how were throwing knives ever effective in combat

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Based on my limited experience at axe throwing venues, my take is that you can only get thrown axes and knives to stick in right if you’re exactly the right distance away. This seems impractical for a combat scenario where nobody is good to stand still at exactly the right distance for you.

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I’m not a cage fighter, but I am a combat experienced soldier.

Imagin yourself in a street fight and your opponent is fit and challenging. Now add a throwing knife and the millions of ways you could creatively use it but for the arguments sake we only use it as a throwing weapon.

You could use it to establish an opening. Best case a critical hit to the eye or weak spot and worse case it’s a slight half second distraction to get you close enough to engage the target or enough time to reload your primary.

Don’t look at weapons as a one fix all situation instead a tool for the right job. To a boxer a glove filled with liquid cement is enough of an advantage to seriously hurt someone in a safe sport let alone someone throwing multiple hatchets in a 10 on 3 engagement.

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