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by Scott Gracia sgracia@wi.rr.com http://www.throwzini.com ======================================= This newsletter is a FREE service you requested. You are on this list because: * You subscribed at our Great Throwzini web site * You inquired about our products or promotions * You requested our free knife throwing tips or other information. If you'd like to be removed from this list, simply reply to this message with 'remove' in the subject. ======================================= IN THIS ISSUE 1. What's New 2. End-Grain Targets - by Steve Marion 3. Recreational Knife Throwing Video 4. Creative Dart Throwing - by Rolf Karlsson 5. Contact Info/Reprint Guidelines ======================================= 1. WHAT'S NEW Hello everyone, I just got back from a week long fishing trip to the North Woods in WI. It was a great time! They even had a Lumberjack Museum that I planned to visit, but when I got there, they were closed :( So I went a whole week without throwing any knives... ...I think I may be scarred for life :) Anyway, its great to be back home surrounded by my targets and my "box-O-knives"! Another great thing I found when I got home was a letter from one of our readers with some pics of a design he had custom-made by knife thrower/maker Lee Fugatt. You can check them out by following this link: http://www.throwzini.com/eds_custom.html When you visit the site you'll also notice a brand new QUICK IDEA and lots of great new posts on our Great Throwzini Discussion Forum. EVENT REMINDER Don't forget about the upcoming WEST COAST MASTER'S OPEN, (previously known as the HURLATHON). This event takes place on June 9th, 10th, and 11th so start practicing!!! To find out all the details just follow this link: http://www.throwzini.com/pkt_events.html Thanks again to everyone that submitted their info/pics!!! ======================================== 2. GUEST COLUMN END GRAIN TARGETS by Steve Marion At first I built various side grain targets out of 4"x4" and 4"x6" lumber which wore out pretty quickly. Now I have come up with an "end-grain" target that works really well, especially if I spray it with a hose each time before I use it, as suggested in The Great Throwzini's 101 KNIFE THROWING TIPS. I use 6"x6" posts cut to 5 1/2" lengths which are held, pressure fit only, within a frame of 2"x6" pressure treated lumber. The side pieces, (legs), are 5'6" long. I arrange the 6"x6" "end-grain" blocks between the legs, leaving space for a 2"x6" cross piece at the top, and press them together with strong pipe clamps on the outside of the legs. I cut top and bottom cross pieces out of the 2"x6" lumber just slightly shorter than the space between the side pieces and place them between the legs. Next, I cinch the whole assembly up tight with side to side and top to bottom clamps, then I drill guide holes and draw everything up tight with 2 - 3/8"x4" hex head screws and washers through the legs and into each end of the cross pieces. I also counter-sink the screw heads so they do not stick out where the knife could hit them. Finally, I screw a backing made of plywood or scrap 1" x whatever lumber on the back of the target so the individual end-grain blocks don't get forced out the back by heavy knife hits. I use the targets by leaning them against a tree, but I could also attach 6'6" angle pieces at the top of each side to make them free-standing. One target I made is a single target made up of 15 end-grain blocks arranged three across and five down. The other is a double target with 18 blocks in two three by three sets separated by a middle cross piece of 2"x6" lumber. The middle cross piece puts the target centers a little further apart and makes it safer to throw two knives at a time without having them hit each other. The extra cross piece also helps to keep all the blocks tightly in place, since the top to bottom span is 6" longer on the double target. Perhaps other people have figured out this same design. It provides a really nice end grain-target for a total cost of about $30 each. After I saw a video of the movie "Still Breathing" I bought a set of Mini-Blazing Arrows and made an indoor target out of plain 2"x4" lumber, with 15 - 6"x6" end-grain blocks cut only 3 1/4" thick. It costs even less and also works great! Article Contributed by: Steve Marion *If you want to check out some pics of Steve's target design just follow this link: http://www.throwzini.com/endgrain_targets.html ============================================= 3. RECREATIONAL KNIFE THROWING VIDEO If you want to learn the insider SECRETS, TIPS and TRICKS that the masters use to hit their mark every time, then John Bailey's Recreational Knife Throwing Video is for you. Here is a taste of what you'll get: - 9 inexpensive target designs - 11 demonstrations - How to eliminate the most common throwing error - Master grips, stances and throws and so much more! For a limited time, you can have the ultimate knife throwing video for only $19.95. By acting now, you'll save 33% off the regular price of $29.95 For a full description and ordering details, follow this link: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html AOL USERS LINK ============================================= 4. CREATIVE DART THROWING by Rolf Karlsson I'm a grad student at MIT, and there is a dart board in our lab office left behind by one of the other students. There are six darts, but the flights keep breaking, (cheap polycarbonate and creative throwing). I keep saying I'm going to go out and buy new aluminum flights, and so do the other guys, but it never happens. So, since I'm down to one intact dart, I had to figure out how to throw the rest without flights. From the regulation line it's about one full turn, but the release is tricky with such a small object and the knurled shaft of the dart, so I took 1-2 steps back and now get a reasonably consistent 1.5 turn throw. The release is a little better holding the tip. Maybe it's just because this is all I've had to play with lately, but my accuracy seems better when I throw without the flights (like knives, instead of darts)! Contributed by: Rolf Karlsson rolf.karlsson@netzero.net ============================================= If you have any questions about throwing that you would like answered in one of our upcoming issues, simply send an e-mail to: sgracia@wi.rr.com with QUESTION FOR NEWSLETTER in the Subject Line, and your name and question in the body. ============================================= (Copyright 2000, Scott Gracia, The Great Throwzini.) Reprint permission granted in part or whole when the following credit appears in full: Reprinted with permission from Scott Gracia's The Great Throwzini Newsletter. Get your FREE 101 KNIFE THROWING TIPS and Newsletter, filled with lots of great throwing tips and ideas to help you with your throwing game, at The Great Throwzini web site. http://www.throwzini.com ============================================= Scott Gracia, The Great Throwzini, 5321 4 Mile Rd. 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