A couple of weeks ago while checking ebay for good bargains on knives I saw an ad for erasers. Not understanding I checked out the ad and it was for 2 knife...
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sstroe
sstroe@xxxxxx.xxx
Sep 2, 1999 8:36 am
Greetings ! Can anyone please tell me what is the use of those little brass mobile weights that some throwers -especially spanish ones- have mounted on them;...
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David Ferrier
dferrier@xxxxxxx.xxx
Sep 2, 1999 1:51 pm
Hello, your analysis is correct, the little brass weights are used to alter the balance of the knife. I used to have a knife like that and I found it quite...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 2:23 pm
... Hi Charles... The ones I have came from Gorilla & Sons ((800) 246-7455) they are probably on the web by now, but I don't have the URL handy. They are a...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 2:26 pm
There is no such thing as "right balance" in an absolute sense. Knives with different balance points have different flight characteristics that the thrower can...
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Ed Sackett
sackett@xxx.xxx.xxxxx...
Sep 2, 1999 3:06 pm
You can vary the balance point of a throwing knife by wrapping strips of lead around the handle or blade at various points. This works as well or better than ...
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sstroe
sstroe@xxxxxx.xxx
Sep 2, 1999 4:23 pm
But a knife that has its balance point right in the middle isn't easier to throw,sticking to the target perpendicular? (in the sense that you perceive easier...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 2:54 pm
... Only the larger circle counts. What happens is that the knife spins around its center of gravity, and the radius of the circle it makes is the distance...
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WIM VANHAUWAERT
WIM.VANHAUWAERT@xxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 7:54 pm
... please send me all information like the address in Solingen Germany, the exact type name from the knives, the expected price, ... because ordering in ...
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Ed Sackett
sackett@xxx.xxx.xxxxx...
Sep 7, 1999 3:46 pm
Those Dragon "axes" are actually hurlbats, an old idea that just keeps coming around again and again. Made one or two myself, in my green and salad days. As a...
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Ed Sackett
sackett@xxx.xxx.xxxxx...
Sep 7, 1999 3:49 pm
Scott Garcia has posted pix of my vacation target here: http://www.execpc.com/~miwave/outdoortarget4.htm You'll note that the target is stuck full of decorated...
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Grand Canyon
naysee@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 7, 1999 5:48 pm
Hurlbats? Hurlbats?? <looking around> What's a hurlbat? Nay - << assuming it's not a nauseus winged mammal......
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TONKASILA@xxx.xxx
Sep 7, 1999 6:43 pm
In a message dated 9/7/99 10:49:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, naysee@... writes: << Hurlbats? Hurlbats?? <looking around> What's a hurlbat? >> Hurlbats...
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Grand Canyon
naysee@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 7, 1999 11:21 pm
OOOooohh, THOOOSE hurlbats... After I wrote this, I indeed went to Scott's page (nicey, nicey, btw...)and saw one for myself. Didn't know they were called...
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Reiki Sunblade
rcmarotz@xxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1999 2:20 am
Spring steel? I assume you're talking about AISI 5160, it seems to be used fairly often in blades since it's quality is that it flexes instead of bends. It...
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Grand Canyon
naysee@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1999 12:43 pm
First: Great name! :o) Second: I couldn't begin to tell you the differences among the many steels, spring, stainless, or Martian. I'm only familiar primarily...
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TONKASILA@xxx.xxx
Sep 8, 1999 3:22 pm
In a message dated 9/8/99 5:43:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, naysee@... writes: << Third: Chokuto? Feel free to elaborate; its a term I've not heard...
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Grand Canyon
naysee@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 9, 1999 1:43 pm
As usual, Lee, good information, and a wee bit of philosphy at the end to top it off! This is another post for the "print and read later at leisure" category....
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Ed Sackett
sackett@xxx.xxx.xxxxx...
Sep 9, 1999 2:01 pm
... I gather you mean to make both ends of the spike sharp. ... Probably not much advantage in it, but it sure would make a pretty weapon. You know how I feel...
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Grand Canyon
naysee@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 9, 1999 2:37 pm
... Ya, dats da idea. :o) ... And I agree with you on that, btw... ... Well, my idea was to make the actual points flattened, really more like a throwing...
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Jim Newton
fwbfig@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 12, 1999 2:49 am
I keep a couple of 12" spikes (nails) in my knife box and found grinding the point flat (if you will) sticks way better than the pencil point. Am going to get...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 18, 1999 3:10 am
A new throwing forum hosted by yours truely! http://server3.ezboard.com/bthrower Its so rare I make announcements, but the list has been very quiet lately......
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charles fogarty
koato29@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 18, 1999 12:36 pm
My wife and I arrived Tues afternoon at my son's house in San Diego. Wed. morning I pounded together my target, 12 8 ft 2 by 4s held together by nailing a 2 by...
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PoolRev@xxx.xxx
Sep 19, 1999 12:22 am
Hi Chuck: We threw together in SC, I think you before me. None-the-less, you were a formidable opponent, good thrower and all around nice guy. Good luck out at...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 19, 1999 2:13 am
Hi Brian... Harry Munroe is in CT I believe or nearby in MA. I will forward your message (included with this reply) into the thrower mailing list. We'll see if...
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Jason Chasse
jchasse@...
Sep 19, 1999 4:38 pm
HEEEELLLOOO out there is anyone alive? the list has been real quiet. I have a suggestion ( if it is all right with every one else ). ( especially you Matthew )...
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TONKASILA@xxx.xxx
Sep 19, 1999 5:11 pm
In a message dated 9/19/99 9:51:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jchasse@... writes: << Myself, I would like to talk about Y2K and what others are doing to...
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andreas paulsson
andreas.paulsson@xxxx...
Sep 19, 1999 5:20 pm
Gentlemen, Just a simple question. Not really related to knife throwing but at least it's related to knives in general. Have anyone any experience of the...
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PoolRev@xxx.xxx
Sep 19, 1999 6:31 pm
Brian, I am a thrower from Long Island NY. If this is in your vicinity give me an email at POOLREV@... The Rev....
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Bob Mcfee
chris__69__@xxxxxxx.x...
Sep 19, 1999 8:56 pm
... From: Jason Chasse <jchasse@...> To: <thrower@onelist.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:38 PM Subject: [thrower] Something ... especially ... ...
