Axe-throwing!!

[Steve Bullman]

Poplar works well, and easy to source big rings

[ABtrees]

Had a go at this at the APF - good fun.  Chap on the stand suggested to use pine for the target but whatever you use it works better if it's wet - i.e. chuck a couple of buckets of water over it the night before / leave it out in the rain !  Obv. he is right -  wood is not only softer but seems to grip the axe better - no bounce out.

[Steve Bullman]

12 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

Had a go at this at the APF - good fun.  Chap on the stand suggested to use pine for the target but whatever you use it works better if it's wet - i.e. chuck a couple of buckets of water over it the night before / leave it out in the rain !  Obv. he is right -  wood is not only softer but seems to grip the axe better - no bounce out.

Pines good, harder to source a 3ft ring though....and pretty heavy to get upright!

[Steven P]

Cheers!!

 

I'll get the tape and saw out later though think the biggest pine that came down this winter is perhaps only 2" diameter. Half a thought to do 4 rings, 2 flat edges on each and butt them together. 

 

Good tip for the water, I'll try that.

[ABtrees]

46 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Pines good, harder to source a 3ft ring though....and pretty heavy to get upright!

Hi Steve

 

To be clear, this wasn't a ring it was chunky boards 6"wide x  4" deep x 30" square (ish) grain running vertically on a target easel.  Thought i had a picture somewhere but can't find it atm !

[peds]

10 minutes ago, Steven P said:

... the biggest pine that came down this winter is perhaps only 2" diameter. ..

 

2"? What is this, axe throwing for ants?!

 

7 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

...grain running vertically on a target easel...

 

So the end grain is pointing towards the ceiling? 

 

 

I've never thrown an axe, but it sounds like jolly good fun. Could I use my Fiskars x27?

 

How about if I shorten the handle a little bit?

[ABtrees]

Not quite as I remembered it but close enough !

 

Here is the link to the fun guys at last years APF - just scroll down their homepage and you'll see what i meant!

 

Axe throwing and Archery | Axes & Arrows

WWW.AXESANDARROWS.CO.UK

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Axes and arrows, Mobile Axe throwing, mobile Archery, outdoor activities, have a go, wedding entertainment, festival entertainment, axesandarrows.co.uk, @axesandarrowsuk...

 

[ABtrees]

.............. or this !

 

Could this rookie hit the axe-throwing target?

WWW.FORESTRYJOURNAL.CO.UK

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A new addition for this year’s APF Exhibition, Anastasia Gandzha had a go at axe throwing.

 

[Steven P]

29 minutes ago, peds said:

 

2"? What is this, axe throwing for ants?!

 

 

So the end grain is pointing towards the ceiling? 

 

 

I've never thrown an axe, but it sounds like jolly good fun. Could I use my Fiskars x27?

 

How about if I shorten the handle a little bit?

 

Can't make the target too easy for them!!

 

 

 

Was thinking to treat myself to a Fiskars hatchet.... will let you know how that goes - B&Q hatchet wasn't so good but the one I found in the hedgerow a few years back did the job as well as the purpose bought ones last summer.

 

Coming back to this thread, all the handles are now a bit more Hi-Vis coloured so I don't loose them in the undergrowth so much (natural barrier, stops them getting too close behind the target)

 

 

 

It is good fun though, trickier than it looks

[Steve Bullman]

25 minutes ago, Steven P said:

It is good fun though, trickier than it looks

Its mostly pretty easy if you're standing at the correct distance, which mostly takes care of the axe rotation. Where it gets fun is when you try long distance throwing.