Gil Hibben Black Triple Pro Throwing Knife Set – Three Knives in Set, Black Oxide Coating, Perfectly Balanced, Nylon Sheath – Throw Like a Master with this Professional Set - 8 1/2" Overall Each

I chose to order three sets of these because I have had this brand and design before in shinny stainless. I have ordered several sets from SMKW in the past. I like the weight and feel of this design. The small version is also fun to throw but the weight has some penatration limits. The cord grips hold up pretty good unless you stack the knives up on the target too many times. I like to throw in threes, mostly half throws, and sometime I clip the cord. Considering my many throws the cords hold up very well. I have never had the black set. I liked the way they looked and hoped they were as good quality as the old ones I still have. The Price wasn't bad either. I have thrown knives for over fifty years and have used many types. I like the cost, quality, weight, size, combanition of these sets so when I wear these out I will order more just like this set if they are still around or if I'm still around since they hold up so well. There are a few knives out there that are better yes and many other designs that I have tried but over all I prefure these.The sheaths of these sets are not as nice as my older sets. They still look and function well though.When I ordered these knife sets I watched the cost calculator on the right side of the Amazon page and the shipping cost was the same for three sets as it was for one set. After I ordered and got my confirmation I saw that I had been charged for three shippings. This is not the first time I have noticed this. This is very much like a bait and switch so watch your shipping charges.The company that I ordered these from (Sherry's Weapons, Plus More) did not have the knives on hand and I had to wait while they got them. They did keep me informed and I recieved the knives in good shape. Since I was not in a hurry this was not a problem.Very happy with my purchase.

I have been throwing Gil Hibben knives for over 30 years. These make me feel young again. I'm impressed by the quality. Most knives I grew up carrying are better than their modern counterparts. 5 stars.

I like the weight for distances from 5-20 feet. If I had the skill to hit the target at 20 :-) I like the durable one piece metal and black coating.The handle is corded. The cord will unravel after a few uses. It can be removed. Overall great value. This is my second set.

These were the first throwing knives I ever bought and of course, I am a beginner [...]. What I like about these knives is that they are small enough to go unoticed on your hip (even if you re-wrapped the handles in neon pink mason line like I did) yet heavy enough to stick with force. This has allowed me to throw them overhand using all my strength, like a "fast ball", without any spin. I imagine this style of throwing (no spin) is superior to throwing with spin since you can forgo worrying about range. Simply throw straight and whatever the knife hits it will hit tip first.Good tool steel although it has a distinct grain making sharpening a chore. Throwing knives aren't supposed to be edge sharp but I use these as actual utilitarian cutting knives as well. Of course, when one knife is hit by another one thrown, the flimsy handle wrapping will be cut right off. I decided to re-wrap with a high visibility neon colored mason line because it is very tough and easy to find when a knife bounces off the target in grass or whatever. I also re-wrapped because without some type of covering the handles are very angular and uncomfortable to the hand (un-rounded edges).Good knives that will go un-noticed yet pack a punch. Cheap enough not to stress about losing one or two. I've actually talked to police officers who had to be alerted that I actually had them on my hip, they are that hard to see while open carried.

Solid knives, they've got a good weight to them and they are perfect beginner knives. lots of fun to throw. The wraps on the handles gets chewed up pretty fast, but that's just cuz they hit my target funky or hit the ground real hard. I'll re-wrap them with some para-cord eventually. But these are great knives, they have hit the concrete dozens of times and haven't chipped the tips off yet. I've been throwing them at a homemade 2x6 target in my garage.

Tips bent during about 4 sets of straight throws at a piece of 3 8th in. wet plywood target with no hard backing! Also have tendency to rotate in flight on straight throws so sharpened blade side is up going into target! Front to back balancing is good! Great for practicing with cardboard box target!

Took that little twine wrap off the handles straight out the box, cleaned off the residue from some double sided tape to help the string stay on. I'm not an expert just learning and trying out different style knives.They feel good, weight is nice, and stick real good. They are really sharp so if your not watching you will get cut unless you dull it.I like them so far.EDIT----Did bend a tip today, but what happened would of broke another knife. One landed in full sideways somehow and next throw centeted the wide part of the sideways knife for a perfect straight on stick.This was no defect or bad production as I said it would of broke the tip on most cheap knives. So these are good knives just might have to use hammers and files to straighten them back out after a bad throw.Will order more later. They throw great!

Within half a dozen throws, at soft wood, or hitting the dirt once or twice, the tip of one of the knives bent. I can only imagine it will happen to the others. In addition the return request is only fulfilled through Fedex, which means i have to wait for a return slip to come in the mail, which according to them takes 7-10 days, and I then have to go to a FedEx location physically to have it mailed, and then wait for it to get there, and then wait another 2 weeks for the refund. All in all we are talking about a month or so to return and get a refund for their subpar product that bent almost immediately.