Point of clarification in case it wasn't clear, this boomerang is not made to come back unlike returning ones (returning boomerangs have an uneven air foil with reverse angles to each wing). This is a hunting boomerang (Its airfoil is an even curve over the top surface), it is made to maintain straight stable flight for the length of it's momentum using the air foil effect to create lift. To get the air foil lift it needs to be thrown horizontally, not the 45 degree or vertical angle you usually need to for a returning one.
Ruthlessly punishing your serfs by making then pointlessly run back and forth after a boomerang? - Shad has spent so much time researching medieval Lords that he is starting to become one 😂👍
The group of native Austrlian's I grew up with had 3 types of boomerangs. The returning boomerang for hunting flocks of birds (multiple throws through a stalked flock would yeild several birds per hunt, or more). If you missed on the first try you might be able to try again quickly after it comes back. If it hits one or more birds they won't return. The hunting boomerang, similar to yours (for hunting larger animals like kangaroos, wallaby or possum). Lastly they had fighting boomerangs, that are larger then hunting with a spike or hook carved into the shorter end (hooked or spiked out & up from the end, to inflick more damage but also act as a pointed wooden axe). The last ones where almost always made from ironwood, very dense wood used the make wooden axe heads from the same people. The hook/spike is surprisingly sharp & tough, the axes will easily cut down softer wood like pine or mango.
Long ago I’d read of distances up to 300 yards for ‘war boomerangs’…. ? Old photographs are as you describe - a bit like an Irish hurley wherein there is even greater sport.
@olmalone Have seen them thrown. (As a demonstration for culture classes, lived in a remote community as a child). 250-300 mtr (similar to yards), was fairly common for an experienced user.
@@hylianro I didn't either. His accent isn't typical. If someone heard someone from deep in Louisiana, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't think they were American
Player:"I want a boomerang weapon." DM: "Okay, but those don't come back you know, not the lethal kind." Player: "I add the 'returning' enchantment." DM: "....listen here you little-"
@@whiskeyhound couldn’t extra enchantments that convert damage done to oneself into something else or used to trigger extra effects via a chain be added?
@@BrickChick I think a item can only hold one enchantment at a time, and there's no official damage absorbing enchantments, not to mention that even the most lenient DM is probably gonna refuse to allow something like that to work.
@@whiskeyhoundYou could just use a belt of return, my rogue has one for his daggers. At the end of your turn the thrown weapons appear back on the belt so your weapons can have different enchantments on them.
I live in Australia, and we had an Aborginal Elder come to our school every few weeks. He taught us different things about Aborginal culture. When we reached grade five, he let us throw spears and boomerangs.
@@EnclavegovtofficialUSA No need to be sorry, Homie is talking about history growing up in aus and learning about the traditional land and its people, 95% of Australians including myself learn these things growing up. He ain't talking about guns dude da fuk you smoking 😂
This is the only channel I know of where I can learn aerodynamics, get ideas for a fictional world I’m working on, and witness a violent murder of Hello Fresh products. Keep up the good work shad
@@SimonWoodburyForget he said that the assumption that the lift is generated by the downward deflection of the incoming airstream is wrong even though that actually is the way how the lift is produced. The rounded top surface of the wing isn't there to produce lift but to reduce drag by preventing the (early) detachment of the airstream. I probably don't have to explain that to you. But the explanation in the video is completely false since he immediately dismissed the main mechanism that is producing lift as being wrong.
Shad, there are actually two "hunting" boomerangs. The first is exactly what you talk about. The second curving type was primarily found in central Australia as a distraction weapon. It was often used by youth learning how to hunt against emus and some kangaroo types. These curving boomerangs are extremely useful in creating an acoustic effect that allows you to herd animals into your ambush site. The classic "wupp a wuppa" of a boomerang curving around a flock of emu is a great way to move them where you want without getting in their sight lines. And as for the metal version of the 'throwing stick' boomerang. Yes, it has been made around alice, many times, and is a very lethal weapon. It can easily take down a red kangaroo, at 50 paces.
