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Your new bowie knife is an ideal tool for a wide variety of different things. These tools can be used to clean fish scales, to gut deer, to skin prey and to help around camp. They can help you cut wood, remove the bark from sticks and much, much more. However, if you think that a bowie knife would make a great throwing knife, you have another thing coming. Why shouldn’t you use your bowie knife in this manner?

If you’ve paid any attention to YouTube, you have probably seen a few videos of those using bowie knives as thrown weapons. You might also have noticed that they hit the target (sometimes). However, there are a few things that you might not have noticed. While getting a bowie knife to hit the target and stick is a neat trick, there are some issues here. First, notice how close the thrower must stand to the target. With a real throwing knife, you can be further back, and therefore in a safer area.

For instance, if your knife hits the target slightly askew, the point might stick, but the sideways motion of the blade and handle might bend the tip, or the blade. You might also notice that bowie knives are so heavy that you are forced to stand closer to the target in order to hit with enough force for the point to stick at all. While this might not seem problematic, it can be an issue. For instance, it takes very little for the knife to bounce off and come back in your direction. While the knife will likely not have enough force to cause damage, or even to reach you, the potential remains.

Of course, throwing a blade the size of a bowie knife and having it hit the target and stick is a great accomplishment - it looks quite impressive. However, stop to think about the potential for damage to your knife blade. Bent tips and bent blades are just some of the potential problems here. You’ll also find that if you use your knife in this manner, you will void the manufacturer’s warranty. While you might not think much of this now, what happens if you need that warranty?

As you can see, using bowie knives as throwing weapons is not the ideal situation. You can damage yourself, your knife or someone else. In addition, you’ll simply find that you can gain more enjoyment using a knife designed for throwing, rather than attempting to throw a bowie knife.

Dave is the owner of an online bowie knives and glock grip extensions store.

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