David Adamovich discovered a knack for knives when he was 50

Serendipity pointed David Adamovich toward knife-throwing. He was a pool hall owner when he says, "One night a customer came in with a throwing knife."

What David Adamovich discovered was that he has a natural talent for knife-throwing.

Nine months after a happenstance meeting with throwing knifes, says David Adamovich, "I was winning world championships." The Great Throwdini's first performing gig was in 2002

David Adamovich's partner and target, Lynn Wheat, stands perfectly still against a wooden throwing board in their Freeport home.

"I'm never afraid. It's exciting," says Lynn Wheat.

David Adamovich's knives are carved with the initials of The Great Throwdini.

Adamovich and Wheat met while she was the theater scene shop manager at Hofstra University.

"Throwdini Centrale" is the nickname for the third floor of their home, where the décor is best described as Contemporary Knives Out.

Diamond-headed and 14 inches long, the knives weigh 12 ounces each.

Throwdini's flesh-and-blood targets have taken minor mishaps in stride over the years. "I've never hit someone in the sense of impaling them, but I have scraped them on the arm or the leg," he said.

In one act, The Great Throwdini slices through a frilled straw held in his target's mouth.

The Great Throwdini and his target prepare to demonstrate blindfolded knife-throwing.