But lower shipping costs could be a factor and is at least a byproduct of the unique design choice, whether intended or not. Many knives have a large hole cut into their handle to allow you to wrap a paracord handle onto the tang of the knife.
It is very popular among survival knives, but many different types of knives may have this feature. The holes in the handle are not absolutely necessary in order to add a paracord wrapping to a knife, but they make the job a lot easier and make the resulting grip slimmer and more usable.
Brands often try to keep a general aesthetic to their brand, and placing holes in the handles of your knives definitely adds to particular aesthetics and can make the knife stand out from the crowd. Holes in the handles of knives is a unique design choice that lends itself to being quite sleek, modern, and minimalistic when done correctly. After all, the design of a knife is one of the most significant factors for many people when choosing a new blade, so it makes sense that it would be a reason for companies to put holes in the handles of their knives.
Some knives have super slippery handles, and holes in the handle can improve the grip and enable the user to have more control over the blade. Some knife designs allow you to stick your fingers through the holes in the handle, while others are just there to make the handle more tactical and grippy. Texturing the handle of a knife for increased control and grip is nothing new. But holes work just as well, if not better, in many cases and have many other functions and benefits as well.
There are a million and one ways to secure and carry your knife, and most use a carabiner clip, lanyard, or other attachment string. A carabiner clip allows you to quickly disconnect your knife from your backpack or belt to use it. Buy it on Amazon Butchers need cleavers on hand frequently to cut meat, so it makes sense that having a hole in the blade to hang it nearby when not in use would be a top priority.
Machetes have holes in their blades to hang from belts or to help fashion carrying loops. Knife construction is centered on strength and durability. Strength often comes with the downside of added blade material making for a heavier knife. Heavier knives present problems not only for fatigue caused by long-term use, but also adding unneeded weight for rigorous applications.
Drilling holes in the blade of a knife can help reduce the overall weight by removing material, while still retaining strength and durability needed to function properly and easily over a wide range of uses. The last reason knives have holes in their blades is because it looks more aesthetically pleasing. First, it depends on usage. If you are cutting dense material cheese and meats , require a cleaver such as a butcher , or prefer the ease of one handed pocket knives, then a knife with holes in the blade makes sense.
Keep in mind that price also plays a large role in determining if you really need one of these knives. A cheaper straight blade knife can still cut very well given it has a sharp blade.
Are knives with holes in the blade gimmicks or do they really serve a purpose? I hope you have had fun learning how to throw throwing knifes, and are hooked on the sport. Please share your favorite knife throws in the comments section of this instructable! If you think this article was awesome please support me by voting in either the Great Outdoors, squeeze more awesome out of summer, or Vintage contest!
Thanks for reading! Participated in the squeeze more awesome out of summer contest. Question 3 months ago on Step 4. Great tutorial! I actually wrote one on my blog as well, if anybody wants to check it out, it may help with some different visualization on how to do it!
When my older brother moved out and joined the army, he left behind a collection of switch blades and a couple of army knives he'd collected; he took over half the knives he owned with him and left the rest to me the butterfly knives were among my favorite.
You can imagine how my mom reacted to her daughter being passed down a couple dozen knives, but she was even more upset when I picked up knife throwing and a range of small-scale combat moves. We had an old tree slightly rotting in the back yard, so I'd go out just about every day and practice with it. The wood was slightly soft from termites and insects eating away at it, so the knives stuck easier than usual, which was perfect for practice for a teenage girl such as myself.
I actually found that I preferred the heavy-grip locking switch blades for throwing and street fighting; they had design in the handle and blade, but were well balanced, compact, and surprisingly durable, on top of the fact that they're legal as a concealed weapon in the state of Texas; I could take them almost anywhere.
I hardly had trouble with breaking knives, though that might be because of a lack of upper body strength in comparison to a man. I'm told that while I wouldn't win a contest for the force of my throws and depth of blade entry into the target, my speed and accuracy is thoroughly impressive.
It's important when becoming a knife thrower to decide not only what blades are best for you, but also what areas you wish to be best at. Maybe you want to throw the furthest, hardest, fastest, or most accurately. Don't be afraid to use an untraditional knife if it works for you, and having the most force behind your throw isn't always everything. Women, too, can be efficient in knife throwing, where speed and a lighter knife can be just as deadly effective as a heavy strong blade.
I've personally found that simultaneously throwing up to three knives works best for me in general practice, though this requires special flat blade-only knives and an extra permit in Texas. The image I've uploaded is of one of my favorite everyday carry-around switchblades.
The curve of the knife from hilt to tip makes it difficult for a beginner, but with practice it becomes a very effective throwing knife and is good for close hand combat. It's sturdy enough that in over five years of throwing and general use it has not broken; on top of that, it is styled and not bland or plain. It folds closed and is a legal carry-about weapon in some states, including Texas with a permit, of course.
Despite the shape, it is actually well balanced and certainly heavy enough for throwing, despite being somewhat smaller, the handle being only slightly heavier than the blade. There is also one technique. Knowing the heavy end. The knife can be blade-heavy or handle-heavy. Which ever it is, hold the light end and then throw acc to what you read. It will always strike the target with the heavy end. You can find the heavy end by trying to balance the knife using the finger, which ever way it tips, that is the heavy end.
Reply 6 years ago. I use a classic folding knife that has a heavy handle, but only sticks when I hold it from the blade, like any throwing knife. I have been into throwing knives since I was about 6 years old, I started with a couple sharpened butter knives till my mother seen her knives started to come up missing. I also throw my darts backwards tip first steel or plastic. Nobody could beat me at any knife game of stretch or chicken.
When I bought my house one of the first things I did was to hang a target on each wall of the garage, this way I always had a target cross the room. When my son was eleven I made him his own custom made throwing spikes. He was the only 11 year old I knew that could stick a Phillips screw driver 8 out of 10 times.
Now that he is 13 he has gotten very good at throwing under handed with the knife hid behind his wrist. Store bought knives can be good if you pay enough for them but there's nothing better than throwing your own creations.
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. When you say you throw these items, are you throwing them in a traditional style rotation throw or do know the art of the no-spin a. If not, look it up, it is right up your alley, especially considering the type of things you and your son are throwing. Your mom must have been really patient! I've got 8 kids, and I can just imagine what would happen if one of them decided to start throwing knives As a youth, I was always trying to get one up on the other young men in the neighborhood.
So naturally when it came to a throwing knife, I went extreme, using a WWI bayonet as for target two old trees 32 feet apart made throwing fun as I could throw, pull the blade out turn and throw again.
I spent the best part of the summer throwing that blade. Then for years the blade collected dust, until the day I came home and found my sons throwing blades at a target they had built. They ask if I would try, I stuck 5 out of 6 which is where I should have left it I went in and got the old blade out, then paced almost three times the distance the boys had marked off, almost twenty years the blade had not left my hand, but it flew straight, hitting a shade low on the target, but destroying the target
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