birth_place name known_for residence article_title birth_name
baton rouge , louisiana jack dagger knife throwing los angeles , california jack dagger
 todd abrams
jack dagger

jack dagger , born as todd abrams , is a knife throwing and primitive weapons expert .
he grew up in baton rouge , louisiana where he started practicing knife and axe throwing from a young age .
as he became an expert , dagger organized the baton rouge knife and axe throwers club .
his first television commercial was in 1995 , which featured him throwing a tomahawk at a louisiana-shaped target for a local political campaign ad .
dagger moved to los angeles in 2003 , where he met michael j. bainton , current executive director of the international knife throwing hall of fame .
bainton guided dagger to practice further , perfecting his technique .
since then , dagger has performed in over a thousand shows , as well as made several television appearances .
he also organized the la daggers .
dagger has won several world championships , and has been recognized by the international knife throwers hall of fame .
some of the tricks he has performed or designed are the knife catch , the tomahawk catch , the unicorn catch , and the jack knife -- cucumber slice , which he performed in 2009 on `` the tonight show with conan o'brien '' .
he has also received the national knife throwing entertainer of the year award three times .
dagger also works as an adviser and tutor to artists .
he has worked with david boreanaz -lrb- from `` angel '' -rrb- and adam sandler -lrb- from `` you do n't mess with the zohan '' -rrb- .
dagger has been a recurring trainer in history channel 's marksmen competition show , `` top shot '' .
dagger has trained the contestants in the use of throwing knives , slingshots , tomahawks , blowguns , and atlatls .
