Newbie

[Mississippi Rifleman]

I've been a knife collector for a long time now and I have always wanted to learn how to throw knives. Now that I'm out of college and have the time, I would like to learn the art. Can someone suggest good books, videos and a set of quality knives for a beginner?

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Ben Lee
AOL IM: MSURifleman

 

[Bobby Branton]

Welcome Newbie,
The best books to look for are by Harry K McEvoy. I make a line of quality custom throwers which can be found www.brantonknives.com and www.americantomahawk.com You can also visit http://www.commonlogic.com/knife/index.htm
and http://www.crl.com/%7Emjr/thrower.html

All of these sites have good information for the beginner. Just make sure that you get a good set of knives and stay away from the light imported stuff. I hope this helps.

Bobby

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AKTI member #1000
Co-Founder,Production Director
American Tomahawk Company
President,
American Knife Throwers Alliance

http://www.brantonknives.com
http://www.americantomahawk.com

[This message has been edited by Knifeslinger (edited 02-01-2001).]

 

[loki67]

Harry McEvoy's books rock I have a couple of them, one I even got to have him sign for me.

 

[Mississippi Rifleman]

Bobby,

That last link didn't work. Can you double check it for me? I'm going to get the books and read them before I order some knives. There are so many styles, I don't which to get!

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Ben Lee
AOL IM: MSURifleman

 

[KNIFE THROWER]

Ben,
I think that you should purchase/try a few different model knives before settling on a style of knife.
I find that all the production models are harder to throw consistantly because they are usually litght weight and shorter than the handmade versions.
I hope this helps.
I have gotten alot of good information on throwing styles and form from the internet.

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Later, Jim