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A while ago i became interested in throwing knives. But i would like to try axe throwing...could someone post a link up for an axe in the uk. It should be reletively cheap because im not sure i want ot get into it yet!
I found two on amazon in the USA, but i wasnt sure whether they would ship over here.
Cheers,
Jake
Hi Jake,
Axe throwing hey - well Gransfor do a big double headed throwing axe - but if you want to try a really cool axe check out Attleborough's rifleman's tomahawk.
They are good then and require more skill then the big double headed axe.
Thanks Gary,
I searched on their site, but there were no results. The granfors is a bit out of my range...whats the price on the tomahawk?
If anyone is willing to sell, i may be willing to buy...
Cheers,
Jake
bigjackbrass
19-04-2004, 18:53
Don't forget a pigtailed Scandinavian woman and a Kirk Douglas impersonator, both absolutely vital to the proper axe throwing experience.
ditchfield
19-04-2004, 19:33
Ask Justin :-D
I think I have one some where - will have a dig in the loft.
I just looked on their site and cant see it either - its made by cold steel if that helps - failing that I'll pop up in the loft tomorrow.
Hi.
Can the GB double be used as a general chopper or is it just for throwing? Its a lot of cash for a single use item.
Yeah, you can chop with it too! :-D
Thanks a lot Adi007. Now i have to spend more money on another toy.
The correct answer was no it's useless don't spend the cash. :wink:
there are loads of throwing axes and tomahawks out there. pretty much all of the cold steel tomahawk range,
http://www.1sks.com/images/coldsteel/cs-90rh.jpg
their bad axe.
http://www.1sks.com/images/coldsteel/cs-92bx.jpg
gil hibbens does a couple of wierd and wonderful.
http://www.1sks.com/store/pages/1stop/images/united/uc-gh2013.jpg
most of these are relatively cheap, the big ol' gransfors tool has so much more class though 8-)
cheers, and. [/img]
Thanks a lot Adi007. Now i have to spend more money on another toy.
The correct answer was no it's useless don't spend the cash. :wink:
:rolmao:
We need an emoticon pulling out his empty pockets and looking sad - maybe then running away from his wife emoticon :lol:
The GB throwing axe is good for chopping, the only difference between it and the working axe is the length of the handle.
Could you post a link for the cold steel t-hawks?
Gary, are you an axe thrower?
Wayne...about the GB throwing axe, it really is useless. Honest.
Cheers,
Jake
http://www.coldsteel.com/specialtyitems.html
this'll take you to a page with a load of cool throwing toys, including the tomahawks. i highly recomend the spade. 8-)
i don't know where the best place toget them this side of the pond is.
cheers, and.
Exploriment
23-04-2004, 05:14
Double headed axes are usually set up with one side honed for felling, the other side honed for limbing.
When my neighbour, old man Lalonde was teaching me how to fell trees in Lanark he told me to stay away from double headed axes until I really knew what I was doing with an axe.
Considering he was 82, and still had all of his appendages, I trusted his word implicitly.
I suppose the idea of a double headed throwing axe was just easier to get to stick in the target. One of the things that frustrated me the most was the clang of knives hitting the floor when they didnt stick!
the naughty boy
23-04-2004, 12:40
spot on exploriment, there are two different edges for cutting as you correctly pointed out.anyone ever see those lumberjack competitions where they climb poles like telegraph poles and chop sections of them off at about thirty feet up? those guys can really handle their axes,theyre double headed ones and theyre damned sharp too.
awsome stuff. there was also throwing competitions too and the accuracy was scary.
wonder if they wear suspendies and a brar like monty python say?
Or perhaps they want to be girlies....just like their dear papa's.
the naughty boy
23-04-2004, 12:55
lol shouldnt that be papar,s?
those tartan shirts do it for me,,ooohh naughty
DO NOT TAKE THE ABOVE SERIOUSLY!!!!! i have many large and nasty implements,and dont know how to use them! :twisted:
papar,s?
I suppose your right! And now for something completely different.
I bought two cheap thowing knives about a year ago for a fiver. And have just discovered them! I really do want to try axe throwing. Would a cheap five £ axe work?
I know one old guy who has retired into his indiginous american ways. He got himself a GB Wildlife Hatchet to modify into a throwing hawk by playing with the handle :-D
What is required to make an axe into a throwing axe....handle heavy/ head heavy...etc?
Its called a gem....bought from a garden center.
Cheers.
just a smoothish handle that doesn't have any sudden lumps on the end to catch your little pinky when you let fly...
cheers, and.
the naughty boy
24-04-2004, 18:43
why not get two and weld them together lol you nutter. arnt throwing axes a two handed affair?above the head etc and not like throwing a wellie?
yes i know....
wouldnt you prefer to take up fishing or something? just kidding....................... .GO WITH THE AXE M8!!! :wink:
As the other thread is locked thought I'd point out that I found the Hawk I was talking about. Whoever it was who wanted it PM me and we can sort it out.
Cheers.