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Axe Throwing Anyone?

AustralianuS

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Is Axe throwing a thing where you guys live? It has become a thing here the past couple years. Especially with men who have beards and live in a city.

Except they don't do it in a backyard, they do it in an old abandoned warehouse.

They advertise it as being like darts, but with Axes. Which is not exactly correct as you are just throwing the axes (or hatchets) at a target.

A friend of a friend is really into it. He lives in an apartment in the city and has a big beard. He did it for his bachelor party. Then at his wedding got each of his groomsmen an axe to hang on the wall.

https://batlgrounds.com/

I bet most of those guys vape too.
 
It's a "I'm a tough hipster guy" thing. Like, I dress well, but I could also survive in the wilderness without help, too, cuz just look at my beard, bro!
 
 
Pffft. That's for ******s. Real men throw chainsaws.
 
I learned tomahawk throwing from an old veteran who also did "Mountain man" historical reenactment campouts. Same guy taught me how to use a flint and steel, prepare tinder, lot of other woodcraft.

I wouldn't have given a plug nickel for the life of anyone that called him a "hipster". He was old as dirt but tough as nails.


Why does everything these days have to be connected to some kind of subculture or fashion statement? Throwing axes is throwing axes.
 
I throw bullets and arrows at around 2500ft and 225ft per second :)
 
humbolt said:
Pffft. That's for ******s. Real men throw chainsaws.
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Only chainsaw I ever threw was one that had just bit me. Kinda like the dammit-tool.
 
AustralianuS said:
Is Axe throwing a thing where you guys live? It has become a thing here the past couple years. Especially with men who have beards and live in a city.

Except they don't do it in a backyard, they do it in an old abandoned warehouse.

They advertise it as being like darts, but with Axes. Which is not exactly correct as you are just throwing the axes (or hatchets) at a target.

A friend of a friend is really into it. He lives in an apartment in the city and has a big beard. He did it for his bachelor party. Then at his wedding got each of his groomsmen an axe to hang on the wall.

https://batlgrounds.com/

I bet most of those guys vape too.
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The things people get into never ceases to amaze me. I remember throwing axes all through my childhood I was in Boy Scouts and they always had that at camps I went to. As well as like archery and rifle shooting.

But a bunch of dudes going to a warehouse and having an axe throwing competition seems kind of silly. But whatever you're into go for it why not.

The bearded ones are kind of an interesting a lot.
 
Goshin said:
Only chainsaw I ever threw was one that had just bit me. Kinda like the dammit-tool.
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I know exactly what you mean. I have the scars. I also agree these things tend to come in fashion waves, and I'll be damned if I can figure out what causes it. Overcompensation? Beats me.
 
yea. we have one in this neck of the woods. co-located with a brewery. what could possibly go wrong


should have named it "darwin award"
 
TNHarley said:
I throw bullets and arrows at around 2500ft and 225ft per second :)
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Oh yeah? Well, can you hit a launched arrow with a bullet? No, I can't. I've never tried. But I bet I can hit an arrow with an artillery round, and that's just a big bullet. All I need is a howitzer and some rounds. So there's just a couple of things preventing me...I could totally do it. Prolly need a beehive round. Used to use them on snipers. They got the point.
 
CLAX1911 said:
The things people get into never ceases to amaze me. I remember throwing axes all through my childhood I was in Boy Scouts and they always had that at camps I went to. As well as like archery and rifle shooting.

But a bunch of dudes going to a warehouse and having an axe throwing competition seems kind of silly. But whatever you're into go for it why not.

The bearded ones are kind of an interesting a lot.
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That's what I was thinking, the last time I was throwing axes was on one of my son's Boy Scout camping trips.
 
longview said:
That's what I was thinking, the last time I was throwing axes was on one of my son's Boy Scout camping trips.
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Yeah it's fun I can see why people do it I haven't done it in years but enjoyed it.

I think it's kind of funny I like there's an underground Club of axe throwers.

There's way worse things you can get into I suppose.
 
humbolt said:
I know exactly what you mean. I have the scars. I also agree these things tend to come in fashion waves, and I'll be damned if I can figure out what causes it. Overcompensation? Beats me.
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My best guess is that modern life in suburbia doesn't exactly come with lots of opportunities to do Manly Man stuff, in the normal course of events. Yet that desire to do Man-stuff is still there and needs to be satisfied somehow.
 
justabubba said:
yea. we have one in this neck of the woods. co-located with a brewery. what could possibly go wrong

should have named it "darwin award"
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Eh...I don't think anyone's likely to injure someone unless they're really drunk and perhaps accidentally toss the things backwards over their shoulder as they're preparing to throw.

From what I gather, a bunch of places are springing up in cities that have a bar in one part, and an axe throwing area in another. Sounds like a decent way to kill a little time.
 
There's something about being pissed off because you're in the middle of chopping a cord of wood, and you've got a good rhythm going, and some stupid **** happens like, for example, you catch a nail or a spike in the log and mess up your axe head. You throw the axe because, y'know, you're pissed off and that kind of thing helps. Then the axe sticks in a tree or the shed wall or something in just such a way that you figure you couldn't do that again if you tried...so you try again and, after an hour or so of trying, you find you're getting pretty good at throwing the axe but you still have half a cord to split.

Yeah, out in Arizona I don't do that any more but I can sure understand how it happens!
 
AustralianuS said:
Is Axe throwing a thing where you guys live? It has become a thing here the past couple years. Especially with men who have beards and live in a city.

Except they don't do it in a backyard, they do it in an old abandoned warehouse.

They advertise it as being like darts, but with Axes. Which is not exactly correct as you are just throwing the axes (or hatchets) at a target.

A friend of a friend is really into it. He lives in an apartment in the city and has a big beard. He did it for his bachelor party. Then at his wedding got each of his groomsmen an axe to hang on the wall.

https://batlgrounds.com/

I bet most of those guys vape too.
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Axe throwing is part of every loggers sports event all over the west, both sides of the border. It's no big deal.
Don't know why people who live in the city picked up on it, though. Just a bunch of posers, my guess.
 
Maybe they are just doing it because, you know, it is fun.
 
AustralianuS said:
Is Axe throwing a thing where you guys live? It has become a thing here the past couple years. Especially with men who have beards and live in a city.

Except they don't do it in a backyard, they do it in an old abandoned warehouse.

They advertise it as being like darts, but with Axes. Which is not exactly correct as you are just throwing the axes (or hatchets) at a target.

A friend of a friend is really into it. He lives in an apartment in the city and has a big beard. He did it for his bachelor party. Then at his wedding got each of his groomsmen an axe to hang on the wall.

https://batlgrounds.com/

I bet most of those guys vape too.
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Yeah, it's a thing in Utah...and the guys are just as you described....




https://www.axearena.com/


I bet they vape, too. lol
 
Goshin said:
I learned tomahawk throwing from an old veteran who also did "Mountain man" historical reenactment campouts. Same guy taught me how to use a flint and steel, prepare tinder, lot of other woodcraft.

I wouldn't have given a plug nickel for the life of anyone that called him a "hipster". He was old as dirt but tough as nails.


Why does everything these days have to be connected to some kind of subculture or fashion statement? Throwing axes is throwing axes.
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I'm talking about the kids that are into it. 22-28 years old or so, drives a mini cooper.

We threw tomohawks in the scouts, as well as knives. Knives > tomohawks.
 
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