Experimental Archaeology (OLD TOOLS/ATLATLS) with Angelo Robledo
Ologies with Alie Ward
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How to Throw a Stiff Spear With an Atlattel
Without the flecks if you try to throw up a stiff spear with an atlattel the spear would fishtail in the air because all the energy going into the rear of the dart needs to go somewhere. At lattle darts on the other hand flexes while you're throwing so right as you're about to throw the dart flexes storing that energy keeping the point straight on target and then that flex releases as you finish flicking the atlattle which causes it to flex in the air but stay on target the whole way. Lattle darts are thicker in the front than they are in the rear which means there's a taper usually from about half inch at the tip half inch
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