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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
skill 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.
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.
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