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...
As for things i throw my whole collection is online at http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p205/shurikentsukai/Shuriken%20Collection/?start=all and also i have...
Roy Can you send me a picture of your grip? Abraço dalmo royhutchison <royhutchy2000@...> escreveu: Dalmo The chopper throw is not really a no spin,...
i have one of the little hunters hatchets that used to stick pretty good it's got a 3/4 pound head with a 3" cutting edge. i much prefer a tomahawk for...
a lot of that stuff is fun to throw was making them way back when they were'nt availible much in the states . Blinkhyphen182@... wrote: As for things i...
the pine of the south is one of the cheapest woods in the world .why arkansas and other producers allow such stuff is beyond me. it take a bit over 20 years to...
Roy, For me the same is true; I live in the middle of three acres of woods. However, this isn't true for many people. It would be nice if we could find...
Another possibility for target is to use wood boards, 4 or 5 of them attached to each other. If the wood is soft enough , this will be a good target, only it...
Dalmo The wood I bought from our forest woodyard, was only going to be burnt. They cut the old trees down and plant new ones. hats why it was cheap. Roy ...
Dalmo I try on the weekend. Roy ... From: dalmo mariano da silva junior To: TheBladeThrower@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:23 PM Subject: Re:...
Dalmo Knife weight is a good subject. The weight of the knife makes a whole world of difference to half-spin throwing, and in my case, to no spin throwing....
Roy 'Would like to read your explanation I started to throw with 10 inches long knives, 3 mm thick, then, dued to my practice under the rules of American...
Hi, Tom I tried Everything, from pre World War II heavy German hatchet to out of the shelf 'domestic"hatchets and I got a tournment tomahawk Scott Gracia gave...
the vietnam tomahawk has a wooden handle. the spike works very well for penetration and the flat can be used as an impact weapon on several occasions i carried...
Sorry, Tom, think I mistook the Vietnan Hawk with other models I saw that have steel handles. Even the new version by Cold Steel Also have a wood handle. And,...
Tom, my one spin is around 13 feet,cause my hawks have short handles, and my 2 spin is around 26 feet, looks that in Hawk throwing if you double the distance...
Hello All {:^) All this talk of lobbing axes got to me in the end, so I took my three little ones outside and started hefting them at a log round... Well,...
i have three hatchets i throw ones a broad hatchet (it's had most of the blade ground down) . it'd only be good for splitting hickory. otherwise.. i have a...
Charles {:^) I mentioned the adze with tongue firmly in cheek - knowing how a Kukhri can rebound, I can't think of many things more dangerous than an adze for...
Guy, this poor Brazilian could no find in the dictionaries a translation for Adze, a Francisca could be a girls name in Portuguese, but I Know its a kind...
The problem with the internet is that subtleties don't always come across ;-) Regards Charles from Oz P.S. Whooshed some oil yesterday, very impressive......
I am afraid, having seen the shapes in the recommended links that the main characteristic of the francisca might be missed, the angle of the blade is more...