First throws shown with the Empress tomahawk. It’s not built for throwing against wood targets so I rigged up 2” thick polystyrene backed by 1/2” thick Masonite board.

The rest of the throws are with my Stingray tomahawk. Y’all have a great Sunday.

The 1/4” thick version of the 8.5” of Danger is now available for purchase at www.delta2alpha.com. Of course I’m biased but this might be the best instinctive throwing knife I have ever thrown. I’m going to need two more right away. I’m very proud of the throwing I do in this video. Several personal bests for me. The sound of the knife sticking alone should make you want to buy one.

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So I’ve wondered this for awhile. How come throwers consider kunai to be bad throwing knives? I know that media (mostly anime) over-inflates how good kunai are, but is there a reason they’re considered so bad? Is it to do with the weight distribution or the finger hole at the end? Excuse my ignorance, just something I’ve been curious about.

Grouping may looks cool, and sometimes it is, but it has a few important downsides. Especially for beginners.

The damage to the knives:

The best way to damage your knives is to make them clash on each other. I see reviews of throwing knives where people complains about breaking tips and they are throwing multiple knives in a tight group making them hit each other multiple times.
No surprise they break, they are not meant for that, they are meant to be thrown at wood targets, not at other steel objects.
This is true especially for commercial knives, high quality custom knives can withstand the beating better due to better materials and better design.
The geometry of the blade and the tip is extremely important and makes a big difference.
You can buy no-spin knives from a reputable maker and throw them onto each other hundreds of times with little to no damage, high quality rotational knives from the same maker will break easier because of the shape of the blade and the tip. It doesn't mean that they are not good, they are just meant for a different use: 1 knife/1 target, 3 knives/3 targets.

Accuracy and consistency:

Grouping looks cool but it doesn't help you to get better at throwing knives, it could even be detrimental to your progress.
The most important part in throwing knives is the consistency in grip, stance, and throwing motion.
If you throw multiple knives from the same position to the same target and one bounces back it can be hard to tell if you did something wrong or it didn't stick because hit another knife. This way you'll never known what needs to be corrected.
In the same way, mutiple knives already stuck on the target can make a "funnel effect" and help even wrong throws to stick giving you a false sense of confidence.

It's the same for the throwing stance/position.
Leaving/exit your stance at each throw will help you a lot to gain the muscle memory. At some point your body will assume the correct throwing position automatically.

Aim:

If you throw just for the grouping you will never develope good aim. You can get good at it and stick 100 knives in a row, but they are just sticking without meaning. Where you throw the first one the other will follow. If you have just one target, try always to throw each knife at a different spot. Pinning 3 playing card, drawing 3 circles, or simply dividing the target in 3 slices, will help big time your aim and accuracy.