Anyone Else Have Any Practice With Throwing Knives?

When I was young, I went to my grandfather's somewhat often. While I was there, sometimes I practiced throwing knifes at the tree outside. He had a lot of knives, and taught me how to do it. It's not the most useful skill available, but I feel like it can be decently useful. If you have a knife lying around, you can use it for an unexpected attack. Knowing how to aim it and being able to hit consistently could be potentially a great use. Plus, unlike some other ranged weaponry, if you can pick up your knife you can use it again. Practicing while you're out and about can also be used as a pass-time, and be quite fun.

 

I have to agree with you! Knife-throwing is kind of a lost art, but it does come in handy if you've got nothing else to protect yourself with. It's also a great way to stop people from running away from or pursuing you. I used to practice it with my father, who had a lot of different knives for things like hunting.
Knife-throwing is still very much a skill, however, in Japan. The Ninja associations (yes, they do exist) continue to practice the art of smoke and mirrors, knife throwing, ninja star usage and cloaking techniques. Of course, you can take these courses and earn certifications that make you a professional knife-throwing ninja.

 

As a kid I got proficient throwing knives but it is a very perishable skill!
Not something I bother with now!

 

No, I can't say that I do. I suppose it could have some use in an emergency. I'd rather stick with my GI-stock M1911A1 loaded with +P JHP for close range affairs. Or, for that matter, one of our scatterguns loaded with 00-buck.

 

It's a pretty useful skill to learn if you plan on surviving for a while, you never know when it could come in handy. It definitely took me a while to learn proper aiming and handling, but once you get the basics of it you can start hunting small animals like rabbits in the wild. It's also one of the best skills for defending yourself.

 

My 17 year old throws knives. He enjoys it. But they are special knives that are called throwing knives. They a sharp but each knife is created to be well balanced in you hand so that it goes right where you throw it. He has tried using butcher knives, but the aim on those are sketchy. In real life, I don't know how accurate throwing knives to kill an animal would be.

 

Throwing knives are supposed to be thrown. I wouldn't go doing this with kitchen or utility knives and expect the same results. I don't think it's really that useful of a skill, but it looks cool and is really fun. If anyone wants to learn this skill, you can seek out your local SCA chapter. The SCA is like a medieval recreation sort of group that I used to belong to. They practice and have chapters in virtually most parts of the world, particularly the United States, and they have people that practice knife throwing and that's there thing. They even have competitions and such. I used to watch one of the Pittsburgh chapters practice their thrown weapons skills on Sundays in a local park. It was cool even if it wasn't that useful.