Re: [Paddlewise] Knives and tethers

Knife throwing can get kind of boring. I prefer to play catch with a 
buddy. It's usually a short game.

On 12/14/2010 11:58 PM, Doug Lloyd wrote:
> I carry four knives on my PFD! Beat that Brad!! One is big KA BAR Marine
> knife and the others are a set of three identical Ninja throwing knives. I
> decided to go to throwing knives after playing with pussy-kayaker Tekna and
> Gerber models for decades; the throwing knives are much more efficient for
> dispatching justice to 1) inflatable Zodiacs buzzing too close (instant poof
> and sizzle, glub glub); 2) marauding manatees and other menacing marine
> mammals (knives must be thrown hard to penetrate the thick blubber and hit
> vitals); 3) bombastic boarders berating me for kayak-surfing "their" spot (I
> usually just go for a flesh wound, through-and-through, no arteries; they
> see the second Ninja knife come out and back off); 4) bad bandido bandits
> (though these days one may need a quiver of throwing knives to deal); 5) and
> finally, jetski junkies (I hate these guys - though there are kayakers who
> do it too), and here I remain lethal, even while throwing my knives from a
> tippy Brit boat. The KA BAR Marine knife you ask. Well, that was a mistake.
> I asked the knife store for a marine-grade throwing knife originally and
> that`s what they sold me. No, I didn`t mean Marine Corps,  but hey, it is
> still a good throwing knife.
>
> http://www.ehow.com/how_6367001_throw-marine-corp-ka_bar-knife.html
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