Comments on: Model No. 1 Tru-Bal™ PROFESSIONAL Throwing Knife by Harry K. McEvoy

By: Ken Gary

Ken Gary — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:53:22 +0000

I’m not currently selling knives directly on this site. But please click on the order link at the top of the page for instructions on how you can order directly through mail.

By: Mythias

Mythias — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:29:07 +0000

I’m very interested in some throwing knives. Do I order through email or site. Plz let me know.

By: Derek Gladden

Derek Gladden — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:45:10 +0000

Sorry it took so long to respond, life got in the way a bit. I don’t know if the pictures will show up but here goes. These are a few quick photos and I hope to get some better ones in the daylight and with a real camera rather than my phone.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/BamaBowTie/034.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/BamaBowTie/031.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/BamaBowTie/033.jpg

By: Ken Gary

Ken Gary — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:57:41 +0000

I would love for you to send me a picture of these.

By: Derek Gladden

Derek Gladden — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:42:05 +0000

I have a set of two No. 1′s with a double sheath. They were given to me in 92 by a family friend. He said they belonged to his Uncle who was a knife thrower in the circus. They are a bit rough as they were used in his show and I of course being a kid, had to learn to through them. I was wondering what these would be worth? If you like I would be happy to send you some photo’s.

By: bkmann78

bkmann78 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:01:03 +0000

I have a Model No. 1 that I have been throwing as long as I can remember. It was my fathers since I honestly don’t know when. He and a fellow firefighter used to throw it and a No. 2 at the fire station when they weren’t running calls. My father taught me to throw with this knife and now I have taught my son how to throw with this knife, starting when he was 4 years old. He stuck it perfect on his third throw. I had a picture, that I since lost due to a crashed computer, with him standing next to it in the log end. It was twice as long as his chest was wide. I just taught my pregnant girlfriend how to throw with this knife and do still have video of that. If you contact me I will be happy to send the video to you to post. That knife is attached to some of my greatest memories in life, starting with my father, then my son and now my new child being part of it before it was even born.

By: John Lee

John Lee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:36:48 +0000

My first TruBal was a Model #1 back in 1979. I think I paid 21.00 for it. I was 15 years old.

My Dad and I threw if for countless hours. Dad passed away last year, but those hours, I’ll never forget . One day we lost #1 under a willow tree and only found it weeks later. Needless to say, it didn’t look so good. I sent it back to Mr. McEvoy and he did the best he could with it. It had new slabs and the finish was better than it was. I still have it, but it still won’t win any beauty contest.

I remember my dad sticking it our shed’s door. He threw it a good fifty feet once with one slow 1/4 turn. No joke. I wish he could have duplicated the throw and taught me how he did that. I saw Ralph Thorn throw like that just recently in a video. Dad was years ahead of his time and didn’t even know it.

I bought another #1 on an Ebay auction a few years back. I thought I’d replace my less than pretty one with a bright and shiney one. Know what? My original one, ugly as it might be, is still more dear to me than the mint condition one.

By: Ken Gary

Ken Gary — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:55:54 +0000

Steven,

Thanks for your interest in my Tru-Balance Model No. 1. Unfortunately that particular model is not for sale. That one is made by Harry McEvoy and I only have one in my collection. I am not parting with any of my knives that I collected in the early 1980′s that were made by Harry McEvoy.

However, I do have several more recent models made by his son Stephen D. McEvoy that are currently for sale on eBay, ending tomorrow I believe.

You can look at my auctions here:

http://stores.ebay.com/Ken-Gary-at-MyHomeSchool_Knives

Soon I will be selling these models on this web site too so please sign up on the home page to the web site updates to know when this is going to start happening.

Thanks,

Ken

By: Steven Dooley

Steven Dooley — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:58:41 +0000

Hello,
I’m interested in buying several of your Tru-Bal Professional Throwing Knife Model No. 1. Can you tell me how to purchase ?
Thanks….Steven