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Offline part Cherokee

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Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« on: November 05, 2009, 10:04:00 am »
Hey guys,
 I was wondering if there has ever been any atlatl darts found with the two fletch design.
I know only a few specimans have been found and they were out west i think. ive seen those and they were the 3 fletch.
Has anyone ever heard of a eastern atlatl dart that exists with the 2 fletch design?
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Offline square shooter

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Re: Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2009, 02:49:11 pm »
From Square shooter. I haven't seen a two fletched atlatl, but the spear I made has two, compared to three
Fletches. Manards sells or used to sell a rod with a ball on top, made of aprox 3/4" steel tube.
It has a base made of a tube with four fins, designed, I suspect, to be driven into the ground. Now when I saw the base, I thought "spear trade head !¡" Sharpening each fin and mounting on a specially
painted up hickory sapling with feather fletching builds a spear to use with an atlatl.

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Re: Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2009, 09:26:04 pm »
I don't know for sure, not many atlatl darts found, especially in the humid Southeast. I would suspect that they were fletched in different styles, like arrows. The two-fletched style of arrow was prevelant over a wide chunk of the continent, so it must have been pretty old in origin. I fletch most of my atlatl darts with a two-fletch.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2009, 11:53:04 pm »
I have a Barry McCall atlatl dart the is two fletch!   ;D
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Re: Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 10:24:12 am »
Ok but nobody knows of an existing atlatl dart that has 2 fletch?
It would stand to reason that this type of fletch would be handed down from the atlatl dart if the 2 fletch style is that old.
Hmmmm just curious.
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Re: Were atatl darts 2 fletch too?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 10:16:01 pm »
here are some of mine and i sometimes just use a single feather tied on!
try it...as all you need is something slowing the rear of the dart down so it does not surpass the tip!


click on link below to see how the 2 fletch fly...
http://www.youtube.com/user/michbowguy#p/f/0/kGGlzNFneAs
« Last Edit: February 17, 2010, 10:19:17 pm by michbowguy »