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Atlatl build

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madcrow:
Wally, be morew specific on the woormera.  I went to the NPAA websit and they have 17 different styles for it. 

longfletch:
madcrow, the woomera is basically the same thing as the atlatl, it was the Aussi abo swiss army knife, they mostly had a long dished out leaf shape to them, they were spear throwers/club/eating bowl/fire board. you could spear a lizard, run over knock em in the head with it, start a fire and serve it up on your woomera ;D  they vary quit a bit, each abos had their own preferace, but most were siimilar.

bryan

wally:
As longfletch said there were different styles for different tribes. I'm out shooting this weekend but will post pictures of 2 types I have made. The aborigines lived in some very harsh climates and the dished out long bowl type was used in Western Australia, where I lived and worked in the goldmines for 12 years. All woomeras as Longfletch said were a versatile weapon. True nomads like the Aborigines in Western Australia did not carry much as they walked across the arid land. The dished woomera was used in this side of Australia and could double up as a moisture carrier. When they found water the soaked vegetable matter in it and pack it in the dish. Also useful as a club and eating bowl.
They work well but I prefer the longer simple straight type copied from one from Queensland. The hook is held on with spinifex gum which they made from the spinifex, a very tough, grass like plant which grows even in the desert land.

GlassKnapper:
WOW, you guys make it hard not to learn somethin new. Didnt get to finish my new chucker this weekend, amazingly i couldnt find any free time while camping?  ;)

wally:
Here are some photo of atlatl's I've made. I'm no artisan but, interested in primitive life, I fiddle around. The black bison head is made from a cow hoove on hawthorn (actually from half a limb of bow that broke in tiller).
    The long one on the deer hide is a copy of a woomera from Eastern Australia and I love to use that one.
My dish shaped woomera I can't find at the moment 'cos the missus decided to tidy my shed!
The others are from odd bits of yew, small old bits of which are great looking for carving.
The feather/beak one is a fun piece that was meant to be eagle beak but not many dead eagles around here (London) so I found a dead sea gull which I used. The feathers are magpie which I like the look of.

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