Knife Throwing: A Practical Guide Paperback - 1989

Not only is knife throwing fun, but it is also a great sport, entertainment, recreation and exercise. It can be an enjoyable hobby, pastime, or even a profession, and the fundamentals are easy to learn. Anyone who can throw a stick, stone, or baseball can also learn how to throw a knife with skill and accuracy. All you need is a good knife-designed for the purpose, whether made to throw by the handle or blade, a target, and a small portion of the backyard for the throwing range.

Few sports can provide so much recreation at so little cost. Knife throwing is a sport in which individual skills can be developed to a very high degree. Expert knife throwing, like great proficiency in any other sport, is formed by natural aptitude and instinct combined with that one magic ingredient: practice!

In Knife Throwing by American Knife Thrower's Alliance founder, Harry McEvoy, demonstrates how to throw a knife successfully in chapters such as:

• It's Fun to Throw a Knife
• Choice of Weapons
• How to Throw a Knife
• How to Develop "Pin-Point" Accuracy
• How to Select a Throwing Knife
• Targets: How and Where
• Tomahawks and Bowies
• Safety Measures, Rules, and Care of Knives
• The Professionals
• Hunting: A New Twist to an Old Sport
• Tales, Legends and People