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Knife Throwing, and Throwing Knives
To get to other parts of the page quickly, you can use this quick menu.
Otherwise, if you are looking for an overview of resources on throwing
weapons, give the page a once over from the top, or try the
Index to Thrower!
Thrower is a web page and mailing list! Thrower is dedicated to
throwing weapons, whether for sport, natural survival, or self-defense!
These include many ancient weapons and their modern counterparts,
such things as:
We also cover the throwing-like behavior and use of the
Here's a comment on African throwing weapons
from fearless thrower
Phil West featuring
Buffy looking like she means business!
Topics of Interest
Thrower participants have, collectively, a wide range of experience with
many primitive weapons.
As it happens, knives occupy 90% of the discussion taking place on the
thrower mailing list (see below). We talk about
choosing a knife, the
economics of throwing,
making throwers (including steel sources
like Admiral and
Metal Mart for smaller
quantities),
caring for them,
throwing (how to),
clubs/organizations,
competition throwing,
hunting/survival, as a facet of
martial arts/self defense
training, and even
finding them when they're
lost! There are a growing number of other articles to read on this web
page in addition to all the links above. (see below)
covering such topics as stances,
throws, grips, custom and off-the-rack knife makers, catalogs, books, and
other resources like these nice throwing knives from
Flying Cloud Trading Co.,
This page of axes from
Jason
Townsend & Son including their "French Throwing Axe",
and this modern reproduction of the ancient Roman
BATTLE DART along with a first hand report
of one member's experience with it.
Over here, a web site from
Bailiwick Enterprises hosting
a whole range of throwing products, Doc Gundersen's
L & H Knife Works,
Throwers from
Bobby Branton, and a pointer to the most famous thrower of all...
THE VIPER!, not to mention some throwing fun with our Russian
friends from
SPETSNAZ.
Here are two sources for custom molded Kydex sheaths for your
throwers, one from
Blade Rigger, and the other from
Blade Tech.
If you prefer more of the do-it-yourself approach, you might find
appropriate supplies at
SNAP Company
Of course there is a whole world of information on
LEATHER out there if that
is your preferred sheath medium.
If you want to
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to the thrower mailing list, try this link and
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To unsubscribe, go back to
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your account, pick the thrower group and then choose unsubscribe.
If you do subscribe, be prepared
for some mail in your mailbox, and please pay attention to the
UNSUBSCRIBING
instructions sent to you in an introductory message.
Remember that
the subject matter covers all manner of thrown objects for sport,
martial-arts, and even hunting.
EZBOARD THROWER FORUM
In an effort to bring you the latest in technological innovations, I have also
created a
THROWER discussion forum
using
EZBoard an interesting new and so far
free web technology for creating conference communities. Feel free to hop on
over and check it out. You must be registered to post, but anyone can read.
To register, just click on the REGISTER link near the top of the page... Its
easy and fun!
The links below will lead to even more resources on the subject of knife
throwing.
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American Knife Throwers Alliance
AKTA NATIONALS
October 13-14 2000
Awendaw, SC
Contact Bobby Branton
at (803) 928-3624
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Rocky Mountain Knife and Tomahawk Championships
July 1 - 2, 2000
Creed Colorado. Info: (719) 658-0420
or Mike Kolisch at mkolisch@yahoo.com
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International
Knife Throwing Alliance
IKTA NATIONALS
March 16-18, 2001
The Armory, N. Mtn. Park, Phoenix AZ
Contact Bob Karp
at (800) 843-2523 or (602) 870-1234
Entry fee is $50 advance, $75 at the door and includes both
the hawk
and knife competition.
There is a $1000 first prize in each category!
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Pacific Knife Throwers
PKT REGIONAL
When? Sept. 25th, 1999
Where?San Jose County Building
70 West Hedding St. San Jose, CA
AKTA or PKT membership required (you can join there)
A small admission will be charged to spectators
Those monies will go to Project Match, a
United Way Charity.
Small cash prizes and trophies for top placment
in various competitions
Sponsored by
Media 50+ Corp.
Contact Rick Lemberg by email or at
(408) 313-4141
Warmup begins at 8:00 (breakfast provided by
sponsor)
Competitions begin at 9:30am and may run until 4:30pm
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Texas State Knife & Tomahawk Championships
Feb. 5 & 6, 2000
2000 Oldmill Marketplace, Canton, Texas
For information call:
Chuck Weems (903) 489-1776 or Mike Kolisch (719) 658-0420
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HURLATHON IN N. CALIFORNIA!
Sponsored by IKTA 1998-99 World Champion Lee Fugat!
June 15,16,17, 2001 at 21713 Elk Trail West.
A few miles East of Redding California
PKT/AKTA style contest on Sat. June 16.
Camping out at Lee's place is great
Here is a page with
complete instructions and a map
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Flint Ridge State Memorials
99 Cooper Ave. Newark OH. June 5, 1999
Contacts Jim Kingery (740) 344-1919, Hapi Coummons (740) 344-1920
Ray Strischek for atlatls.
Major event for all kinds of throwing implements, oriented towards
primitive weapons, demonstrations, classes, and vending.
Vending fee $25 waived if you do a demonstration!
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Competition Rules
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OTHER KNIFE THROWING SITES
We are happy to help publicize NEW throwing-knife web pages! I think I
can claim the banner of "first on the WEB" with this subject matter,
but I am no longer the only... These are all interesting sites in their
own way, and as with many other things on the web illustrate the march
of technology...
STICKING POINT
by Tim Valentine.
Focusing more exclusively on knives... Good illustrations, keeps up with
U.S. competitions. Good instructions, and other things too.
Web references into knife and axe throwing are growing.
Try this page of Scott Gracia's, the
"Great Throwzini",
While over here is the
Great Throwdini! Confused yet?
Over here,
SteelFyre shows us his knife throwing act, while
Christian Thiel has one for
German throwers,
and he's translated his entire page system into
English as well,
very nice!
While we're in Germany, check out this great new
knife and axe throwing page by Norbert C. Maier! More bi-lingualism
at
Hugo Gonzalez's
Knife
Throwing in Spanish page!
Back in the U.S.,
Jason Chasse has
a developing page here.
Jeff Koch
does a really nice job of showing us how a throwing knife can be
made on his page.
Thrower list reader Rich uses Java Script to pull in
his page, so I can't even point you directly at it (not all technology is
good). Just go here and
click on his
"Knife Throwing Links" for an interesting viewpoint
on the subject.
Mail to mjr, goto the
knife page,
Survival!, or do research at
The Library of Congress
We are on the
Internet Yellow Pages,
USA Online, and
Starting Point
You can
submit your own url to
many search engines using this link.
As of May, 1999, this page has been named a Key Web Resource on its
subject matter by
LINKS2GOYou can see other key
resources on the subject of knives by clicking on the award logo below...
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