board up against a building, but that got boring so now I mostly look for “targets of opportunity” and throw my knife without measuring distance. I’m just throwing with a single spin. I’ve tried “no spin/combat” throwing with no luck.

I’m interested to see/hear about your targets (especially targets of opportunity) and your throwing experiences/knives…

(Mods - please don’t move this to Practical Tactical, as this is neither).

 

[shane45-1911]

I honestly have never thrown a knife (or a 'hawk/axe) in my life. If my parents had let me get those Chinese ninja stars when I was younger, things may have turned out differently.

Maybe one of these days....

 

[scdub]

Ninja stars are a gateway drug for sure…

 

[slyraven]

Looks fun

 

[DocJD]

I recently started throwing sharp objects again.

I threw lots when I was a kid. My parents actually let me throw a full-sized double-bit axe (along with knives, stars, fist-sized rocks from slings, etc.) around the backyard when I was probably 10!

Anyway, I’m better at it now. I’ve played around with my Cold Steel Frontier Hawk and my on-duty boot knife, which is the first knife I forged (5160, ~56 RC).

I started off on a board up against a building, but that got boring so now I mostly look for “targets of opportunity” and throw my knife without measuring distance. I’m just throwing with a single spin. I’ve tried “no spin/combat” throwing with no luck.

I’m interested to see/hear about your targets (especially targets of opportunity) and your throwing experiences/knives…

(Mods - please don’t move this to Practical Tactical, as this is neither).
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For anyone interested in throwing , lots of good info here : https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/throwing-knives-knife-throwing.722/

 

[catspa]

I don’t throw the knives I’ve made, but I think it’s cool that you do. Nice.

Parker

 

[scdub]

Holy cow! I had no idea that throwing forum existed!

Thanks for the link D DocJD !

(Mods - feel free to move this post to throwing knives and knife throwing - it’s both of those!)

 

[DocJD]

Holy cow! I had no idea that throwing forum existed!

Thanks for the link D DocJD !

(Mods - feel free to move this post to throwing knives and knife throwing - it’s both of those!)

I see you have been moved !

Not a lot of traffic on this forum , but lots of good stuff if you dig around into old threads .

I still throw sometimes and am currently rebuilding my target set up because it was so damaged over 40yrs of use .

Huge gaping holes , that knives could pass right thru !

I need a dedicated target , because I'm not a precision thrower .

I hate losing my stuff , or wasting time searching .

Plus , I throw some heavier weapons ( spears , axes , etc. ) that I need backstopped safely .

The wife gets upset when I bounce sharp objects off the propane tank !

 

[scdub]

I see you have been moved !

Not a lot of traffic on this forum , but lots of good stuff if you dig around into old threads .

I still throw sometimes and am currently rebuilding my target set up because it was so damaged over 40yrs of use .

Huge gaping holes , that knives could pass right thru !

I need a dedicated target , because I'm not a precision thrower .

I hate losing my stuff , or wasting time searching .

Plus , I throw some heavier weapons ( spears , axes , etc. ) that I need backstopped safely .

The wife gets upset when I bounce sharp objects off the propane tank !

Yeah I’m looking forward to digging around in this forum. I trnd to just pay attention to my “watched forums” so while I’m sure I saw the throwing forum in the past I wasn’t really interested at the time and just forgot about it.

Do you throw knives with a spin or no spin??

 

[DocJD]

Spears are definitely "no spin" .

Star type shuriken , spin fast .

Knives and most other stuff , kind of a hybrid slow spin, is close as I come to no spin .

Old pic of my archery and throwing range . Old wood shed .

Yeah I’m looking forward to digging around in this forum. I trnd to just pay attention to my “watched forums” so while I’m sure I saw the throwing forum in the past I wasn’t really interested at the time and just forgot about it.

Do you throw knives with a spin or no spin??

 

[Robert Anthony]

Maybe I'm posting in the wrong place ? But if you make throwing knives you can make all you want free. Bed frames are about .50 carbon and most will be over 60 R C when quenched in oil. The tests were done by others so I am only passing on what I have read. Treat the bedframe steel like 1075 and see how you like it. Or If you are not a knife maker but would like to try, you could cut the knife out of bedframe with a angle grinder and finish with a file. You could use the bedframe steel as is but you need the angle grinder to cut it. Most of them are to hard to cut with a hack saw. Have fun.