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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:40 PM Original message |
Who here has thrown a spear with an atlatl or woomera? (pix heavy) |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. no but I know what they are |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've tried |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. i was better at accuracy than distance, great time |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I pretty much sucked at distance too |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tried. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. The guy in my group who was the most accurate, |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Heh...so wading in water does pay off. :^) |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wonder how it would work with a "T" handle? nt |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. you mean to hold your hand in place on the atlatl ? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah. So that when you hold it the |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. i don't know enough about throwing it, having only done it one time |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The ones used by the Anazi had a little hook |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. those were the ones i used, ingenious |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I would look at the replica the archaeological center made |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow - you could take out a Wooly Rhino or Mastedon with one of those! |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Recommended, |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. MANY times! |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. excellent, thank you |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. That sounds like fun |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Check here |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. only in a previous lifetime |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. . |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, I sucked. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nothing Easy About An Atlatl. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. back in my SCA days... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. SCA ? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Society for Creative Anachronisms |
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