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 is actually, as far as I am aware at least. There’s specific technique to knife throwing, and most of what I’ve seen in the past has been relatively consistent with other things.
It’s similar to the idea that flipping a coin isn’t really truly “random”. With enough practice, and properly controlled conditions, you could get whatever result you wanted.
With knife throwing I’ve always seen things say “Make sure you do steps 1, 2, 3, while being X feet away from your target, if you knife is blade heavy, hold it from the handle, of its handle heavy, hold from the handle.” etc..
It also probably does more than half a rotation in a normal throw depending on how far away you are.
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