anyone into them? i found one at a field in cary and started to use it a lot now.

ive always liked them, ive just never had a chance to get one. where could i get a better one? this one is made out of like compressed cardboard material

12/12/2007 9:16:44 AM

does it actually come back to you if thrown as if to take down an animal?

12/12/2007 9:33:59 AM

apparently they do.

you've got to throw it overhand, like throwing a baseball, not side handed

i can throw it easier side handed, but it doesnt come back.

12/12/2007 9:36:41 AM

i have 2 that were carved from wood in Australia. One of them is pretty big the other one is about 1/2 the size. i've never threw them though...too scared it might break

12/12/2007 9:39:39 AM

are they the typical V shape? i like the oblong ones that has one side longer than the other.

12/12/2007 9:40:32 AM

i have one that looks like the top one in this picture

almost identical in shape & about 17 inches tip to tip
and one that looks like the bottom one

about 15 inches tip to tip

12/12/2007 9:57:52 AM

thats hot.

i want an authentic one, but i just dont want to break it.

time to see what ebay has

12/12/2007 10:06:49 AM

n/m

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 11:05 AM. Reason : oops]

12/12/2007 11:04:39 AM

I heard the original use for these were to knock fruits and stuff out of trees and if you missed, then it would come back (obviously). I'd think that branches and stuff would get in the way though.

12/12/2007 11:32:48 AM

i can see that, when we were in freeport, we used rocks to knock down the coconuts, then one of our friends decided he would climb the tree.

it worked, he got a few out of the deal, but his fee and hands and chest were red from being scratched up

12/12/2007 11:36:45 AM