My son's Renissance festival kit

[Bugbear]

Is the kid proficient at throwing the "hawk" yet?

[Nighthawk]

Is the kid proficient at throwing the "hawk" yet?

As a matter of fact, he gets a kick out of going to black powder events and hussling the 'hawk throwing teachers. He plays dumb, and after a while teaches them his way to do it! He's really good with the 'hawk, the bowie and modern throwing knives.

[Ryan Ross]

Very nice work, good sir!

As a matter of fact, he gets a kick out of going to black powder events and hussling the 'hawk throwing teachers. He plays dumb, and after a while teaches them his way to do it!

...and that's awesome! Same thing happened to me at Sycamore Shoals Park, after the Grandfather Mountain Games. We were watching the ranger give a hatchet throwing demonstration. He was a very good speaker, and gave lots of interesting info on the passtime of throwing, but was having trouble getting his 'hawks to stick.

When it came time that he asked for volunteers to try their hand, I said sure, as I'd never really thrown a 'hawk before(thrown many a shuriken, senban, knife, etc... though) and wanted to give it a go. After I took my turn, he had us take this picture(edited to protect the innocent) and send it to him, so the other rangers would believe him:



I pulled a Robin Hood with my two successive throws:



Sounds like your son and I are like-minded!

[Nighthawk]

Very nice work, good sir!



...and that's awesome! Same thing happened to me at Sycamore Shoals Park, after the Grandfather Mountain Games. We were watching the ranger give a hatchet throwing demonstration. He was a very good speaker, and gave lots of interesting info on the passtime of throwing, but was having trouble getting his 'hawks to stick.

When it came time that he asked for volunteers to try their hand, I said sure, as I'd never really thrown a 'hawk before(thrown many a shuriken, senban, knife, etc... though) and wanted to give it a go. After I took my turn, he had us take this picture(edited to protect the innocent) and send it to him, so the other rangers would believe him:



I pulled a Robin Hood with my two successive throws:



Sounds like your son and I are like-minded!

Now that is impressive! My son did that with his hawk and bowie knife once- by pure accident. The hawk handle was already old and ready to give up the ghost. That bowie was the straw that broke the proverbial cammel's back...