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 i'm a big guy so when i learned the skill in my teens, close to a meter. The old fellas who taught me could take out a roo from the car park to the other of an afl pitch. A bit over 130m. They didn't like the metal as it flew too straight and the roos could dodge to easy when they saw it.
Boomerangs which were originally meant for killing animals and people did not return however I think I did hear that the ones which returned were actually used in hunting for the purpose of driving animals towards a locations were they can more easily be killed as opposed to actually killing them.
@@theman4884 this got me actually interested in the company/product being advertised (in this case, Hello Fresh), something that NEVER happens with other online ads or video sponsorships
Very impressive considering the furthest Javelin throw recorded is around 100m, and with ease you're getting pretty close. And I googled it after, the record for a throwing stick is more than 400m, that's insane!
@@spaceblockb5284 He's an expert marksman on a world filled with superpowered lunatics in armor, the only thing it'll kill is a rat Or maybe Sparky Sparky Boom Man
"Gets a bit of lift like a frisbee." Now you know the next weapon you have to review, the death frisbee. I am, of course, referring to the flying metal donuts, chakrams.
I wonder if he might take a look at other chakram-like weapons, like the twin snake rings or those charm things with little flame-like shapes on the left, right and opposite side of the handle. I think they're called Wind and Fire Wheels. Chakrams seem to be gaining in popularity, at least to me, but i haven't seen the other ones getting a lot of coverage.
I wonder how that conversation went down. "Hey, i'll buy you lunch if you play fetch for me" but they were not told what they were gonna have to fetch.
I'd love to see a video about slings, talking about the history of slings as a weapon for hunting and waging war, focusing of course on the Balearic slingers, and maybe a demonstration.
IT is weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my content. Sometimes IT is annoying. But right now, IT would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear jes
10:20 this is false. Although pressure differential explained by the Bernoulli principle is responsible for some lift, the deflection of air at speed is arguably more significant. A flat plane can still produce lift even without stalling as you might have noticed throwing your homemade throwing stick. Additionally, deflection of air would not cause the plane to simply tilt and "weather vein" into a no lift orientation. The air hits the surface uniformly, not as a small point as demonstrated with your hand. If it did cause it to tilt, then the boomerang wouldn't be able to fly up into the air like it did in your intro, it would remain within the plan of the initial throw.
I was wondering about the science of the boomerang, thanks. Do you know why there doesn't seem to be a stabilizing fin or fletching, anything like that?
Doesn't it account for a significant percentage though? roughly around 20-15%? Enough of an influence to be important design wise. But beyond that question, from my limited knowledge, I completely agree. I thought most people thought the pressure difference is what produced lift, there's so many things on the internet (importantly youtube) that say that same thing without bringing in the directed stream of air
@@UmTheMuse That's for projectiles that fly straight, at most with a spin perpendicular to the forward direction (I think I worded that right. In other words, its "forward and back" axis). To put into perspective, imagine throwing an arrow like this, it wouldn't stay spinning like this for very long. This rotates along its "up and down" axis which is what stabilizers try to prevent (along with the "left and right")
I suppose using Captain Boomerang as an example would be accepting the fact that a man who uses the things Shad himself declared to be novelties as actual weapons is stepping on his own toes. And then of course there's the atrocity that is Captain Boomerang's original outfit... It keeps me up at night, honestly. But yeh, better example than Batman's merch-shuriken. So I still agree with the comment.
@@bertegue5162 The one thing about the boomerangs that come back though - if you put something like a sharp blade or a small explosive on one, they can nail people behind cover. In a standoff, in a sci-fi / fantasy setting, I argue they have more of an advantage than ones that don't return.
Honestly, I was expecting Captain Boomerang too. As far as I've seen, batarangs are almost exclusively just custom shuriken these days, so the comparison to boomerangs doesn't really work. Maybe Shad's never heard of the captain, though.
