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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Most throwing knives aren’t really meant to hit the opponent. Just as you say, they’re too unreliable for that. It’s hard to get them to hit, and they’re generally pretty easy to dodge as long as you’re aware of them.
Throwing knives were typically more tools of harassment and distraction than “weapons” as we typically think of them. The goal isn’t really to hit your opponent. The goal is to force the opponent to do something to avoid getting hit. If the opponent’s options for avoiding the knife are suitably narrow, then to some extent you can predict what they will do, and that can be a big advantage.
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