Guys, if your having bounce backs, set up a prop like Dark norseman there. The dogfather and scrapper 6 will go through that plywood in nothing flat, but it's a good starting medium to throw at. The trick is, to set something up like in the picture. The plywood will bend and absorb a lot of the impact if the knife hits flat. We used plywood set ups like this when i was a kid starting out throwing knives and it saved a lot of toes I'm sure. Only when we moved "up" to large logs did we start having serious bouce-backs.