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My throwin' cutlery
Jul 10th, 2007 at 4:24pm
 
Here's my current collection of throwing implements:

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The two smaller knives are "Viper" ripoffs, actually of fairly decent quality.  I got them from a local martial-arts store.  They are about 10" long.
The big ones are from the famous (or infamous) "Bud K" catalogue, and were billed as "The Worlds Largest Throwing Knife".   Hardly that, but they were dead cheap at 15.00 for the pair.  ( I don't think they are offering them any more)
These are about 16" long, and actually throw very well, though the grips are a bit wide.

The cleaver is an old item I inherited from my aunt.  These throw very much like a tomahawk, and I had to grind the hooked end of the grip down.   Awfully hard on the target, though....

The target is just 2" X 6" lumber screwed to two back pieces.  I hang it on a fence.   The design is such that it's easy to remove chewed-up boards from the center and shift them around for max life.
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Re: My throwin' cutlery
Reply #1 - Jul 10th, 2007 at 4:32pm
 
holy smoked squid batman ! A throwing Cleaver.
I'm impressed :-)
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Reply #2 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 3:18pm
 
The cleaver is very cool! If you get a second, consider sharpening the front and top corner as well.
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Reply #3 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 9:03pm
 
Hehe- that'd be a long grind.  The thickness on the back of that thing is about 1/4", and I don't have any power grinders other than a Dremel!
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Reply #4 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 9:41pm
 
Bikewer wrote on Jul 11th, 2007 at 9:03pm:
Hehe- that'd be a long grind.  The thickness on the back of that thing is about 1/4", and I don't have any power grinders other than a Dremel!   

Do it with a herring! Actually, you may need several herrings to get through the project...
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Reply #5 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 5:41am
 
Actually, a throwing cleaver I made is sharpened on the front and (partly) on the top. It sticks really well, as you would expect from a sharp piece of 1/4" thick steel...
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Reply #6 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 8:20am
 
So finally I found a use for my meatcleaver, this could be fun Wink
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Reply #7 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 10:33am
 
Almost anything can be thrown, if the balance is right. I've seen a friend of mine throw a big heavy spatula quite well. Yes, it sticks.
  When I was a kid, we used to take the sprocket wheelsfrom bikes and make primative shuriken ( or maybe chakram) out of them.
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Reply #8 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 11:01am
 
I mentioned that in another post.  As you might guess from my handle, I'm a "bike" guy who does a lot of repair, refurbishing, etc.  I've always got some cogs and chainrings lying around, and they make pretty good throwers.
Big steel chainrings can be thrown, as you say, like a quoit.  (Or chakram, if you're a Xena fan.)
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Reply #9 - Jul 18th, 2007 at 3:45pm
 
I impressed some buddies in Boy Scouts by putting a few paring knives into a dartboard... Then they tried, and all the knives now have bent tips.  Undecided

That cleaver is seriously cool. Dress up as a french chef, find some rats, give them some cheese...  Cheesy

(Added later) This was not during a boy scout event, it just so happened that these friends also happened to be boyscouts.
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