How to Make Wood Atlatl Spears (Darts)

This video will cover all the points needed to craft hardwood atlatl spears. There are many other HuntPrimitive videos dedicated to these individual aspects. This video curates the more important points to help you on your build.
If you love the atlatl and would like to learn and enjoy my book, The Secrets & Science of the Atlatl, you can find it at this link. gillsprimitive...

[@entrepreneursfinest]

Just ordered your 3 book bundle plus 1. Really appreciate your years of devotion to learning your craft and then sharing it with the rest of us!

[@oldscout7]

What a labor of love, Ryan...THANK YOU for all the great and ENTHUSIASTIC work you put into making these videos for us! I just LOVE 'em! I have learned SO MUCH!

[@roddecker1900]

Like the primitive skill topic. If I had space to keep some of this stuff I would put hands on

[@robertmclean9737]

Made a fletching jig to fletch darts with made it for about ten bucks and scrap wood. Clamp is kinda crude but it works. Can do helical or straight.

[@jill-ti7oe]

Good stuff, I'm inspired, TY. 👍

[@TheLonghunterBowyer]

Great video man

[@RickyCornett]

Great vid. Would really appreciate a video on troubleshooting river cane arrows. Just a idea.

[@nomadicneanderthal1377]

Hey Ryan...ive been wondering if youre going to do a hunt primitive tribal gathering again?
Thanks man for another awesome video, really appreciate your hard work.

[@maleindividual7437]

I love the splicing for a harder foreshaft, its not easily removable obviously but it does allow me to use coppiced hazel for the bulk of the shaft then a much harder firehardened point, i really like rowan or if i can get it large enough to split down, dogwood, both throughly firehardened and while its hot rub it with some pitch, the ground is wet most of the time by me so it really helps the dart last much longer with the first 15 or so inch being water resistant and hard

[@fishmaniachannel]

Great👌❤️

[@Colton1776]

Sick!!

[@janrobertbos]

...thanks Ryan!!!😀

[@DuaneRogers-sh2sl]

If I was going to drill out the socket will modern drill bit I'd use a small step drill bit

[@dgriswold93]

What do you think about just putting the end of the foreshaft in your mouth to moisten it and get a nice tight fit into the end of the spear? Usually works for me.

[@johnswoodgadgets9819]

What species of bamboo do you use? I don't have access to native river cane, but I do have non-native bamboo. The trouble is that the bamboo I have hardly flexes at all when it is dry. It makes great bow backing, but arrows or darts, not so much. It is so stiff the dart doesn't 'swim' so it loses a lot of force as the dart tries to stabilize to the fletches only. For now, I have given up on it unless you know of some way to treat it so that it can be used.

[@mattiasandersson2315]

Does the measurements apply to hardwood too? Here in Sweden we don't have bamboo or cane/hollow woods/grass.

[@sakukoistinen]

It's Look like a na'vi Arrow

[@sakukoistinen]

Can you do avatar bow and arrow

[@Bittu163]

How to hunt boar with spear only no dog

[@mahakalaeliluminado7675]

Old is cool