Don't Try This At Home - How Tough Are Polycarbonate Throwsticks?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- This novel, cringe worthy and extremely boring video was recorded in one take. It features the destruction of a granite boulder by the use of a polycarbonate throwstick. The boulder aside, no throwsticks were apparently harmed in the production of this video, although the thrower got very tired....
Spoiler alert: After more throws than we want to go back and count, the stick didn't ever break.... If you have the patience to do the count for us, please leave the number in the comments section below.
But how tough are polycarbonate throwsticks? After making and selling many hundreds of them internationally since 2017, with many subject to significant abuse, only a few have been reported broken in that time.
Every piece of polycarbonate is unique. We've had reports of a few sticks breaking when coming into sharp contact with hardwood trees, where the edge is captured and stopped abruptly at whatever the sweet spot is that over stresses the material for a given mass distribution. Also, sub freezing temperatures can make polycarbonate more fragile than otherwise and make breaks more common when throwing in that weather. Although the stick in this video didn't shatter, we have been able to shatter one particular stick in other tests in as few as 11 throws in extreme conditions. These tests were conducted as hard as we could throw against large boulders, at point blank range. In any case the durability results are extremely impressive.
The bottom line is that polycarbonate throwsticks are very durable. In spite of this they can possibly break and we don't warrant that they won't or encourage our customers to abuse them so that they would. Don't try this at home. Be safe, sane, and respectful of your throwstick. Throw at softer targets. But whatever you do, have fun!! With a product this durable, it's meant to be thrown!
I received my Wedge War Club. 3 days ago. It is so tough. Took a few small branches off a recently downed tree, landed in rocks a few times on accident. with proper technique I can reach out to 75 yards, and already throwing with precision at 35 yards. no dents or scratched in mine at all. the products are the real deal, he is really chucking that thing at the rock!! customer service is best I have delt with in a very long time. Thank you for the fun I'm going to have in advance.
Matt,
Thanks for the great review mate! I appreciate it and it's a pleasure running this business and dealing with our fantastic throwers all around the world. We're all the same tribe, so to speak.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
8:25 "It can come right back at you"
Oh, like some kind of... what's the word...
lmao
I've got the least expensive one the Stinger and I've fed it hundreds of dirt sandwiches with zero damage so far.
Great to hear the report. Thanks for keeping that beast well fed!
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
How did i just watch 15min of a man throwing a plastic stick at a rock? Crazy times.
That thing is insanely durable.
Yeah I'm sorry. Can't take those minutes back for either of us and I feel bad for the boulder. That video is really cringe worthy. I almost didn't publish it! LOL.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
@@Throwsticks as cringe worthy as it is i did have the exact question "how tough are these things anyways"
@@MajinCanon ...... I don't even know what to say. LOL.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
I loved this demonstration, the material really is as tough as I thought! I have hit a few rocks with my central desert hunter and I hate that sound! Thanks for sharing this video.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it and that you own one of our finest products. While breakage is possible under the extreme stresses that throwsticks are sometimes subjected to, the material is incredibly tough. In any case impacts are best avoided. Be aware that a finished Central Desert Hunter has some finer edges that won't take impacts as well as some of the other models with thicker edges. It can dent deeply in some places in these finer areas. This is a refinement to the aerodynamics specific to this one super high performance model.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
Interesting. This would be nice for desert use since most the places to throw around me have rough twig sticks and lots of scraping lil rocks in the soil.
They are ideal for the desert and came from those regions historically. They like open spaces and took game beyond what could be done with atlatl or bow in those environments.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
gaaa that hurts my soul! but that being said, its mad impressive that its literally breaking that rock down! (also, your accuracy, even though its short range, is admirable!)
Yeah it really hurts to do that. I did very little work on this stick before testing it just to avoid the heartache, but the material itself is expensive as well. Thanks for the compliment on accuracy. Once I'm warmed up I'm pretty accurate.
ALSO, i love watching kyles fly, so i counted for you XD that was 47 throws, with 42 good hits, 3 misses, and 2 glancing blows!
You're the man. Thanks for the count. Wow!
At the risk of sounding a little odd, I would be interested in seeing a ballistics test with one of those
Yeah it's interesting and very complex. The outer rim on the outside of the spin has the forward velocity plus the spin velocity as a part of its impact on target. So very high speed shock value plus a tangled mess of mass rotating through the target! We've made sticks that weigh over a pound and will fly 100 yards straight out! Really devastating, bone breaking blows they deliver.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
"Rock Badgers".....lol!!
We have the very rare and hard to spot "Rock Haggis" here up on the granite mountain slopes in Northern Scotland, I am now supremely confident that I can take your Throwsticks out on my next hunt for them!!
The landscape where you shot this looks identical to bushland in Victoria and Western Australia..
LOL! Those Rock Haggis are too cute and cuddly to go off and hunt with a flying stick. I want to hunt Jackalope myself. The place I shot the film is my lower property where I learned to make these things. As close to Australia as I could get I guess. A lot of years of throwing there before I mastered this craft. Glad to hear it has a similar look.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
Unreal!!!!!. That is super strong material. Thanks for the demo on how tuff your throw sticks are. Got 2 Central desert hunters. They are Awsome. Would love to get a Wirlki for the lounge room wall but the Aust $ exchange rate is so crap. 😭.
Thank-you for your purchase and the great report on them. They are my highest performing product. The wirlki is really fun too. I'm also displeased with how difficult it is to do overseas business with exchange rates, customs and shipping all stacked onto your purchase. Wish I could do more. Maybe some day we'll get a reliable outlet in Australia. Hand crafted products are unique to deal with on an international market.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
This thing cut through a small tree mate
No doubt. We'll do some more destruction videos in the future but not with boulders.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
One day I will own one of your throwsticks👍
Thanks. Would be very happy to serve you.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
very impressive indeed
Thank-you.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
I like the Didgeridoo Background!
