Customer Reviews

Target Board for Throwing Knives

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

You can get this elsewhere for under 10 dollars (before shipping). It's only worth buying if you plan on paying that much or less, certainly not if you're paying twice as much as they want you to do here.

Here's my experience with it: I used it for throwing shuriken. Some of my shuriken are heavy and would have destroyed this board in no time. It can stand up fine to lighter ones and is quite durable-- if you have great aim. Unfortunately, the metal rim is very, very flimsy. A few errant throws and the rim will get horribly chewed up. The staples holding it on do not hold well either. I was still making do until, finally, the staples holding the hook on fell off.

All in all, it only lasted for a couple of months of off-and-on throwing. I'd say that for something temporary it was worth what I paid for it, but again, I spent about half of what they want you to pay for it here. Only get this if you can find it much cheaper, and bear in mind that it's only a temporary solution until you can find something better to throw at.

Had this sent to afganistan to play around with our throwing knives and after juss a few hits the metal around the edge was destroyed. The target is falling apart after only one day of use. Not that great in my opinion

Kinda figured it being a little bigger oh well guess I'll just have to get better with my knives and quills. Put a larger backstop behind it for those longer less accurate throws. Nice target for the money though. If your into throwing knives and such you won't be disappointed with the quality either I've hit mine hundreds of times(won't say how many times I've thrown and missed though) and it still looks like new except some of the yellow is getting dirty. Not bad!

It is poorly constructed. When you throw knives at it, it falls apart. When throwing knives you need to constantly keep pushing it together. Not a very good deal for the price.

This review get it's one star for Amazon's quick shipping and service, that being said, this board is absolutely worthless. It's constructed of of thin layers of card-board wound around each other. 2 throws and it was destroyed. The gill hibbins 6 in. knives are not only incredibly light, but are also relatively sharp. The second knife into the board literally made it fall apart in about 8 different pieces. Save your money and buy a piece of mdf from the hardware store and wrap it in duct-tape.

While rather flimsy in construction, properly mounted, it -just- makes an adequate target. It has withstood misses very well, showing no damage. Blade strikes -are- sure and deep, but must be thrown accurately to work. THAT makes it ideal for advanced throwers looking to perfect pinpoint accuracy. Well worth the price. But, a warning, handle it very gently until properly mounted. It is SO thin, that carried or handled improperly, it will 'unravel'. Keep it in the shipping box until ready to mount. Remove it -vertically- from the box, or horizontally, placed on a suitable flat surface.

What you can't see from the pic is that this is a group of circles pressed into each other. (An extremely hard force at the center of the target would knock out the solid circle center). It is not one solid target.

It worked great for throwing knives at. Maybe if I had nailed it against a wall instead of hanging it by a chain against the wall it would have lasted a lot longer. (there would be no play for the sections to move)

That being said. What other options do you have but to make your own from a solid piece of wood? I've had my target for 2 weeks and now it's destroyed.

Here I come Lowes.
or maybe i could just get a dart board and take off the metal from the face.... ?

the board fell apart soon as i threw a knife at it, its nice for decoration but not useful for target practice

Throwing stars quickly did damage to the board, especially the metal band around the outside. I think it will hold up for awhile and we'll have to get another one to replace it.

when i received the target board, upon opening the package I noticed that the board had only one visual side. The middle of the board where there is a red dot, it fell out and the entire board unraveled into a huge pile of tangled, curled card board. I would not recommend this product to be bought and used for the advertised intended use.