When I was a kid I thought they were called "jarts" for some reason. Around the same time, I once opened the lounge room door of a house I was visiting, and was greeted by a dart in my cheek. There was a dart board on the back of the door. Missed my eye, but not by a lot.
Awesome, kids today don’t know what they are missing out on. I loved spending half a day in A&E after cutting my thumb down to the bone with my dads hacksaw 😂🇬🇧🌈
In the '80s, the boy across the street taught us a way to make smaller darts. Materials: a pencil with a ferule with plenty of eraser still in it; a nail (I suppose it was a 3d or 4d nail); and the filter from a cigarette butt (plenty of those in the street gutter, no thanks to littering smokers). Carefully work the wood of the pencil out of the ferule. Set aside the wood bit. Holding the ferule so that it's like a tiny metal cup, with the eraser at the bottom, push the point of the nail down into the ferule and through the center of the eraser-all the way, so that the head of the nail is flush with the part of the eraser that used to be in contact with the top of the pencil. Next, work one end of the filter down into the ferule; fan the protruding part of the filter, so that it's like fletching. Now go wash the awful tobacco stink off your fingers, and then use the pencil to keep score. Here's to the wish that your kids will grow up with no cigarette butts around to be found.
I like how in the thumbnail picture he looks like he’s not too sure about teaching kids this one lol Though more than the weapon aspect I think I’d be worried about kids who got a saw of some kind but no access to a vice.
Hacksaw, nails, hammer and darts. There was a time we raised kids to become Men. Maybe they would grow up without a finger or two....who cares....but they would be MEN!!!
I don't actually see your point. My young nephews and nieces have no problem doing stuff like this, with these sorts of tools. With supervision, which these guys always advise.
This channel is absolute gold.
Thanks - please spread the word - Rob
I think I was 6 or 7 when a friend of mine made something like this for me. It was the coolest thing I've ever seen.
The world before health and safety was a fun place to live in.
Yeah, making darts is something parents would have a heart attack about....much safer to give em a phone huh?😊
“What do you do for a board? Well, it’s not that hard”
Anyone who had a big brother found out the answer to that in a painful way!
These remind me of French darts.... 10x bigger with a notch in and some string
Thank you for posting!! I love this show!!😄
They worked well. Nice job. 👍
Best channel on TH-cam 💥
When I was a kid I thought they were called "jarts" for some reason. Around the same time, I once opened the lounge room door of a house I was visiting, and was greeted by a dart in my cheek. There was a dart board on the back of the door. Missed my eye, but not by a lot.
Bullseye'm glad you asked.
This is advanced-level C.S.!
I rate this video...180!!
Awesome, kids today don’t know what they are missing out on. I loved spending half a day in A&E after cutting my thumb down to the bone with my dads hacksaw 😂🇬🇧🌈
"Play to your dart's content."
Inch and a half dowel, four and a half centimetre nails
In the '80s, the boy across the street taught us a way to make smaller darts. Materials: a pencil with a ferule with plenty of eraser still in it; a nail (I suppose it was a 3d or 4d nail); and the filter from a cigarette butt (plenty of those in the street gutter, no thanks to littering smokers). Carefully work the wood of the pencil out of the ferule. Set aside the wood bit. Holding the ferule so that it's like a tiny metal cup, with the eraser at the bottom, push the point of the nail down into the ferule and through the center of the eraser-all the way, so that the head of the nail is flush with the part of the eraser that used to be in contact with the top of the pencil. Next, work one end of the filter down into the ferule; fan the protruding part of the filter, so that it's like fletching. Now go wash the awful tobacco stink off your fingers, and then use the pencil to keep score.
Here's to the wish that your kids will grow up with no cigarette butts around to be found.
Today's children can do crafts with disposable vapes. Tiny bit of electronics and a surprisingly high quality rechargeable lithium ion battery.
I thought he was going to nail a hole in first then put the headless nail in the hole with the point end out. Might save on having to file the end.
But to do that you need to drill a nail-sized hole into the dead centre - tough for kids - Rob
@@CuriosityShow really good point Rob. 👍
@@DaspienofEpitaph pun intended? 😃
Try it on your home-made friends.
We used to make these darts in prison but not the board
Been watching since 78
Awesome
It was a different time...
Try it on your friends at Dartmouth! (But not Yale or Harvard obviously.)
Try it on your friends who happen to have a hacksaw and vice.
I like how in the thumbnail picture he looks like he’s not too sure about teaching kids this one lol
Though more than the weapon aspect I think I’d be worried about kids who got a saw of some kind but no access to a vice.
Nice
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Make sure the nails are rusty! 😂😂
Real darts only have three flights, not four??? Awesome show though 👍🇬🇧🌈
Hacksaw, nails, hammer and darts. There was a time we raised kids to become Men. Maybe they would grow up without a finger or two....who cares....but they would be MEN!!!
So true. Where has that time gone?
I don't actually see your point. My young nephews and nieces have no problem doing stuff like this, with these sorts of tools.
With supervision, which these guys always advise.
@@thekaxmax you really missed my point...
@@Miguel_AltmannNo, I'm countering it. Accepting significant injuries for children just to feel 'manly' is both f**king stupid but sexist.
@@Miguel_Altmann another comment pun intended? 😃