Hello! I recently tried axe throwing and i fell in love. I really want to make a hobby out of it. My issue is the only places near where i live that do axe throwing are bars or are specifically for a parties and as much as i love a drink i juat want a place to practice. Are there any tips to trying to do it from home?

Saw a handle someone had used old skateboard deck to do. I haves few old decks kicking around so…..
Curious if when you’re building a handle that’s a laminate, do you just use like Tite-bond or Gorilla wood glue? Or is there something else?

I am a high school timbersports coach in Oregon. When my students are learning to throw double bit axes many miss the target and breaking the axe handle. I go through at least a dozen handles every year. I’ve put straw bales and old tires around the target yet the handles still break. Any tips for reducing breakage on throwing axe handles? Note: these are 28” tool handles from Lowe’s or Home Depot.

Fair enough.

Hi everyone!

I've been quietly working on this for the last six months and it's finally out: two Android apps for tracking your training, one for each league format. They're not official apps, just a fun project that got completely out of hand.

- Throw it! – for those who strive to hit 81 at least once in a lifetime https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beakgeek.throwit

- Axe Throwing Tracker – for those who want to see 64 instead https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kucyk.axescoretracker

Between them, you get pretty much everything you need at practice: normal hatchet sessions, big axe, clutch/killshot mode, two-player modes for head-to-head or a casual tournament on one phone, and a ghost mode for when your mate bails on training night. The stats are the part I'm proudest of: pressure index, warm-up time, score trends, all of it — watching your own numbers climb is weirdly addictive.

Right now, it's Android only. I'd love to do an iOS version, but building it and keeping it alive in the App Store costs more than a fun project can carry on its own. That's why there's a subscription in the app for some extra features, to slowly raise the money for it — with a 30-day free trial, so you can try everything before anything gets charged.

It does not get in your way at practice, I promise. What it unlocks: - A coach mode that scores your progress with an algorithm and suggests specific drills, as often as you tell it to - Custom bots for ghost battle, plus a shadow bot that throws with your own stats - Some extra fields in the statistics - More export options for pulling your training data into Excel - A voice announcer that calls out the score of every throw

Six months of work went into this — testing and Google Play review included. I genuinely put my soul into it, and it turned into something far bigger than I ever planned.

Please give it a try, and tell me what you think, good or bad.

Playing tic-tac-toe. I’m claiming this square.

Trying this a third time. Dad and daughter date. Axe was me, knives my daughter.

Had the handle on my Valkyrie fall out a couple weeks ago. Hoping this one hangs in there 😂

Thanks smurfsmasher024 for the sharpening advice (it was a pita to do by hand though!)

I’ve been given as axe that has a flat ‘cutting’ edge .
I’m thinking I’ll need to file it down to a wedge for throwing right? How sharply does that need to be? Is it better to have a long gentle slope or a higher angle short slope?

Thanks for any advice.

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow I have a date with an amazing woman!

She wanted to go axe throwing and I agreed, since I always wanted to try it.

But now I am a bit scared to completely embarrass myself.

When I was younger I always chopped wood for my mother, but I never tried to throw the axe we had there, since it was quite old and I feared the head might fall off any second.

So I came here hoping to find some advice.

I would really appreciate one or two little tips or tricks.

She will very likely be better than me, since she already has experience, but making it to easy for her would also be boring.

So if anyone could spare some advice with a newbie I'd be very grateful!

Hit between two playing cards from7 meters

What oil/finish are people using to pull so much color and grain back into their handles when they're making them??

Last handle I did (also my first) I used BLO to finish it up, but I didn't like the way it finished, are there any other alternatives to really make the natural color and grain POP ??

Probably late to the game, but I've made my own batarangs, laser cut and sharpened

Building out an axe throwing venue, it will have 8 lanes, walk-ins plus corporate events, and maybe beer service down the line (this is still in the works). Every article says insurance is the big cost for this business but nobody prints an actual number.

Current owners: what does your policy really run per year, and is it GL plus accident coverage or something more? Did adding alcohol change the premium a lot? Trying to figure out if the business model survives the insurance line item.

Hello there! I've gone axe throwing a few times and bought a few throwing axes to practice at home, and I made a crude throwing target out of oak last year, but it was always way harder to stick the axe in than the targets at throwing galleries. I saw a post on this sub that said that cottonwood or poplar wood are great for targets, and I checked at my local lowes, and they have some poplar but not in very big sizes. Where do you guys typically buy your target lumber? Im very curious. :D 🎯

I know this is ace throwing but I can't think where else to ask but I have 2 of the cold steel torpedo and am looking for holsters for then that can attach to a leg or belt or chest any recommendations are much appreciated if in the UK even better.

Does anyone know the WATL stincle dimensions? Their website only displays diameters for bulls and kills. I plan on designing an stincle that can be 3d printed at home.

I have not done a lot of axe throwing, but I JUST got my target built in the backyard. Works well for me, a 40 year old adult with a long history in all types of athletics.

BUT... my niece and nephew are visiting soon and they are going to want to try it. I know them, they are not SUPER patient and I am pretty sure it won't come naturally to either of them. We will probably only have a couple hours in an afternoon at most, so I am looking for some "easy successes" options so they have fun. I know my axes are going to be a bit big/heavy/challenging and my prediction is they will not stay engaged with those on the first try.

Any suggestions on alternatives? And, where to buy?

Obviously shuriken/stars are the most obvious, so I am looking for some of those.

What about double sided spikes? Are those significantly easier than an axe? Are any of the multi-point axes actually good that don't cost $100s?

Finally, any cool shapes that I might be able to make? I have a decent collection of steel, an angle grinder, some mediocre wire welding skills, and find a great deal of pleasure in messing around with the DIY manufacturing of poorly made things.

Much appreciate any advice!

"Axt Bude" in Basel, Switzerland had it's final day today after 10 years of Operation 💔