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Dixie Gun Works.
Track of the Wolf.
Crazy Crow.
Carry tomahawks.
Get you a real one. Bonus points for hand forged. But an additional one that is cast I''ll let slide.
Close your hand into a fist. Measure from knuckles of hand to elbow. There is your handle length.
Being a Viking yours is probably around an 18 inch handle length.
Now you have a hawk to throw.
Only you are not throwing it.
Because of your forearm length and learning to take a half step landing on y
our left foot (if you are right handed, otherwise switch feet!) You'll make the hawk turn/spin in the air.
Not running and jumping or hopping. Just take a damn half step. Easy does it. Rock your self. No wait , not rock n roll , Well ya. That easy steps stopping it where your energy should be in your hand as you are almost letting go of it. And it will be close to that step touching as you gain experience. Or it could be you release as soon as that foot lands. You'll know... You hang on to low you hit short/low
Here's the important part. For your hawk , take five cheap paces from your target and mark where that is. Learn how to do that without marking it. In time. No rush. Good decent steps but don't be doing the splits. Viking sized should be close to three foot paces. Unless you have runty length legs from being bow legged. Then 2.5 feet per pace. (Ahem.)
Now hold the handle without it being in a death grip.
Keep your wrist straight. Now do not try to put a spin on your hawk. I said don't.
You've seen large ice sickles? (For those from warm climates how about a stalactite?)
Your hand is on the small end of such.
Let the handle sliiide out of your straight wrist. No don't steer it or drag on it. Just let the damn thing slide out of your hand after your foot lands and hand passes your face from behind you.
No not from behind your opposite ear or your knee.
Here's the magic. Your hawk makes a full turn in the air by itself.
See how it landed? If consistently not how you want it . change your distance a quarter step to change it. You'll see the rotation in relation to blade position after it hits telling you to be closer or farther.
Got your one turn distance figured out? What of you double it?
Right. Let it slide out of your straight wrist and two revolutions happen.
Now we know why we throw from a known distance to start. Now we can get the blades edge to land flat and cut a playing card. Go get your stapler and some cards.( No not the wife's good playing cards.)
Knife? Well . Do it right , or throw anything?
Rules in my former circle are you hold handle only. (Hundreds of competitors, not a bad idea.)
Leafspring material? quarter inch thick or a little more. Go ahead and use mild steel after giving me a funny look. You'll be straighten it repeatedly without even throwing (letting it Sliide) it hard.
You know your hawk handle length. Make a knife similar length and it will throw, one step closer than your hawk. depending on....
A knife you build for throwing with or complimenting a hawk you'll want balanced near center. Profile affects that.( I have drilled holes. Because I'm not an engineer.
Someday I should get some pics huh?
Let that knife handle Sliiide upon release from your straight wrist. A slight taper to handle widths profile help? Yes.
Axe? Don't hit yourself.
Don't throw it.
From behind your back ease it forward and use easy leverage forward till you let it Sliiide out of your straight wrists. You are letting go. Not creating difficult to duplicate stunts changing the accuracy of each throw.
Smooth straight or tapered towards hand(s) handles are ideal.
Yes you can use your wrists and throw all kinds of things sized at random.
Get the basics and accuracy down first.
I used to use a BIG screwdriver and carried it at work. Oh boy did it hit some targets.
Including one dare I probably shouldn't have taken.
(Dentist for 2.5 hours and mega headache. I shouldn't be online probably..)
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