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Nice - first time I’ve seen a mechanism like this so some truly practical and applicable (at least in my world) knowledge has been shared. Thank you

🐟🐠😅right.. lol

Great video, thanks 👍

Mind you, I'm not a scientist, but a skeptic of them. This said: A 5 lb fiberglass pole can fling a man 3 feet higher than a metal one. When they switched to fiberglass the records were being broken so fast it was ridiculous. It seems there must be alot of power in a 6 lb pole to fling a 170 lb man that much higher. But I have a feeling if you did that experiment with a fiberglass pole vault pole THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN. The speed of the atlatl behind the dart and the pole vaulters weight perform the same function, keep energy efficiently directed in ONE direction (up for the vaulter, forward for the atlatl. In your way the energy is directed FROM THE CENTER of gravity in two directions: upward AND downward. If it were springing off the ground efficiently it wouldn't be so noisy. Furthermore, we can see it flexes quite energetically but goes 0 centimeters...doesn't that seem strange to you? I like this effort and maybe you're right. But it seems overly simplistic to me....

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing! A slow but easy method that was used in Greece in the past was to coppice the willow (or other wood) in the end of winter and keep it tied in bundles so that the tip and bottom of each stick always face on the same direction in the same bundle. Obviously the tip of the stick was never cut to length to clearly tell tip from bottom. Right before spring starts to set in (in South Greece this point in time is marked by the flowering of almond trees) the bundles are untied and each stick is planted in the ground as if to plant it for producing new plants. This was usually done in the south side of walls running roughly east to west for optimum sun exposure. Once the stick start to show signs of life (sap running through the bark) they are pulled out of the soil and debarked by a lengthwise split with a knife followed by hand-peeling.

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Pretty cool

Thank you for sharing this video and your experience. Were these fresh stems? I'm assuming that you didn't find it worthwhile to presoak the willow before hand. Do you think soaking would be necessary for sry stems? It looks like the tool was very effective for your set up.

Tanks!Your best 👍

Dude!!

Awesome way to carry darts! Definitely incorporating this method in my experimental archaeology class!

Good demonstration.

That was amazing to watch. Very insightful. Thanks for teaching me something!

Very nice. What materials were used to make this?

Whts it like shooting 4 ft darts

Pretty Cool!

These darts don’t appear to be thrown with much force or speed. Would it be reasonable to assume a more skilled thrower might make for a larger threat. Additionally, I’ve got some experience throwing English War Bow arrows and have found that I could get some pretty impressive speed out of them. I surmise that war darts for spear throwers might be more effective with shorter, lighter darts at point blank range like the video shows. Longer darts would obviously be needed for longer range throws. Though that would be difficult to test considering boffer tips are heavy.

Good technique, your darts are flying fast.

Almost a decade later this was very beneficial for me. Thanks.

The sticks could have been(rabbit sticks) throwing sticks. To hunt small game rather than using your larger hunting darts which could be over kill.

Did you actually nail it on your first try? Super impressive! 🙌 Have you tried spearing some fish?

I like the quik-haflting technique, it's quick and easy if your not building anything super substantial it should work fine.

I made this exact atlatl. I started yesterday and finished it today. I used the same materials and methods by watching the video. It turned out perfect. Great video, thank you!

Out of curiosity, if you were using an atlatl and a buckler as a skirmisher, how many darts do you think you could reasonably carry?

Hey man awesome build and throw!, I'm into paracord but I'm really at a loss as to how you tie the amentum and use it.

it would be very useful in that you're not fighting alone and having fewer darts whizzing past you and your friends is a good thing. also allows quicker recovery of darts to throw back

What type of bark strips did you use for wrapping around the wood base stick holding the stone gouge for making the end divot?

Great idea! Do the spliced ends still remain strong? Thanks for posting.

This reminds me of Dwight and mose schrute

I think atlatls are the ideal skirmishing weapon

I checked your channel on a whim and you are back! you have been missed.

I think this demonstration misses the principles of spring/mass/damper systems and power transfer. Tuning the mass of the atlatl to the individual characteristics of the user and the dart results in proper impedance match and maximum power transfer. In fact these tuning masses are commonly found and still used. The spring effect of the dart is just part of this overall system. The impulse speed (throw) is very important and ideally matches the resonant frequency of the dart and the user’s preferences for an optimum throw. This demonstration misses all that, but does show that common references to spring effect are probably way over simplified.

Primitive technology working it's bread magic!

I just love stone axes so much

Justin, great video! I just went and got some dowels and couplers. I found them at Lowe’s after a search. What about making a foreshaft out of a coupler and a piece of fiberglass rod? The 3/8” rod I have is a little small, but I was going to add some masking tape as a bushing to make it fit.

Thanks for sharing that! It's a great alternative to the metal willow brakes!

hey, cool video, could you please upload more videos on fingerloop making?

Larping just got more interesting

Good to see you back. Looking forward to the videos!

So basically you have poor aim, too poor to test the theory?

What is the length and weight of your atlatl

Great demo for sure!

Great demo for sure!

Are you gonna do a shield penetration test with stone points? That could slow the use of the shield a bit when it if full of darts😜

That’s good news!

It’s good to see you back. You were missed.

Hit to the balls was pure gold!))))

I wonder is surgical tubing would work better? How do you match it to the force a human has? Very interesting idea.

Nice channel I'm reviewing channels. Feel free to submit.

I’m looking forward to more!