I mean, if the knife is balanced, there should theoretically be an equal chance for every angle of the knife to hit the target, not just the sharp part, right? Is it just “it only has time for about half a rotation” and take the distance and speed into account?
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It depends on what you’re throwing. And how you’re throwing it. There are some throwing projectiles that are made to be thrown like a dart or baseball. They don’t rotate on purpose but then you have a shorter range.
The kinds of throwing things that rotate in the air, hatchets, larger knives, etc you want to estimate the number of rotations it will make so that it lands point first. It’s based on distance and how hard you throw it.
Fwiw most knife throwing you see is fake. Magicians and Hollywood both have tons of methods to make it look like they threw a knife and hit when they didn’t.
Also it’s almost impossible to do debilitating damage with a thrown knife. The penetration just isn’t great and one small puncture wound isn’t going to take anyone out. Definitely don’t depend on it for self defense.
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