I bought three of these Indian-made kukris from BudK several years ago, not long after I got into knife throwing. I bought three thinking they'd be good throwers at $20 a pop, but only recently tried throwing one. It's incredibly fun, but with a low hardness, the blade's spine could be susceptible to bending. Because of the torsion that can occur when a knife hits a target even slightly off the center line, I thought a kukri might be perfect for throwing, but in this case the spine simply may have been too soft. I haven't been able to capture it in a picture yet, but this kukri now has an ever so slight bend in the spine that occurred after one particularly off-center-line throw. Bummer. However, for the moment at least, this has become my designated throwing kukri -- & it's incredibly satisfying to hit that target! And I have two back-ups should this kukri become too warped to throw.