I have several of the CS bowie axes too, and I quite like them,
though I have to tighten the nuts on the scales regularly. Their
heft makes them hell on smaller targets, but I managed to wrestle a
four foot round of oak onto a platform, and it'll handle the damage.

Using ERT style no-spin, I can only get back about eighteen feet
before I start slapping, so rebound is something I have to keep in
mind. Thus far I've managed to avoid skewering myself.

I've just recently started to try shuriken-style throwing with much
smaller knives than I normally use. Some of the folks on Youtube
seem to be able to throw nospins with this style at forty feet and
beyond, which is pretty amazing. Of course they don't have nearly
the stopping power of a one pound bowie, but still just as a feat of
dexterity that is a pretty impressive throw.

Can any of you folks manage distance like that throwing shuriken
style?

Should note that it was really easy to move from ERT style throwing
to shuriken, perhaps because ERT emphasises instinctive adjustments
to grip and release. I had my brother over at my woodworking shop
last week, and he was, good naturedly, ribbing me about wasting my
time acquiring a skill without real life application.

It was one of those rare moments when I didn't fumble with a showy
gesture. I palmed a needle-file from my workbench, turned and threw
in one motion at a dartboard on the wall across the shop, and pegged
it about three inches from target centre. As casually as I could
manage, I responded,

"Oh, I don't know. I can see that being a potentially useful skill
somewhere down the line."

*chuckle*

I'll take moments of pleasure when I can get'em.

Slainte, mates!