Welcome back Roy!!!!!!!!!!! Bobby Branton CEO (Chief everything officer) Branton Knife Company Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of...
Thanks Bobby, im over in SD this year for Carls Chucker, (for the beer and laughs really) I better start practising I suppose. (thats drinking not throwing)...
Roy, I'd be interested in seeing what you come up with for an outdoor target range. I have never had one that entirely satisfied me. ert royhutchison...
Hi, Roy, nice to have you back. I Also love the beer, and just cant wait to share some with you. Hope it happens in this Encarnation...To throw and to Drink is...
Roy Youre Funny!!! name: Dalmo Mariano da Silva Junior Adress: Rua Cipriano de Oliveira Negrão, 30 Jardim Maristela Atibaia - São Paulo Brazil CEP 12946-742 ...
To all those new bladethrower members who have not posted any articles yet. maybe you could let us know how you are getting on with our half-spin, no-spin...
will put a few pics of a couple i'm throwing right now . one is my version of a sandbar style bowie it balences as close to center as i could make it. as it...
I've got a project in mind, but it's only in its planning stages at the moment. I like to toss around the occasional spear, or francisca, but I was thinking...
Charles, The longest single clip in my dvd consists of me hitting twelve (I think) consecutive throws with two swords, both over 3 feet in length. I was...
from my small amount of experience a sword threw similar to an axe , tom Ralph Thorn <eralphthorn@...> wrote: Charles, The longest single clip in my dvd...
Charles, I have never had any swords, except an old rapier some years ago. Ive always been a knife man myself. The longest blades I ever had were two...
The Aussie WWI sword bayonets were a nightmare apparently (I'm not that old ;-) ), they were too long, stab someone, then use your foot to kick them off, a...
Charles, Ralph, Roy I have thrown swords (Light ones, like a rapier and a katana) from No spin, One spin And Half spin - in this case, I used a VERY THICK...
how wrong they were . the enfield bayonet (spike type) was made to wound badly causeing a casualty that would have to be carried off the field and dealt with...
Dalmo Although I dont do it very often, throwing choppers (hawks) is very pleasing. Seeing these great lumps of steel with long wooden handles thud into the...
Charles You could kill easily with the spike bayonet, but the objective of making the spike was because it was more likely to wound than kill. How this...
Bob Taylor recommends using foam targets in his video. They would work especially well for improvised weapons, screwdrivers, scissors, etc. The only problem I...
you can buy bands of practuically any size at home depot. you might also consider the large cardboard tubes used to form cement posts in the ground. i'm unsure...
Hi Andreas, The problem with getting a good francisca is that not many people make them. Here are some reasonable links that I could find on the net. ...
Roy, I had the same problem using these "normal" choppers you can buy in the stores, then I had the idea of Cuttin off part of theyr head, reducing its weigh...
Hi, Andreas Charles sugestion is exactly what I did untill I found a guy to forge some hawks for me - to cut and re-design an existing small wood axe. Axes...
take a draw knife and make the handles out of mimosa thats what i make hawk handles from . toughest wood i've found thats reasonably light . tom dalmo mariano...
Dalmo The chopper throw is not really a no spin, it sort of does a 90 degree turn. It only works with the sharp edge upwards, try it the other way and it...
Ralph,
I get my log ends about 12 inchs thick and up to 20 inchs diameter. The wood yard in our local forest sells me them for peanuts. The last 5 I...