Brand new here, realize this is an old conversation and am probably skipping self-intros and the likes.
Been around the net a while, so I'm hoping the 'generic' rules of forums apply.
Skipped to the end of this thread vice reading it, which is atypical for me, and I intend to read through it eventually.
But I had a general break through today and I wanted to share and see if anyone may have thoughts.
I must have been inspired by Thorn or something cause I've been messing around with no flip since probably 2011, 2012 like many of you I'm assuming.
I've been playing with the concepts of throwing 'anything' as well as my EDC folders.
I guess super quick background... I have an arm. I was a AAA baseball player at some point. But a catcher to boot. So I did a lot of snap throws from the shoulder of my knees and the likes. So basically a developed throwing arm.
Anyhow, one knife I enjoy carrying is the SOG Vision SV68. 155 grams.
Been throwing on a board progressively harder within 5 feet. That's my max effective power range. I can throw further, but it's more decorative than effective.
I've practiced multiple arm angles, over and underhand, cross body etc. Where possible supinated and antisupinated. (lol, can't throw anti-supinated overhand, wrists just don't mind that way...)
But anyhow. A couple cooler target throws and a couple skewer toys I was playing with. Never could get a wooden skewer into a wooden plank, even weighted.
The ones I'm really showing off are my throws with the SOG today. I'd been progressively throwing harder to try split the board. (1" thick, dry).
The throw before pictured, the tip barely showed. A touch more force and the board split. (I probably hit an existing crack with this first split). But the board blew in half. That's why the knife is sticking on one part nowhere near the crac .
I'd hit almost the same spot as the almost near penetration throw prior.
But after the board split. I tried again with the larger of the two chunks... Put a bit more 'umph' behind this one. And in a new, much less weak spot... I pretty much split the board again.
My arms messed these days, but I can still throw a baseball 60 mph. (Use up throw 88).
The pic with the SOG embedded nearly to the thumb stud is in about 3.25". 1.75" HF the blade side be serrations went in.
And if you see on the back, it's almost fully spli .
I still haven't formulated a full opinion on whether a blade works in self defence situations... But it's only 2 seconds for me to draw, open and throw hard enough to split a board now. That's not nothing I think.
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Dave