Impressive
Yep, that'll do.
Bone breaking impact , I am glad that I am not that rock.
Do you ever get boomerang elbow? I've made quite a few boomerangs and flight-tested all of them. I had to have a break for a few months. Thankfully it came good after a good rest 😂.
You know they are quite gentle to throw compared to a ball or a rock because they have all that leverage to them, but when I was first learning to tune I did pull my biceps near the joint and created a chronic problem there for a while which I had to resolve after some time. I was throwing maybe 7 hours a day all weekend long. Also winged my scapula at one point later through a serratus anterior palsy which I overcame as well. It imbalanced my shoulder for a while but that wasn't actually a throwing injury, it just affected it. I could still throw boomerangs horizontally but couldn't pitch a baseball for a darn! Thankfully I'm healty as can be now and throw a lot every week.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
He's really practiced up into excellence; I hunted with throwing sticks as a boy in the 60's sometimes for rabbits just for the challenge instead of my 12 gauge fully aware they are truly a survival tool/weapon...!
Aussie aboriginals had heavyones they used for war = man killer-sticks...¡
Jesus that took a beating.......lol it needs re homing im willing to take it!
I still have that stick. Keep it in my car in case ever needed.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
I have had a throwstick for years and it is TOUGH.
Would it be possible for you to design a throwstick based off Krieg’s buzz axe from Borderlands 2?
We can't legally copy designs from videogames and movies, but in theory, if we did, from a physics standpoint we would have to modify it to make it perform well. It isn't adequately curved and obviously steel is too heavy to fly at speeds the human arm can throw. If made from polycarbonate with the sharp breaks the design removed, the form simplified, bent more, and more weight and length distributed out across the curve, something like that would be possible but less ideal than the traditional forms. Drag is important to achieving long flight ranges, so aerodynamics favors simple designs.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
That is awesome more amazing is how many things you hit the rock in the same spot I love mine I got from you.
Thanks. Just being loose and care free is the best key to accuracy I find.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
Excellent way to express anger from the covid lock down
Yes this is one of the main features of our products.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
Where can I buy this
Check us out at www.Throwsticks.com
Hi there .....
I’m in the UK and how do I get to know prices and delivery 📦...... many thank AG
Allan,
Thanks for the inquiry and sorry for the delay. My notifications on comments for this channel stopped working recently.
Visit www.throwsticks.com and if you put items in your cart you can get final prices on shipping there for individual orders to individual addresses, without completing the order.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
Do you have a version of throwing stick that is designed to be thrown upwards and diagonal? Not forward and horizontal. Because i throw sticks to walnut trees. when stick hits the walnuts they get down on the ground and i collect them.
Lift is produced by the wing at any angle. If thrown diagonal by a right handed thrower, a lift producing wing will curve slightly to the left as well as maintaining some lift against gravity. We can also make such a wing rotate from diagonal to horizontal in flight, but generally this would take 40 yards to do and wouldn't happen at the short distances you are speaking about. If you're just wanting symmetrical lift then any of our sticks fly well up hill when thrown horizontally. No wing will produce absolute vertical lift on a diagonal throw. At best we can only steer this direction.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
@@Throwsticks
Well, the target (walnut trees) is 21 meters high and i am 7 meters or less away from the tree. i want a stick than can reach the top of the tree and hit the walnuts with minimum efforts with lowest chance of getting stuck on the tree, with maximum impact on the walnuts. I need stick that can get the job done. So i am looking at various designs all over internet. I am i right handed thrower and have mainly two styles of throwing. Overhand vertical and diagonal 45 degrees angle. My right hand goes at my left hip and throw using hip rotation and arm swing. So how your sticks will perform at 45 degrees throwing angle? 45 degrees trajectory i mean. I like that your sticks spin a lot.
@@LORDVADER357 They fly up hill like this, just as well as flat and level. It's harder to throw at that angle because you're throwing in a way less natural for the human body and fighting gravity, but the wings will produce lift at any angle and go a long distance regardless. As far as a stick that doesn't get stuck, something not very bent and still heavy would be best, with no swell in the head. But there are always risks on any stick in a tree. Wind will eventually bring them down if nothing else does. I would probably recommend a Karli for your needs. You can find it here www.throwsticks.com/karli View the second video on this page for more info about how the sticks will behave when thrown at angles, and particularly soft tuned sticks. The up hill throwing is not a problem but you may curve the shots in if you throw at 2 o clock. When thrown on the vertical at 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock, the stick will pull towards the inside. A plain piece of wood is better for throwing at these angles since the lift will cause travel to the side. A hard tuned stick is designed to produce just enough lift to overcome gravity when thrown at full force. A soft tuned stick will do this on a much softer throw and will rise and climb on a hard throw. It is actually possible a soft tuned stick could allow you to throw hard up into trees while throwing lower than your target. This may increase the power of your throws. Overall I realize that you must account for specific branches and angles so the hard tuned may prove more versatile for you. It's difficult to say on that.
Ben
Throwsticks.com
You should hunt with a throwstick
Many of our customers do, where legal and cleanly and humanely take grouse, turkey, geese, water fowl, rabbits, etc.... We can't put hunting videos on youtube so even though we may capture a hunt on film some day, it won't be here. I once killed a rattlesnake on my property with a bullwhip and put it on youtube. It was taken down within 2 days due to a complaint.
Benjamin Scott
Throwsticks.com
@@kroppotheclown6288 Yes and when it came to the historical use of these instruments it was a matter of survival.