TO FLING IS THE THING

For over a decade-and-a-half, I don’t think a year has gone by when I haven’t written about some kind of edged tool you can hurl. In fact, the sport of throwing axes has taken off to the point that there are now establishments where you can have dinner and then throw axes for an after-dinner activity.

Despite how cold it has been up here north of the border, I ventured outdoors to throw some axes and hawks: the Condor Tool & Knife Indian Throwing Tomahawk, Buck Knives Kinetic Series Throwing Hawk and the Valkyrie Throwing Axes, a Smoky Mountain Knife Works exclusive through SOG Specialty Knives & Tools. Since all are hurlers, we are interested in how