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I have many questions on this subject.

Cold steel True Flight throwing knife

My first question is this knife worth it, and how does the edge hold up? I ask this because would like to use it to practice throwing but if I am to have a new knife I would like it to be useful for all the other reasons knifes are useful(cutting, prying, poking, scraping, ect). I have read the reviews on amazon and it seems that people like it, but then again most of the positive reviews probably know less than I do on the this subject(I don't know much).

I've notice that most throwers are full tang without handles, are there any handled quality throwing knifes out there? Ideally I would like a knife that acts like a thrower in flight, but has a quality handle and full tang. Is this just a dream?

Are all throwing knifes meant to be thrown by the handle or are there ones specifically meant to thrown a certain way or technique?


are there any quality throwing knifes under 12 inches??? Ideally I would like about a 10 inch thrower.

I looked over the branton throwing knifes and noticed that they have a presence here on bladeforums, I was curious if anybody has had experience with these throwers and what the general consensus is?

Thanks for taking time to read this any input would be appreciated.
 
If you use knife for throwing it will loose its edge. No other way around :D
 
Throwing knives tend to be softer than hunting or utility knives, to avoid snapping on impact. Being softer, they do not hold an edge as well. In my experience, a good one will hold an edge well enough for general camp, kitchen or hunting use. Of course, you will re-sharpen more often and the blade will wear faster.

If you search the web you can find throwers with handles. The black powder/buck skinner bunch use them. There were knives which used to be called hunting/throwing knives. Usable utility knives, they were in the size range you mentioned.

A lot of throwing knives are designed to be thrown by the handle. Some work well for a blade or handle throw and some are intended for a blade throw. If you also throw hatchets, the handle throw lets you standardize your grip and motion.
 
i have a Cold steel True Flight , as edge retetion on it , it is a subjective Q, i think .

i used it cutted some woods sticks , no pro , but i never had a chance to do a skinning game.

it will lost edge , if you throw it some times . impacting will harm your fine edge , no matter the blade were hard or soft. but soft carbon steel is very easy to sharpen it back to the wicked sharp edge .

i also noticed there are some guys throw busse kin knives , and the feedback are postive , you can find some vids on youtube .

very cool.


dingy
 
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I vote for the GI tanto...its just a great knife for any situation. Edge holding is amazing. cuts through a piece of wood and can still clean cut a piece of printing paper or two peices of notebook paper. Balance is unbelievable. Take off the handle scales and there is no differernce as far as ican tell between blade weight and handle weight. I love throwing it. I would recommend you get some special throwers too though...its just more fun if you have three big ones like the Gil Hibben Tantos to throw. I love those and as far as edge holding...I'm impressed. I threw full strength and missed...right into the back of the 1/4 " ish handle of the other knife and there was a neglegable chip in the blade.... I sharpened it out over a period of 2 hours on a regular stone. It was devastating to me to mess up my favorite thrower but showed me how tough it is.... I think it is 420 but they must have done unbelieveable heat treating.....cause it outperforms some other fixed blades i have in non-throwing categories..

BTW be careful with sharp throwers. I can throw my gil hibbens but theyre sharp and have 4 different points (3 yakotas) so...i have to be gentle :)

I cant even throw my bushman or gi tanto from the blade...
 
Those are my main stay throwers. They are fairly soft metal, but will hold an edge for a bit if you strap them regularly. I was able to use them to chop wood.

However, you shouldn't really have sharp throwing knives, just pointy. Sharp blades make for cut hands.

If you feel like watching a review of them I did, here ya go

[video=youtube;_gWrvwmKJ44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gWrvwmKJ44[/video]
 
Whoa... I didn't notice all the other questions you had:

There are throwers with handles, they're just not prefered because the handles usually get damaged. Older knives usually have them. Just watch, you want screw in handle scales, not riveted. That way, you can tighten then when they get loose, because the WILL get loose.

Arguably, there are certain knives for certain techniques, but in all reality, a throwing knife is ideally balanced at the middle. This is so that it can be thrown in the same way with spin from either the blade or the handle. Some say that for no spin techniques it is better to have handle heavy knives.

Under 12inches is where you start losing distance for your throw, but Gill Hibben has some nice stuff. You can find a lot of his knives cheap on ebay, amazon, budk, etc, but United Cutlery has most of them (unfortunately at full price). DO NOT LINK TO NON BLADEFORUM SPONSORS
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Bobby

I've never used branton's throwers, but I hear nothing but good things.

Hope that helped a bit.
 
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Yes I love my CS TF I've cut myself on accident but you're right- it's good for chopping away brush and wood. I can no spin stick it better than alot of my other knives.
I really like so far the East wind from flying steel. It is probably the toughest knife I own. Tool steel. Flying steel makes amazing quality knives and it's a lifetime warranty. I like the shur knife for no spin and half spin, and the CS TF works for spins, no spin, half, etc. So it's a good one.
I've heard good things about the CS tanto GI too
 
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