Throwing Knife

Although there are some highly-trained martial arts experts who are skilled and disciplined enough to include throwing knives as part of their self-defense skills set, the rest of us should be satisfied with throwing for sport and, perhaps, hunting purposes.

There are two basic classifications of a throwing knife. "Handle" which are thrown by the handle and "blade" thrown are thrown by the blade. A particular balance determines which category the knife belongs to. Some are heavier in the blade than they are in the handle are called blade throwing knives. Of course, if it is heavier in the handle then they are in the blade are called handle throwing knives.
 

Throwing Knives

Longer knives turn more slowly which helps to determine how far it will travel since a throwing knife travels a greater horizontal distance for every turn that it makes.

The distance and accuracy of a throwing knife is also affected by its weight. They will  succumb to the affects of air friction as they travel towards their target. If a light knife is thrown a long distance it will begin to wobble as the affects of friction set it. It is important to make sure that your particular throwing knife has an acceptable weight to length ratio which runs roughly 1 oz per inch of throwing knife length. 
 

When choosing a throwing knife, make sure that you carefully consider all of the points that were mentioned in this article. Of course, the quality and sharpness of the blade are factors to consider when choosing a throwing knife, but they are secondary considerations since you won't even have to worry about how sharp the blade is.