throwing spikes

[skaterboy]

has any one tryed them
I make my own out of 12 in nails and a bench grinder my throwing style is no spin I've been throwing for about 3 months I can hit center target from 16 feet

 

[sandness]

I throw them some, simply because at $0.57ea, I don't really care what happens to them. I do need to sharpen them, though, as I have been throwing them with their factory tips. After an hour of throwing, my arm is worn out. My throw mimics a baseball pitch. Needless to say, I have to throw them pretty hard to get them to stick with that orignal tip.

2'x4' target

 

[skaterboy]

try A. sharpening them B.cutting off the heads

 

[ubernut]

I do the same thing. Cheap fun

 

[CaptainFalcon]

What exactly are spikes? Where can I buy some and how do you throw them?

 

[skaterboy]

large 6-12in nails with the heads cut off
as to buying some here is a link
http://budk.com/black-lightning-spikes/p/BE101/c/2500/
like a knife

 

[AtomSphere]

large 6-12in nails with the heads cut off
as to buying some here is a link
http://budk.com/black-lightning-spikes/p/BE101/c/2500/
like a knife

wooooo... I like tactical/covert products.

 

[Hengelo_77]

How do you throw with no spin?

 

[skaterboy]

the way I hold the knife or spike is I point my 4 fingers vertically and grab the handle of what ever I am throwing(like I am trying to touch my pinky with my thumb)this is also shown in the pictures in the link. the way I throw is decribed in the link as well
hope this helps I cant explain it much better
look at TECHNIQUES 2

http://www.secrets-of-shuriken.com.au/index1.htm

 

[skaterboy]

oh and don't use your wrist
try taping it
so you can feel when your wrist moves(you want the tape tight enough so your wrist has a hard time moving but not cutting off your circulation)eventually with practice you won't move your wrist and the knife will shoot straight like an aarow

 

[AtomSphere]

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