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Show Your Atlatl here. We have bow thread, knife thread, axe,saw etc etc so i thought we should have atlatl thread.
 
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Here's a few I have made over the years:
Three Basketmakers
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My version of an Indian Knolls
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Three Great Basins
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For me the Atlatl isn't the hard thing to make, it's the darts that are tough. I'd like to see more on dart making here.

I don't currently have an Atlatl to show off but I'm planning on making one this spring, all the more reason to look further into dart making. I have considered buying arrow making supplies but don't know if I can get a shaft long enough.
 
zammer said:
Clovis, are they called basketmakers because of the style or is that a name you gave them, approx how long to make a workable Atlatl?
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That would be the name of the culture of NA that created them more specifically pre-Anazazi, or Pueblo in Arizona, as to the length that comes down to personal preference most of mine are 24'' give or take a 1/8th
 
Love the pics guys, I was thinking of buying an Atlatl from Bob Perkins, though was wondering if a hand-made one would be even better.
 
Punos_Rey said:
Love the pics guys, I was thinking of buying an Atlatl from Bob Perkins, though was wondering if a hand-made one would be even better.
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Look around some MORE there are many more makers, that create them by hand not mass produced garbage. I can say that cause I was sucked in to buying one of his first, afterwards I started studying archeological records and began making them for myself and occasionally others. Trust me look around....PM me if you want the whole story.
 
Clovishunter said:
Look around some MORE there are many more makers, that create them by hand not mass produced garbage. I can say that cause I was sucked in to buying one of his first, afterwards I started studying archeological records and began making them for myself and occasionally others. Trust me look around....PM me if you want the whole story.
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What gives you the opinion that Perkins machines his?

Sounds like you have a personal agenda with this. You a member of the WAA?

If so this explains you bias. The same can be said about Thunderbird as well
It is funny that the 3 you said you made are exactly like the one Perkins makes right down to the leather and bannerstone

Mine is 10 yrs old and has been used in 100 isacs
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wisconsinwalter said:
What gives you the opinion that Perkins machines his?

Sounds like you have a personal agenda with this. You a member of the WAA?

If so this explains you bias. The same can be said about Thunderbird as well
It is funny that the 3 you said you made are exactly like the one Perkins makes right down to the leather and bannerstone

Mine is 10 yrs old and has been used in 100 isacs
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Hmm I'm having trouble reading the flavor of you post as to whether or not you're a friend of Mr. Perkins or not but no matter, I'll roll with it......

Am I a member of the WAA "yes I am" and throw usually 30 competitive ISAC's a year not counting the hundreds of practice flights. Why do you believe this would cause my bias? That has nothing to do with the manufacture of a product.

If you claim that being a member of that organization causes my bias that may infer that "you" yourself may in fact have bias towards them?

I'll revisit this.........

You bring in Thunderbird Atlatl "Did I?" I did not promote anyone else I merely stated to "Look around before you buy" And When asking if I had a personnal agenda? Well I guess I take exception to making a purchase of something that is advertised as using real antler, and stone, and then recieving something which is plastic and resin then "Yes" I do.

You ask "What makes you so sure he machines his?" Quite obviously starting with the shaft itself it's a turned down wooden dowl, followed by a injection molded atlatl weight which does little nothing than add an ornamental look to the Atlatl. Wanna know how I know, it's injection molded cause it still has the flashing on the injection spots from the mold and you can see the mold is old and he needs a new one.

Lastly the antler spur or hook as some call it is not antler at all but a plastic resin imitation.

You make jest at the 3 I made and say they are exact to Perkins'..Actually no they are not, I have in fact use actual antler from the whitetail I harvested, and the weight is carved from Georgia soapstone and actually functions as it's suppose to as a counter weight or shock absorber which ever theory you wish to apply. Mine are 7/8 of an inch in width all the way to the end, The "warrior atlatl is 5/8 and tapers to 1/2 an inch, wanna know how I know that in case you still haven't figured it out I own one, is that plain enough for you? Mine are crafted by hand so you see they in fact are not the same.

Sir do you actually think that the "warrior atlatl" was a product of someones mind before checking the archeological record and then creating something for sale?

I am not in business to sell I make for myself and friends and use my own in competion.

Alas, now I digress. Your assumption of me having bias because I belong to an organization is at best very uneducated and very judgemental. Who are you to judge sir?

You should actually go to Thuds Cave and look at all the atlatl plans folks have put on there for others to build including the warrior atlatl amongst others of "Archeological record".
If you bothered to read the Peabody Museum report of the basketmaker caves of Arizona more to the point the "White Dog Cave" report the atlatls there have all the dimensions as well as the materials used to make them.

In your post you make note of the "bannerstone" Sir, by that very statement you clearly have no knowledge of the "Bannerstone" or "Atlatl Weight" and don't know the difference between the two. May I suggest google it can help.

My bias comes from the inferior product I purchased and the fact that it took him 15 minutes to charge my credit card, and then 9 months to recieve the inferior product only after starting legal action against said product company period.

Lastly in closing, Please sir Don't ever presume to think you know me or my thoughts.....
 
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my atlatle darts are made from a gigantia gathered near camp lejeune. stems gathered fall green stored tightly in a pvc tube till brown then grind nodes down to gentile lumps. forward end 3/8"-1/2" length 5-6'. fletching split bamboo once for aprox 6" sinew tieat forward end of split fit either a center area goose tail feather or a 4" section of center area turkey tail feather, tie behind w sinew to re-solidify the socket end.

post script if there is anyone in the south east coastal region with access to a. gigantia or tecta i could sure use some more shafting material
 
Good call FriarTuck. The dart is the hard part. They have be spined just like an arrow. In fact the flight is just like an arrow, since the darts are also being pushed from the back. Same as archers paradox, only bigger swings and arches.

Look at Primitive Technology website for links. Atlatl Bob has good info out there too.
 
This is mine, plain jane works wonders

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