Ninja Throwing Star

When I was a kid, I suffered many trips to the Army Navy Store with my Dad to buy hunting and camping gear. I say suffer because while the store was loaded with cool tank periscopes, throwing stars, knives, and camo I was never allowed to buy any of it. We were there for camp stoves and boring wool blankets.

So today I had to shop at the very same Surplus Store for some foam rubber. Throwing stars were $8 and my dad wasn't there so I stocked up. I wonder if I can find a Shogun Warrior Mazinga too?

Oh the memories... there was a small Army Navy store in the old flea market I used to go to... and the owner had no problem selling throwing stars to 12 year old Snake-Eyes wannabes... Of course, I lost them all killing imaginary Cobras...

I had a throwing star when I was 14, the first time i threw it I cut the E36 M3 out of my hand....

Ever seen the South Park where the kids buy "ninja weapons" at the fair?

First it was all like...

And Kenney was like...

Then it was all...

LET'S FIGHTING LOVE!

In real life will they really go right through a person?

For some reason I have a throwing star hanging on my peg board. There is a flea market quality tomahawk and an old meat hook hanging there as well. So, I'm covered if I am attacked by ninja, french colonists or cattle.

Statistics show that homeowners are more likely to kill themselves than an attacking ninja with a throwing star.

Otto Maddox wrote: Statistics show that homeowners are more likely to kill themselves than an attacking ninja with a throwing star.

Phooey on those statistics. Ninja make it look like you killed yourself when really - they attacked.... with... throwing stars.

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This place was in philly, I went there when I was a kid and AWESOMNESS happened.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Otto Maddox wrote: Statistics show that homeowners are more likely to kill themselves than an attacking ninja with a throwing star.

Phooey on those statistics. Ninja make it look like you killed yourself when really - they attacked.... with... throwing stars.

And then they replaced the throwing stars with kitchen knives to make it look like you offed yourself.

I used to have an ice tray that made shuriken ice cubes, given to me by an anime geek friend of mine. I can't look it up here at work since it will probably block it (they already blocked my paintball websites...).

Xceler8x wrote: Ever seen the South Park where the kids buy "ninja weapons" at the fair? First it was all like... And Kenney was like... Then it was all... LET'S FIGHTING LOVE!

LMFAO!!!

So much win in this single post... Oh God, still laughing!

Just awesome.

Ahh, yes. "Good Times With Weapons." One of my favorite South Park episodes!

Otto Maddox wrote: Statistics show that homeowners are more likely to kill themselves than an attacking ninja with a throwing star.

SAY WHAAAAAA!?

In reply to poopshovel:

That's just homeowners. Renters are apparently far more saavy with their ninja weapons.

I used to make my own when I was a kid. I'd lay some nails in a circle on a piece of glass, use hot-melt glue to form a blob in the center, then when it cooled I'd flip it over & glue the other side. They worked surprisingly well since they were pointy & had some mass.

I also learned to make a dart gun with some conduit, nails, paper & tape from a Charles Bronson movie. I was about 7 at the time.

Conquest351 wrote: LMFAO!!! So much win in this single post... Oh God, still laughing! Just awesome.

RexSeven wrote: Ahh, yes. "Good Times With Weapons." One of my favorite South Park episodes!

I love that episode too. I had to pay it proper respeck. Thanks for the lols.

Anyone know if Kum's Fashions is still in Athens, Ga.? They sold Chuck Taylors as well as throwing stars. Ah, good times.

petegossett wrote: I used to make my own when I was a kid. I'd lay some nails in a circle on a piece of glass, use hot-melt glue to form a blob in the center, then when it cooled I'd flip it over & glue the other side. They worked surprisingly well since they were pointy & had some mass. I also learned to make a dart gun with some conduit, nails, paper & tape from a Charles Bronson movie. I was about 7 at the time.

My home made star recipe uses 4 utility knife blades plus tape. I used masking tape since I wasn't old enough for duct tape.

Align the blades in pairs and tape the short edges together. Then overlap the pairs 90 degrees offset and use more tape. They are very sharp and fly very straight.

I made a blow gun from instructions in Mother Earth News (I think). Conduit, milk jug, plumb bob and finishing nails. Heat the milk jug and use the plumb bob to make "dimples" in the plastic then cut the dimples out and insert the nails. The plastic dimples are the fins for the darts.

Surprisingly accurate when using a 4' length of conduit and would stick 1/4" into hard wood from 10-15 feet away.

One of the many wonders of youth is having no concept of consequences. Thankfully, my play killin' didn't lead to any bad endings.

In reply to Xceler8x:

You made me snortle...

forget throwing stars, I want Nunchucks!

A buddy of mine made a couple of these in HS and they were cool.

A few years later still stuffed in his leather jacket, stopped by the Police for a different reason, searched - WHAM! Court Date for Pocession of a Prohibited Weapon!

We used to make our own throwing stars out of 4x #11 X-acto blades, a penny, and a soldering iron. Kind of lightweight, but they'd stick in berkeleying anything. Concrete, wood, your hand, whatever.

I also learned how to throw these so they would stick in the wall from 10-15 feet away:

Anyone make blow guns out of a soda straw, pencil eraser, small square of paper, and a needle? We used to make them in class all the time when I was in school and stick them into the ceiling.

Ian F wrote: Oh the memories... there was a small Army Navy store in the old flea market I used to go to... and the owner had no problem selling throwing stars to 12 year old Snake-Eyes wannabes... Of course, I lost them all killing imaginary Cobras...

+1. The flea market was the lick! When I was 11 or 12, I walked in with a $20 bill, and walked out with a , no-name BC Rich copy guitar and back-pocket carefully filled with throwing stars. Good times. The Army-Navy store at the flea market wouldn't sell that stuff to kids, but there was an old creepy dude who would. It took my Mom almost a year to figure out where all those tiny holes in the walls of the garage were coming from.

Throwing stars don't kill people. People kill people.