I have used old volley-ball, badminton and tennis ball netting. Friends have
told me they have used play-pen netting also. Here in Florida, you can
always find some old cast-net or gil-net at a garage sale if needed. You
don't have to string it up tight. Just nail it to the top and hold it up
with side poles when needed. You can even hang piece from the sides to snag
those "to whom it may concern" sideways ricochets.

John

John L. Bailey President, World Knife Throwers Guild, Inc. (Florida)
EMAIL> bahamajohn@... PAGE> www.throwingknives.com
How long you live, has nothing to do with how long your dead, but what
you believe has a lot to do with where you'll be. (j.bailey)
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From: <Burl_Carl@...>
To: <thrower@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: [thrower] (unknown)


> I was practicing again yesterday and had a pretty good scare. One of
> my knives hit the rim of my 10" target and sent it sailing over my
> fence. So I won't upset the neighbors, I'm postponing further
> practice sessions until I can rig some kind of netting around the
> edge of my backstop to stop those occasional strays.
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> What would be a good choice of netting material for my backstop? I
> was thinking of using wire mesh that I can get from a hardware store
> but if anyone out there has a better suggestion, I'd like to hear
> from you.
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> --Burl
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