Knives should be treated with extreme care, particularly when you’re first learning to toss them safely and appropriately. Individuals around you and also your self should be less likely to be seriously injured from the knives.
Being acutely aware of your surrounding will help in making sure that anyone such as children and pets will not be near your throwing target. It is a good idea to set up some kind of border around your throwing area so that no one can get inside of it and get hurt. Rope or string works well for this. Then no one will be close enough to get hit by a bouncing knife.
One cool thing you can do to throwing knives that have sharp edges is to wrap some electrical tape around them. It will prevent you from getting cut from a sharp knife if you throw it by the blade.
If other people are watching you throw or want to throw themselves, you’ll really want to be careful so they don’t get hurt.
A good distance to start from for knife throwing is roughly six to eight feet from your target. A distance such as this will give the knife time to rotate just one half turn in the air before it gets to the target. If your knife sticks straight into the target you are at the perfect distance. Simply adjust your distance to the target if the handle ends up being high or low.
Then you can use math to find the right distance to get in more rotations of the knife. You can multiply to get three or more rotations before the knife hits the target.
Just small changes in how you throw your knives will make a big difference in how they fly to your target. An example would be that if the handle of your knife is heavy it will be easier to throw by the blade. And it’s easier to throw a blade heavy knife by its handle.
For a longer distance a heavier knife is much better. With more weight you won’t have to strain your arm as much to throw a longer distance. But a knife that is lighter will generally be better for throwing short distances.
You should never snap your wrist when you throw knives. The reason is because you will never be able to snap your wrist the exact same way every time your throw. That will interfere with becoming a consistently accurate thrower. Try to keep your wrist locked instead of snapping your wrist.
Fatigue in your arm can set in after a while of throwing knives. This may cause you to try to snap your wrist to compensate for your tiredness. Better to then take a break until later when you are feeling stronger. That way your practice will be more productive and fruitful.
These are just a few tips on getting started throwing blades and gaining practice. When you get good at throwing it can be hours of fun.
Do-All Outdoors .22 Spinner Target
- Do-All Outdoors® triple spinner target
- Model: SS7022
- Rated for .22-caliber pistol and rifle shooters
- Durable construction and four support legs for added stability
The Do-All Traps Spinner (.22) model (Model # SS7022), which is made specifically for soft nosed .22 pistol and rifle shooters. This unit is a hands free spinning target. As the bullet strikes each target, the force spins the target over the attachment bar and back to the set position. The Do-All Traps Spinner (.22) model has four stabilizing legs so you won’t have to set it up more than once.
