for some reason I get a lot of requests
to do a video about how to throw knives
and I actually didn't want a while back
but it was a really long rambling affair
so since I just got some brand new throw
knives I thought this would be a very
good chance to do a how to throw knives
2.0 video so that's coming up next on
survival on purpose
welcome back to survival on purpose my
name is Brian thank you for joining me
so the folks at Strayed and Smith &
Wesson were kind enough to send me a set
of their brand new 8-inch throwing
knives and I think probably because of
the high tech testing facility we
maintain here at survival and purpose
worldwide headquarters I get a lot of
requests to do a video on how to throw
knives and like I said in the intro I
did one a while back
and it turned out to be a almost 20
minute long rambling affair so I'm gonna
try to keep this to a minimum so I
thought we'd do is we're gonna use these
new knives from Smith & Wesson and kind
of give you my take on how to throw
knives there are lots and lots of
different ways of doing it
so let's go over the basics real quick
and we'll get right to this with a
minimal rambling we'll try to keep this
video a whole lot shorter than the first
one so the first thing I recommend doing
at least when you're learning to throw
knives is to get a knife that's made
just for that you can see this is a
throwing knife and this really has no
other function if you look at the edge
of this thing it doesn't really have one
but it does have a very sharp point but
it also doesn't have a handle to break
off it's just a solid piece of steel
this is made out of 2 CR 13 MOV steel so
it's a very forgiving not very brittle
steel just which is going to help it to
be beat all the pieces and not break
basically you'll notice that the handle
is very smooth and have any edges on it
so it's not going to it's not going to
catch your hand when it's throwing it's
not nothing nothing to impede the
release another thing I like about it
for like a throwing knife perspective is
you can see it's kind of got a weight
forward design so the there's a lot more
mass in front than on the handle that
just seems to work pretty well so first
thing get it get a purpose-built
throwing knife or set of knives you know
these knives are gonna be there's three
and a set it coming a nice little nylon
pack and they're like 25 bucks on the
website so I'm window if they make it to
Amazon I imagine they're gonna be like
under 20 bucks I mean that's a pretty
good deal so the next thing that you
want to do is you want to have a good
target okay so this is the target area
that I use and this is actually a part
of my testing of Scilly that I call the
the balanced orientation and a rotation
device and you can see it's made of wood
it's made of two by sixes nailed on to a
frame that I can replace out
and I don't recommend you some plywood
because of my experience plywood it's
easier but it's got the thin layers and
the glue just make it a lot harder and
things don't seem to stick as well they
want to kind of bounce off more readily
it seems like to me so I just like this
it gives you got a good brain for
sticking to so that that is the targets
real important to have a good target
that's pretty easily stickable so you
can um it just you don't want to stop
bouncing off if you if you make a good
hit you wanted to stick because that
gives you a little bit of satisfaction
right another very important
consideration about your target area is
safety you want to make sure that the
area behind and around it's free of
people and animals that just in case you
have a bad throat okay so that's the
basic set up let's talk about actually
throw the knives and then we'll get to
that so first of all there are a couple
different ways of throwing the knife a
couple of different philosophies one is
a no-spin and the other is a spin
technique I used to spend technique
because I just hadn't been able to get
the no spin to work very well so the
full spin which is what I use means you
hold it from the handle and you throw it
it makes a complete rotation like so and
then you want to wind up on the target
like so Captain Obvious right so there
are a couple of things to consider when
you're figuring out how to do that
the first thing is you gotta you gotta
kind of practice and get your distance
down because however this thing spins
when it leaves your hand you know the
length of distance it takes it to
complete a complete rotation is gonna be
how far back you need to be from the
target and as you gain experience you'll
be able to adjust that a little bit
maybe adjust your release but the best
thing to do is just kind of just start
throwing and move forward or backwards
and basically if it hits like this then
it hasn't spun completely so you're too
close and if it hits like this then then
it's spun too far so you're too far away
for the release you're using and you
might get um you might can modify that
but here's what I'll try to do I try to
throw it so and release it so it's about
right here and not flick my wrist or
anything just kind of let it come out of
my hand
so release with a really smooth motion
like so like so
but not really flick it because for me
when I flick it it just spends too much
so here's what I thought we'd do I think
I'm at the right distance here I'm gonna
go ahead and try a couple and see if
I've got it down these are new knives
for me so every knife is a little bit
different in some nights you have to
have at least in my experience you have
to be a different distance away so but
we'll try from here I'm probably about
10 feet away we'll see how this works so
I think that hid a little bit like this
so it wasn't quite proper so we're gonna
try again okay
that one good pretty good that one did
pretty good
so that's two out of three I also notice
that I have these gloves on these like
just REI liner gloves really cuz it's
cold here in George's probably like in
the 30s which is frigid here in Georgia
and that really impacts the way I throw
because it slides out of my hand better
so we'll take them off and see if that
helps not much
so we'll put them back on strike
going for three out of three so kind of
once you find your groove just keep
going with it
okay that's the kind of a quick demo
hopefully it's been fast enough Oh
bottom line is just about practice just
try to get that muscle memory in take
your time you're probably gonna have a
lot of misses I've been doing this for
awhile and I still have a lot of misses
which is why I like these dedicated now
it's really practiced with but kind of
once you get your groove you just check
your distance and stick with that
distance and if you get a different
knife you want to try something just
experiment a little bit find your right
distance I really think that there's two
keys in my opinion are your release you
want to have a consistent release and
you really don't to flip it too much you
want to kind of just let's let it let it
get back here you see kind of let's
slide out your handle at about that
level because you want it to be just
it's got to make a complete 360 degree
rotation you want to wind up about like
that in the target so and then the other
other key obviously is just find your
distance move forward a little bit
backwards a little bit and try to pay
attention on the misses if you're
hitting this way which means you're too
close after it's going over rotating
which means you're too far and just like
if you're shooting a firearm you're
gonna have a flyer every now and then so
don't make your decisions based on one
so a few times and if you're
consistently too far too close then you
know the moves
Chuck Norris was once in a knife fight
the knife lost I really think I want to
say about this
I know Hollywood makes us seem like this
is a great way to a great weapon and a
great way to defend yourself in this in
my opinion that's probably not really
realistic I look at this is like a game
of darts for big boys and it's just uh
just a lot of fun it's a fun way to pass
the time you can make your own balance
orientation and rotational device for
probably under ten bucks with some scrap
lumber you can find on the construction
site if you just ask anyway once again
thanks to the folks at straight and
Smith & Wesson for sending me these
knives so I could throw them for you and
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main thing is at least while you're
learning you want a knife that's going
to be able to take a beating
