What is your favorite throwing knife?

Bobby Branton

Bobby Branton

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Which throwing knife is your favorite and why?
Are you more consistent with it?
Do you just like the way it feels?
Give me some feed back.

Bobby
 
I find that what I like for a thrower is just the opposite of what everyone else likes.

I like a knife that has about a 3 1/2" handle and a 5 1/2" blade
Blade is clip point and sharp on one side

handle is leather wrapped or indestructible plastic

thickness of steel 1/8"

I know, too light, too sharp and too much Willie Garvin but I made a knife similar to his design and I like it. I find I get more sticks with this design and even the way I throw is not popular. I started throwing by the tip. I find that the clip portion sits nice in my fingers and makes my throw more consistant.

Beats me but I like it.

Bobby you make knives you should try it.

Jason
 
I like a big knife , About a 5 1/2" handle , and 8" blade . I just cut one out of an old car spring , put it on the grinder and it worked as good as some knives I have that were custom made by throwers . Nice and heavy , but it is hard on the targets . This has become my favorite since I made it myself . Although I might change my mind after I try a Branton knife .;)
I like the knives thick (3/16 to 1/4" )and I find I do not need any handle material.
Regards , Cameron .
 
Hi Bobby... I have a few "favorites". Over all, I like the Karp design, though his maker and heat-treater have been less than great sometimes. The over-all shape seems to be just about optimum for versitility. I can throw his knives with more different grips than any others.

In a production thrower, it used to be the large Blackjacks, but they went out of business, and now there is a great production thrower out there in the "American Throwing Knives" "Long Distance" version (used to be "Dragon Knives"), which are more versitile than the other version he now appears to focus on. The "LD" knives can be thrown easily by handle or blade, but not the other version.

Of your knives, my favorite are still the "Lew Botherton" (I think that was the name) style which, for me, throw very easily, though the handles have been cracked and re-taped a million times. This seems to be a very natural style for a thrower and I've seen the basic shape in many variations, but I still like yours best.
 
I don't have many knives, just 4 production ones and 3 customs (including Branton's #13). My favorite custom is Viper #2 and UC Meteor seems to be the best production one. I used to like TFT more, but Meteor is thicker and it has a sharper point. I just got rid of these stupid red lines on its handle. In general, I prefer thick and heavy 11" - 13" knives (no handle), never threw a bigger knife, though. I don't count CS SF Shovel, anyway, my next-door-neighbor's dog doesn't like it ;). By the way how many throwing knives do you, guys have? and how many of them do you, actually, use?
 
I have a few dozen. I have a lot of smaller ones (like the large hibbens TFTs and others similar) from years back that I throw mostly in special ways trying "martial arts" stuff. I also have maybe a dozen sets of much better knives from people like Bobby and others. I still throw most of them from time to time.
 
Would love to try them. From the specs they sound great. Right size, right weight, etc. Would like to try the other offering there too, the "Vanishing Point" knives. Didn't give the weight in the specs, but the steel is 5/16" thick which is plenty thick to give a good weight even with the narrow design. At roughly $50 or so per knife, they are not the least expensive decent throwers on the market, but they are roughly in the middle of the market.
 
Lets see theres the first knife I learned how to throw my well used ka-bar then theres my old enfield bayonet, my mauser bayonet, my home made throwing stars, a couple of cheap chefs knives, old screwdrivers, a a couple of UC meteors that I picked up at the flea market. If I think I can stick it I take it out back and let it fly................
 
Knives arent my favorite. I like spikes. Cheap, easy to make, and Im better at them than I am at knives. Its probably because I throw them all year. Kind of hard to throw foot long knives around inside the house. For knives I like the small lighter ones thrown at half turns but then again the larger Hibben knives I have are up there too.
Kevin
 
As a novice, I prefer the Easy Stik Pro by Accuflight. If you want to see the knife, visit their website Accuflightinc.com
 
my modified el-cheapo bowie(the big ones that go for around 15-18$). I was getting pretty good with the thing when I lost it. right now I'm throwing some cheep taiwanese teardrop shaped throwers. my current "wish I could have" knives are the large bowie style hibbens.
 
This is an easy one. I have about a dozen or so knives made by Bobby. I absolutely love them. I tried those little Hibben ones, and they do not compare one little bit with the satisfaction you get when throwing a "real" knife.

You want some real fun? Pick yourself up a couple of Bobby's double edged, with an end spike, throwing axes. I've thrown them from 75 feet (just gotta figure out the correct arc) and stuck them with no problem. WAY COOL!!
 
If it can be thrown I try it... I like the hibben knifes.. but my favorite was a japanese boot knife I brought home from Okinawa... it was my favorite.. recently was stolen... after 11yrs... I guess it served its purpose.. I am learning blacksmithing and bladesmithing..so I am sure I will have plenty to throw soon enough!


Jam :)
 
I used to chuck my USMC K-bar, but somebody drive off with it in the hood, and the new one had different ballance. I preferr a heavy pommel, because I don't count rotations. With the right spin, the tip always hits, I donn't know how.
NE way, I used to use hunting knives, but now I have my own design that I'm figuring out. I dedicate most of my throwing time to it, so it's not really my favorite, more like the one I hate to have to throw untill I perfect my release.
The design is one I found in a book labeled "Aicuchi". It's a basic drop point with a ring handle shaped like a 9. Mine is exactly the same size as my flattened hand. It's crude, as I'm no knife maker. I just basicly cut it out of some 1/4" stock I found on the job site, and ground untill it's got something resembling an edge.
 
I agree that those Blackjack throwers were great. Wish I'd bought ten!

Another thrower I like is from H & B Forge (www.hbforge.com). It is especially nice if you like leather handles on your throwers.
 
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