hunting knife he has, and while reading, we assume it’s a general hunting knife as opposed to one specifically designed for skinning animals.
A survival knife is sturdy and often has a hollow grip with an O-ring seal to keep out water. Modern survival knives can be quite elaborate, containing a lot of equipment in the hollow grips: pommels for pounding, thin lines for fishing and making snares, plastic ties, barbed fish hooks, bandages, matches, and other items. It is most likely that the tributes competing in the Games use survival knives of varying types. These knives can be used to hack brush; cut wood; and kill, skin, and gut animals.
Survival knives are typically used in combat, for example, by the major military forces around the world. The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy issue KA-BAR knives 1 to all soldiers. It weighs about one pound, has a seven-inch blade, is made of steel, and has a leather-like or synthetic handle. As with all knives, the survival knife comes in many flavors, and it’s a fair guess that Clove has several of them.
A utility knife is a fancy way of saying “pocketknife” or “box cutter.” Along with several blades, it might contain pliers and other tools. Used when installing kitchens, carpets, and other home furnishings, and when opening cartons, it’s common in factories and warehouses.
A stockman’s knife is a fancy way of saying “switchblade.” This is a folding knife with at least three blades: a clip, a normal, and a spey.
An electrician’s knife is insulated to protect from electric shock. This would come in useful when Peeta thrusts his knife into the “invisible barrier” around the four-to-five o’clock wedge ( Catching Fire , 344).
A kukri is a fighting and utility knife with a deep curve.
A machete is larger than a knife and shorter than a sword, and it’s heavy so it can slash though brush.
A butterfly knife opens and closes as you spin it in your hand.
A dagger knife is short and used for stabbing rather than slicing meat.
A fillet knife is used with fish and ranges between one-half and one foot long.
A throwing knife can be almost any of the knives described above—if you’re desperate enough and only have a dagger, for example, you might want to throw it. But there are knives that people use specifically for throwing at targets. Typically, they’re made of one piece of steel and have no handles. The knife has a blade and a grip.
Throwing knives also come in other shapes such as stars, a staple of spy movies. But the knives thrown in the Hunger Games are probably survival knives and ordinary throwing knives.
The International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame opened in 2003 in Austin, Texas. An interesting tidbit is that the actual Hall of Fame building is four miles west of “Slaughter Lane.”
To determine the champions, events are held for adults, youth (twelve to fifteen years old), and juniors (eleven years and younger). These are the rules of the knife throwing event, as posted on the Web site of the Hall of Fame:
Throwers throw four rounds of three knives from each of five distances, for a total of 60 knives. Each round consists of three knives from a minimum distance of 2 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 3 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 4 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 5 meters; and three knives from a minimum distance of 6 meters.” 2
THROWING A SPEAR
Unfortunately for any Avox trying to run away from Capitol pursuers, spears are a likely form of death. Remember in The Hunger Games when Katniss tells Peeta about the time she and Gale watched a spear kill a boy from a hovercraft. The vile Capitol pursuers then hauled the dead body into the hovercraft via the cable attached to the spear ( The Hunger Games , 82).
Spears are also part of the Games themselves, and tributes can opt to learn how to throw a spear during the pre-game training. In fact, Katniss watches a boy from District 2
A survival knife is sturdy and often has a hollow grip with an O-ring seal to keep out water. Modern survival knives can be quite elaborate, containing a lot of equipment in the hollow grips: pommels for pounding, thin lines for fishing and making snares, plastic ties, barbed fish hooks, bandages, matches, and other items. It is most likely that the tributes competing in the Games use survival knives of varying types. These knives can be used to hack brush; cut wood; and kill, skin, and gut animals.
Survival knives are typically used in combat, for example, by the major military forces around the world. The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy issue KA-BAR knives 1 to all soldiers. It weighs about one pound, has a seven-inch blade, is made of steel, and has a leather-like or synthetic handle. As with all knives, the survival knife comes in many flavors, and it’s a fair guess that Clove has several of them.
A utility knife is a fancy way of saying “pocketknife” or “box cutter.” Along with several blades, it might contain pliers and other tools. Used when installing kitchens, carpets, and other home furnishings, and when opening cartons, it’s common in factories and warehouses.
A stockman’s knife is a fancy way of saying “switchblade.” This is a folding knife with at least three blades: a clip, a normal, and a spey.
An electrician’s knife is insulated to protect from electric shock. This would come in useful when Peeta thrusts his knife into the “invisible barrier” around the four-to-five o’clock wedge ( Catching Fire , 344).
A kukri is a fighting and utility knife with a deep curve.
A machete is larger than a knife and shorter than a sword, and it’s heavy so it can slash though brush.
A butterfly knife opens and closes as you spin it in your hand.
A dagger knife is short and used for stabbing rather than slicing meat.
A fillet knife is used with fish and ranges between one-half and one foot long.
A throwing knife can be almost any of the knives described above—if you’re desperate enough and only have a dagger, for example, you might want to throw it. But there are knives that people use specifically for throwing at targets. Typically, they’re made of one piece of steel and have no handles. The knife has a blade and a grip.
Throwing knives also come in other shapes such as stars, a staple of spy movies. But the knives thrown in the Hunger Games are probably survival knives and ordinary throwing knives.
The International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame opened in 2003 in Austin, Texas. An interesting tidbit is that the actual Hall of Fame building is four miles west of “Slaughter Lane.”
To determine the champions, events are held for adults, youth (twelve to fifteen years old), and juniors (eleven years and younger). These are the rules of the knife throwing event, as posted on the Web site of the Hall of Fame:
Throwers throw four rounds of three knives from each of five distances, for a total of 60 knives. Each round consists of three knives from a minimum distance of 2 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 3 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 4 meters; three knives from a minimum distance of 5 meters; and three knives from a minimum distance of 6 meters.” 2
THROWING A SPEAR
Unfortunately for any Avox trying to run away from Capitol pursuers, spears are a likely form of death. Remember in The Hunger Games when Katniss tells Peeta about the time she and Gale watched a spear kill a boy from a hovercraft. The vile Capitol pursuers then hauled the dead body into the hovercraft via the cable attached to the spear ( The Hunger Games , 82).
Spears are also part of the Games themselves, and tributes can opt to learn how to throw a spear during the pre-game training. In fact, Katniss watches a boy from District 2
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