I have the carbon V thrower and it was my favorite hard use knife until I got my SS4. Ranger makes a thrower that has had good reviews as well. CS does not make their throwers out of Carbon V anymore. The 1055 they do use is good stuff but not the great deal the Carbon V was especially as all the other carbon V knives were about 5 times the price of the thrower. You are pretty much stuck with a cord wrapped handle as every other handle will break if you throw it. I have thrown my SS4 but when it hit handle first it bounced like a superball and nearly took my eye out.