How important is flexibility in the thrower?
While I wait impatiently to stumble across somebody's lost Chuckit at the dog park, I thought I would just make something out of wood I have on hand. I have various throwaway bits I could use, but...
View ArticleAny throwers in Portland, Oregon?
I'm making my first atlatl now, using wood from a Liquid Amber (Liquidambar styraciflua) that I chopped off yesterday. It would be nice if I could meet up with somebody a bit more experienced, though....
View ArticleIt's just raining atlatls
So, yesterday I cut off a piece of Liquid Amber from one of our trees after spending some time trying to find the "perfect" branch with a usable spur and not having any luck. I got one without a spur...
View ArticleFirst atlatl (birch), pix
Okay, here is my birch atlatl, made from the wood I got two days ago:Here's another shot of it:I put some scrap leather on the handle and wrapped it in such a way that everything can be taken off...
View ArticleFirst atlatl
So this was originally a longer peice of wood that I was going to use for a bow , but as seeing the limb protruding, I decided to turn it into an atlatl... I made this sometime last year, and I have...
View ArticleMy first atlatl build
I started with a piece of Hickory I've had laying around for decades, I used a table saw, block plane, jack plane, a small set of hand chisles. I used Justin Garnett's method of using your own body...
View ArticleAtlatl-darts AJ ok ???
Hey I've done business with Atlatl-darts and they have always been on it, went through PayPal like always, have not herd from them , I've called and emailed, no response, anybody herd anything, hope...
View ArticleLatest atlatl deer kill
Reading about the latest atlatl deer harvest I got to thinking. http://www.wideopenspaces.com/15-poi...mitive-atlatl/ An arrow traditionally passes through the animal. Or at least embeds most of the...
View ArticleBig project this year: Practical Atlatlry of the Four Corners! Drawing on...
Hey everyone,As some of you know, for the last year I've been working on a book called Practical Atlatlry of the Four Corners: A Complete Guide to the Basketmaker Atlatl. It's a guidebook to making...
View Article15-point whitetail taken in Missouri
Sorry if this has been posted before.HUNTING NEWSMissouri Hunter Harvests 15-point Buck with Atlatl Spear-throwerBY: Daniel Xu + POSTED: 11/9/15Taking a trophy buck is always a thrill, but taking a...
View ArticleValley of Fire 2016! Let's Set the Dates!
Mario has spoken to the park rangers, and we have an open window to set our dates if we act fairly quickly (in the next month or so).Mario and I were discussing dates, and the following weekends...
View ArticleNew atlatl research, Experiments in Fending Atlatl Darts with Basketmaker...
Hey all,As some of you are aware, Devin and I have been working on a project looking at the efficacy of "Grooved Clubs" as "Fending Sticks". I recently presented a poster on our preliminary...
View ArticleSimple Magdalenien Style Atlatl
This is my try to make some kind of a magdalenien atlatl. For the upper part I recycled my first atlatl. I´ve got some nice pieces of deer antler and I´d like to make some atlatls from antler. But...
View ArticleFirst antler dart points
This are my first three antler points. It was the first time ever I worked with antler. The small one has only 3.5cm and I use that one as a charm for a friend. That is the second one I made. This...
View ArticleBanner pictures now linked to threads
We (the admins) have recently looked into what settings Yuku offers us for the banner pics of the forums. When we saw that one can add a link to the banners we though it might be a good idea to link...
View ArticleAnonymous Poll - Please Help Us Select The Date For the 2016 Valley of Fire...
There aren't as many people posting in the other thread I posted about this, so I thought we'd try a poll. Unfortunately, I was unable to merge the two topics into one thread and still retain it as a...
View ArticleIntroducing myself
I found this site about a week ago and have enjoyed reading all the posts. I started getting interested in Atlatls about three years ago. I haven't been able to find anyone around here talk to are ask...
View ArticleAny Southern Nevada Throwers?
I'm a Las Vegas native and huge atlatl/sling/primitive arts enthusiast and am looking for other locals with similar interests. It's been hard finding support here in Nevada which became a problem as...
View Article7 year old atlatl hunter gets deer.
Did any of you see this video yet? I was kind of blown away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rUuV5AJFZLk
View ArticleHelp
Dear Friends! After several years missing from here I am back and I need your help. There is a chance to for a small team in Bulgaria. For this reason I will ask you to give me a kickback and help me...
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