Tomahawk Throwing Fun!!

[Mule Packer]

A while back I bragged about my new addiction brought on by the set of Smith and Wesson throwing knives one of my sons gave me for my birthday. I got such a kick throwing those knives that I decided to expand my horizons and order a throwing tomahawk.

Well, it arrived at the post office yesterday along with three extra handles to take care of the inevitable breakage by errant throws. I made another target out of an old cottonwood round, rolled it out to the north pasture, and started throwing. Wow!! It was easier to get the hang of throwing the tomahawk than it was throwing the knives...and I even got the occasional bullseye!

On the downside, I'm not getting one darn thing done around the ol' homestead. I still need to get in another load or two of wood before winter, but heck, I still have some time.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The Latvian Air Force wants their insignia back.

 

[crazyphil]

I remember Ed Ames giving Johnny Carson a tomahawk throwing lesson
on his TV show. That was really a lot of fun. I hope someone will dig it
up and post it.

 

[WardenRoss]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8[/ame]

 

[soFlaNative]

Have fun!

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I want to see a picture of the chainsaw that cut that target backer!!

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My church is having a "Sunday Funday", with carnival rides and such. One of the attractions is Tomahawk Throwing! I still have one good Hawk and 2 or 3 hatchets for throwing, I may just take them along!

Ivan

 

[Mule Packer]

I want to see a picture of the chainsaw that cut that target backer!!

Sorry. Don't have a picture of the saw, but it's a Husqvarna Model 61 Rancher with a 24-inch bar.

 

[tops]

On the downside, I'm not getting one darn thing done around the ol' homestead. .

/QUOTE]

Throwing knives and tomahawks is doing something and it sounds like you have your priorities in order. Larry

 

[Onomea]

The chickens getting worried yet?

 

[billwill]

Do you have a NY reload for that bad boy?

 

[Mule Packer]

Do you have a NY reload for that bad boy?

Not yet, but I'm having so much fun that I'm thinkin' real seriously about ordering another one.

 

[galena]

Brings back memories. In the mid 1960s I worked three summers for the Colorado State Forest Service in Pine Beetle control. We got pretty good at throwing hatchets and small axes. Now I am going to have to dig out a hatchet and see if I can still do it.

 

[Rudi]

That Johnnie Carson clip is one of the funniest moments from live TV ever.

 

[hsguy]

A while back I bragged about my new addiction brought on by the set of Smith and Wesson throwing knives one of my sons gave me for my birthday. I got such a kick throwing those knives that I decided to expand my horizons and order a throwing tomahawk.

Well, it arrived at the post office yesterday along with three extra handles to take care of the inevitable breakage by errant throws. I made another target out of an old cottonwood round, rolled it out to the north pasture, and started throwing. Wow!! It was easier to get the hang of throwing the tomahawk than it was throwing the knives...and I even got the occasional bullseye!

On the downside, I'm not getting one darn thing done around the ol' homestead. I still need to get in another load or two of wood before winter, but heck, I still have some time.

Keep practicing! You will be able to cut and split the wood with a thrown tomahawk soon.

 

[Onomea]

Did Indians (Native Americans), and those who knew their fighting tactics, actually throw tomahawks or is that simply a myth from Hollywood?

Either way, great movie scene: YouTube

 

[Rustyt1953]

My guess is that anyone armed with only a tomahawk is not going to throw it away.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In the American Revolution, bayonets were few and far between on our side. Tomahawks were the answer! Most of the frontiers man carried two. In set battel the opposing lines fired and advanced or more often the British fired and advanced like a wall of porcupines. The Americans withheld fire to the last moment. then retreated. There would be a brawl of some sort that disciplined troops usually won! Then the tactic became for the Americans to fire and stand! As the British Bayonets were a few steps away a wave of Tomahawks was released into the hearts and faces of the British forces! A second Tomahawk (or a big knife) was used in hand to hand. The English Officers (Special Targets) that survived found the "barbarian tactic" very distasteful!

In the French & Indian War, frontiersmen averaged a running advance of up to 3 shots per minute and "planting" tomahawks on the run at up to 25 yards! (Pick it up in passing!)

While "The Patriot" is fiction, Mel Gipson's Tomahawk scene closely resembles some accounts from the F&I war.

Ivan

 

[StrawHat]

I sharpened this one for a customer.

Kevin

 

[BigBoy99]

My buddy who was a Green Beret in Viet Nam told me how the tomahawk was his favorite weapon. He would carry at least two when ever he went out on a mission. He called it "The Perfect Silenced Weapon."

 

[andy52]

Did Indians (Native Americans), and those who knew their fighting tactics, actually throw tomahawks or is that simply a myth from Hollywood?

Either way, great movie scene: YouTube

They didn't throw them often but there are accounts of it happening, one I remember is Lewis Wetzel a very formidable and half crazy frontiersman from Wheeling WV. This guy could load a flintlock on the run, turn and fire and do it over again.
Very interesting reading if you look him up.
In my youth I was really into the frontiersman re-enacting, dressed up in my finest buckskins and had all the accoutrements.
I still have most of the stuff I'm just to old to do that anymore.
My hawk has been well used and is probably right at 30 years old, unlike the OP mine isn't a bearded type.

 

[vigil617]

You might think I'm kiddin' here, but I promise, it's the gospel truth.

In our downtown area, fitted in nicely among a couple of craft breweries, some bars, and a smattering of small restaurants, is a business called Stumpy's Hatchet House. It's an indoor hatchet-throwing establishment.

$25 gets you an hour, and by the end of it, a surprising number of folks who've never thrown one before are sticking them with regularity. Kinda loud in there, but fun to watch.

It's a chain, with a couple dozen locations around the country.

 

[Golddollar]

You might think I'm kiddin' here, but I promise, it's the gospel truth.

In our downtown area, fitted in nicely among a couple of craft breweries, some bars, and a smattering of small restaurants, is a business called Stumpy's Hatchet House. It's an indoor hatchet-throwing establishment.

$25 gets you an hour, and by the end of it, a surprising number of folks who've never thrown one before are sticking them with regularity. Kinda loud in there, but fun to watch.

It's a chain, with a couple dozen locations around the country.

Doesn't it make you wonder why a hatchet throwing place is called "Stumpy's?"

 

[pawngal]

You might think I'm kiddin' here, but I promise, it's the gospel truth.

In our downtown area, fitted in nicely among a couple of craft breweries, some bars, and a smattering of small restaurants, is a business called Stumpy's Hatchet House. It's an indoor hatchet-throwing establishment.

$25 gets you an hour, and by the end of it, a surprising number of folks who've never thrown one before are sticking them with regularity. Kinda loud in there, but fun to watch.

It's a chain, with a couple dozen locations around the country.

Have one here, locally owned, The Throwing Post. Took my grandson there on his 18th birthday. It seems to be quite popular.