Dwarven Axe-thrower... how?

[Klaus]

Of course, 4e is still much better than 3.5 core at building this dream character - right?

In 3.5 you'd have been stuck with dex as a throwing stat, and that's that - no way around it.

Brutal Throw (iirc, Complete Adventurer or PHB2): Str instead of Dex for thrown weapons.