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Hi. My name's Dan Delavan. I'm the owner/operator of Plaza Cutlery in Costa Mesa, California.
We have a great selection, we also have a website, plazacutlery.com and today we're
going to be talking about knives.
A throwing knife basically is a knife designed that you can throw. In the design you want
to look for something that has less chance to break because in most cases, especially
when you're just starting you're not going to be able to throw very well and you're going
to learn. So it's usually good to start out with something really basic and simple and
not a lot of money.
This is a Sog throwing knife. It's just a basic one. It has a double hilt on it and
you can throw either blade or handle.
This is a real simple one by United Cutlery. It is a real nice one to throw and again you
can throw blade and handle.
Then Tomahawks are also fun to throw, they pivot all the weights in the head instead
of distributed throughout the knife so they pivot off the head, so they're really easy
to throw.
Basically when you're throwing a knife the basic way is to make sure you do not use your
wrist and you hold the knife vertical. So when you come down you release it even. Let
your hand relax and let the knife go out of your hand. Don't give it any wrist. If you
give it wrist then you're going to throw the revolutions off and it's not going to be consistent,
because you can never do it the same each time. Whether you throw by handle grip or
blade grip, it does not matter too much. Whatever's comfortable for you. You have to be able to
release it when you come down so the revolutions are even.
Once you get your distance down and the blade is hitting consistent, even if it's hitting
butt end each time, all you have to do is move forward or back. If you've ever watched
a professional and he's setting up, he'll go to his target, he'll pace it off, put a
mark on the ground, whether it is a piece of chalk or a piece of tape, he'll make a
couple of throws, adjust it and then he's set because he throws consistent each time.
It doesn't work like it is in the movies where they stick every time. If you're breaking
the tips or you're breaking the knife in two then obviously you're throwing it incorrectly
and you're spinning it too much. Or you're throwing it horizontal, where when it goes
into the target it;s going in this way. So all of the force is coming down this way and
you're either going to bow the blade or you're going to break it. You want it to go into
the target vertical, that way it has the whole strength of the blade.