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Well, I always had a like for cutting sheet foil into stars and throwing cards...Then pratice throwing them into wood targets at range. Sadly, being made of aluminum, they bent a lot, and eventually broke after unbending so much. So, I decided to get into the real stuff. For now, I just bought 2 throwing stars, and 1 throwing knife. Later I plan to get the razor throwing cards, and some other style knife/stars.
Specs: Star - 4.5 inches from tip to tip. ($4.99) Weight -- 66grams Body thickness -- 4mm Metal: Stainless Steel 440C Coatings: Titanium then Spectrum coat
Knife - 6.25 inches long ($7.99) Single-blade front weight - 78 grams Body thickness -- 3mm Metal: Tempered steel
The knife is sharp, but factory isnt really sharp. The stars is made to be point sharp, not sides. But the sides are angled so you have a choice to razor them. I did a drop test, from 4ft, to see how far the knife went in. It fell straight, as these are made to throw. So, In all, Happy with what I got. Love them!!! Just a break from HV/electronics.
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Yea, some kid at my brother's middle school in the 6th grade brought a gun to school because of bullies. Needless to say, he was in juvenile haul for awhile, and i bet that did nothing but turn him bad.
And Killa, don't cut yourself with them... Oh wait, you already did!
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Joined: Mon Mar 16 2009, 08:13PM
Location: Norway
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We used to make ninja stars out of these spike plates used in timber construction. Not particularly sharp, but heavvy enough to really embed themselves in a board or a tree.
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I made stars and cards out of sheet alum, works good.
But I expected to damage something. and I already damaged the knife. Lesson learned. First, Tempered steel, makes a weak blade Dropping to 4ft, made the razor thin tip bend a little at pressed wood. Stuck, but bent. Seeing its tempered, it breaks if you unbend it. I stupidly was throwing these without using any form of CARPET coverting. I went a centimeter off the board, and hit right at the foot of the board. Which hit my carpet, hitting concrete. I pull it up, it stuck. Great, I bent it. Now I have a 2mm wide flat tip. I did a fast angle cut to it. it still works GREAT and goes into wood with little to no effort at all. Despite the no-tip ugly blade, it still works. Now I know to either buy stainless or put down at LEAST cardboard...The stars are stainless, the tips are still razor sharp after a ton of throws into a hardwood benchtop. Nothing bending despite how fine pointed they are. I was told, stainless is REALLY hard to bend without heating it by like Welding?
So I did some light throwing from 6ft just to see if the knife is now a peice of crap, or good. I think, seeing i didn't throw hard at all, its good still! Just looks bad. But I expected this. It was my first throwing knife, I expected this to be full of dents by time I was done practicing. It was far too big of a broken tip to re-point it. Chisels was my only choice.
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I got a fisheye lens for my Pentax DSLR!
I've always wanted one, but Pentax's own was far too expensive. I recently found out about the Samyang 8mm one, which is less than half the price of the Pentax one and gets very good reviews.
It's also sold in Canon, Nikon and Sony/Minolta mounts, and rebranded under various names like Bowen, Falcon, Pro-Optic etc.
It has a remarkably solid metal body. Only the lens hood and aperture ring are plastic. The quality of the lens coatings is beautiful. The Pentax body recognizes it and gives auto exposure, though the focus is manual. (This might be different for Canon, Nikon etc. versions.)
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Steve McConner wrote ...
I've always wanted one, but Pentax's own was far too expensive. I recently found out about the Samyang 8mm one, which is less than half the price of the Pentax one and gets very good reviews.
It's also sold in Canon, Nikon and Sony/Minolta mounts, and rebranded under various names like Bowen, Falcon, Pro-Optic etc.
did you buy it on ebay? I see there is 200£ ones from Poland.... Might be a christmas present for myself... and a tele lens... and and... :)
Comparing it to a sigma lens, double price, it would come with auto focus and 1/3 minimum focus distance.
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