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Winged atlatl replica - my first!
Gus:
WOW!
That is Bleeping Awesome in appearance!
And its beautiful too!
:)
-gus
Dazv:
Man that thing looks great.
bowtarist:
8) great job, dpgratz
swamp monkey:
I re-read a couple of articles by Bob Perkins and found a new article showing the Indian knoll atlatls in context. The Indian Knoll sites were the most convincing. The spur handle and bannerstones were all in place with a dark stain where the shaft and sinew had rotted away. The space between all three looks less like my Bison Stalker and more like the Elk Annihilator (winged atlatl ver. 2.0 thread). Perkins indicates that weighted atlatls need to be shorter. Based on archeological findings as well as comparisons on which ones feel more comfortable, I tend to agree. However, I'm wound tight with the notion of doing some experiments for myself. I will report back later.
swamp monkey:
My son and a classmate did a science fair project using this atlatl and one that was similar but without a bannerstone. Below are the stats. I know this is not hard core science that will settle any arguments but it makes me want to do some more experimentation. The atlatl with no banner stone weighed 220 grams and the atlatl with a bannerstone weighed 440 grams.
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