r/nextfuckinglevel • u/friedmushnasty • 14h ago

I'm a professional knife thrower and I managed to pin a thrown metal washer with a ¼" hole to a target with a small throwing spike called a Bo Shuriken. It was hard.

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u/ApolloMac 13h ago

But I do appreciate his honesty about how many tries it takes.

These videos are silly to me. It takes a crazy amount of patience but at the end of the day it's just luck. Who cares.

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u/AdjunctFunktopus 13h ago

It’s certainly not just luck. Dude hit the washer almost every time. If I made this video, it’d be like 3 days longer.

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u/Softestwebsiteintown 13h ago

I’m absolutely impressed by the fact that he managed to pin that washer damn near the dead center of the board. But I feel like we should be more impressed by all of the washer contact he made. Dude may not have his accuracy down to 1/16” at several feet, but I think plenty of people on here could get just get extremely lucky and pin that washer with that knife. There may not be a single one of us who could so consistently make contact with the washer, though. That kind of accuracy can’t be achieved by luck.

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u/ericfromct 12h ago edited 9h ago

I think that's what makes it actually impressive. Anyone can lucky one out of a thousand times, but this dude could have pinned it each time

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u/RusticBucket2 10h ago

ipressive

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u/ericfromct 9h ago

Ha, thanks. Was half asleep when I wrote that

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u/Covfefe-SARS-2 7h ago

I bet you could still trim it down to a minute.

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u/LostWoodsInTheField 6h ago

Definitely luck he got the knife through the washer imo, but damn hitting it almost every single time is serious skill.

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u/ApolloMac 13h ago

I wasn't just talking about this guy. But everyone who repeats a throw of something 1000 times until they get the random chance outcome they are looking for.

And yes, sure, the guy can throw a knife. The rest is luck.

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u/friedmushnasty 13h ago

If this was the first time I'd ever done something like this, then yes it was totally luck. But you should have e a scroll through my top posts. I think it could change your mind on that.

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u/RusticBucket2 10h ago

So I decided to scroll through to see.

Some people like /r/mallninjashit and that’s okay. I burst out laughing when I got to the music.

Seriously though. I’m a huge fan of craftsmanship of any kind at this level. There’s nothing like creating something with your own hands.

That, and it would probably be weird to do it with someone else’s.

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u/TRUEequalsFALSE 4h ago

The feat itself? Incredible. The video? I appreciate what you were trying to show, but I foo agree with others that it could've been edited more succinctly (maybe show all the same attempts but time-lapse it?). But I took a look at your profile per your suggestion and your craftsmanship is astounding, a thing of beauty! My hat is off to you, sir (partially because in lying in bed right now 😁)!

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u/richardelmore 7h ago

Isn't this pretty much every stunt from Dude Perfect?

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u/FartForce5 6h ago

Doubt he showed every try.

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u/TJNel 13h ago

Yeah absolutely if it takes you forever to do it, then it's not skill it's just luck.