I have used this knife many, many, times and have been very happy with it. Oddly enough, I do not think I have used it as a thrower but once. The main use this knife gets is for yard work and heavy duty destruction when needed. I have used it to destroy and remove old rotten and sticky plant and tree stumps and root balls 'battoning' it with a eswing mason hammer. When we replaced our fence we tied to dig new holes for the posts. Every spot we dug we ended up hitting two generations of concrete from other, older, fences. We used this knife as a wedge to break out the old concrete by hitting it with a 10 lbs sledge (pretty stupid in retrospect). We beat the living tar (?) out of this knife. The spine of the blade took a beating and shows it with dings and dents. The edge and the tip, however, took absolutely zero damage and the coating is surprisingly intact. Needless to say, this knife would make a great hard use / emergency knife. It is thin / easy to pack and incredibly inexpensive.