Meet Chuckies 1-12...

[Ian Haines]

Finally...

It took me nearly 20 minutes of chucking my new chuckies before I could even get all 12 inside the same 7 inch circle. (Early successful hits were being (bang-by-bang) knocked back out by the impacts of the later throws.)

Also, 5-ply is not very good for practising on - it shreds the wood far too soon, and too little wood is left behind to keep a strong enough hold on the blades. (Lower circle in the picture!)

To do far better, I'm going to need some new/used railway sleepers and/or some roofing joists cut down - the noise will be less, during practise, also. The noise will drop considerably with those, also. I have a great neighbour and I'd sooner not bother her with the impact noises, which she's told me she hears, but is less then likely to bother her. I like to be a good neighbour, also, so I'll try to get those heavier target pieces.

I do think that survival can be made a little more likely for being well practised with knife-throwing - for hunting or for just slowing down somebody stalking you as you make our way somewhere. You get one of those blades in even just a leg and your stalker has some bleeding to stop, and they won't find it easy to continue to pursuing you with it still in place. That will slow them down, considerably. I also think that knife-throwing, with a great deal more practise, can be used for hunting and fishing - with limitations, naturally.

I'll know more when I get the heavier wood target materials, heavier (and more professional) knives and lots of hard practise.

Ian.