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Quiver friendly Atlatl darts ( pics added)

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Josh B:
I came up with a takedown dart that works pretty good for me and fits in my quiver with my arrows.  Basically its a 3 foot piece of cane with a big end of about 7/16" and a 3 foot wooden foreshaft of approx. the same diameter with a long tenon cut that is slightly bigger than the ID of the cane.  I'm talking a few thousandths of an inch, just enough that it fits tight with out splitting the cane.  Ideally you want to have a node within 3 or 4 inches of the end of the cane that you will slip the foreshaft into so that it butts up against the node inside as well as the shoulder of your tenon cut.  Sinew wrap the cane for a couple inches to reinforce the socket but do not glue the foreshaft in as you would an arrow.  That way the dart can be taken apart and put into your quiver.  You will want to put indexing marks on the cane and foreshaft so that you can put them back together true.  If you make several of them, mark each dart assy. different so you will know which foreshaft goes with which cane.  Think of it as a really thick arrow with an extremely long foreshaft.  The wooden foreshaft gives the dart a very serious FOC balance.  I've mostly used ash for my foreshafts but I would Imagine any wood suitable for arrow shafting would work.  Fletch, tip and nock as you would a regular dart. Give it a try and let me know how it works for you.
Josh

mullet:
Got a picture? ::)

Josh B:
I'm on the road, so all I have with me is a camera phone right now.  Father's Day weekend I will post some pictures of what I'm talking about.  I have to post some better pictures of my bow anyway.
Josh

mullet:
Cool, looking forward to seeing them.

M-P:
Hi,  I've made some aluminum taketowns to carry in my quiver.   It's extremely nice to have a dart and atlatl along whenever I take my bow out.  I'll have to try a more primitive takedown as well.    Ron

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