Having thrown knives, axes, and spears (former SCA'er), most throwing (or even throwable knives) are pretty lightweight. They have to hit a soft area to do major damage. If there is enough mass behind a thrown blade to penetrate flesh, muscle, and bone to actually crack a bone or slice through it...it probably is not throwable. Some of the stuff you see in movies, like swords and other large blades getting thrown are not very realistic (yes I know it is fantasy). Throwing knives are usually smaller leaf blades that are balanced for throwing so that as the spin hilt over blade, and the thrower uses that spin so that the blade hits just as the point is starting the downward cycle...which is why knife throwing takes a lot of skill and practice (I sucked at knife throwing...but give me an axe and watch out hehehe). It's not a straight throw like a spear as over the distance of the throw, the blade would start to tumble on its own in an uncontrolled fashion and probably hit flat, unless the blade had fins like a dart....
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