I'm actually working on a campaign setting for D&D, and the orcs in it probably would use boomerangs, or throwing sticks, whatever you want to call it. The majority of orcs live in a part of the world afflicted by, for lack of a better term, magical radiation(kind of like Eiselcross in Critical Role's Exandria). The orcs are survivalist hunters who primarily worship the Lord of Thorns, who is a god of hunting and a psychopomp. And yes, they would likely use primarily wooden weapons, since metal would be harder to come by easily(trading doesn't happen often, on account of all the magic wackery).
@@the_great_rasputin9022 I don't really know Exandria, but maybe it's worth bringing in a bit of influence from STALKER, with parts of the irradiated zone affected so that other planes influence them, causing things like wandering balls of lightning, acid geysers, a scar in the earth that drives you mad unless you run down it in one direction, a forest of trees that never stop marching in a thin, snakey column. That kind of weirdness.
I was just watching you cut the hello fresh steak on a log, and I thought about weapon sharpening. Have you ever done a video on how weapons were maintained: sharpened, cleaned, preserved, etc?
Shad: "There's someone in fantasy, comics, that uses these for weapons." Me: "Oh yeah I was going to make a Captain Boomerang joke..." Shad: "Batman" Me: 😑
I don't recall him throwing them at people, only as distractions. With the exception of lunching his modifies arm guard blade things at the Joker near end of The Dark Knight. But the penetration of them is seemingly quite shallow so only way he could kill someone with that is if he hit their throat or something.
I found a super effective weapon that if large enough can destroy the world. It can be found everywhere in the world. Historically Romans used tiny versions that they polished and shaped. Behold....the mighty rock. Historically proven to exist everywhere at the same time. Even space has rocks and when hurled at planets can wipe out most life with but a single throw. Your nuclear weapons have noting on the historically factual rock that wiped out the dinosaurs and changed the very climate of the world.
"There is a character in fantasy, superhero related is fantasy, that actually uses essentially these... It's Batman." Captain Boomerang: Am I a joke to you?
I think that's part of the magic of this channel. On the one hand, shad can be scientific and logical and do a ton of good(?) research. On the other hand... Well, "STICKS ARE AWESOME" He's living proof that thought and research don't have to lower the awesomeness of, well, anything. They can be used to make it even more awesome. And that's a lesson I think a few more people need to learn.
there is a traditional aboriginal use for the returning boomarang (each tribe has their own name for them) as a hunting weapon. Hunting birds in flocks. They are thrown in the same direction the birds are flying in, and the weapon curves into the flock. If it is successful you hit a bird, if not it comes back
My tribe would use mutiple returning Boomerangs called wangim by throwing them or flying them is rapid succesion over the top of water fowl like ducks. The water fowl would think they were getting attacked by larger raptor birds of prey and fly low to the water to get speed ip before they gained height. A net as attached to a tree at one side of the river or creek and pulled tight just as the birds reached the net and were unable to change direction. The returning element was critical in this paticular hunting tactic, as crossing a river or or swimming for your stick each time would be exhausting but if something hits the water the ducks fly up and the net is no longer effective.
@@fredbloggs5902 Lord Shad: the tax rate has been moved from 100% to 200% You now also pay tax for every second of breathing those unable to pay will be made my boomerang receiving servant
I think you’d be happy to know my 5e rogue Ive been playing for over a year now uses a magic boomerang over throwing knives - the magic is what causes it to return, not the shape itself! Kinda always liked the idea of them being used as a combat implement since that one scene in Road Warrior
You use a hollow metal stick with a large pressure differential between the closed, near end and the open, far end, which you point at the intended target. The pressure differential is used to move a small dense projectile through the hollow metal stick and gain enough momentum to land over yonder, preferably inside the somebody you wanted to whack.
So what, I was doing it right through my whole childhood? Everyone mocking me because the boomerang never came back was just them being kids? Who'd have freakin thought.
This reminds me of a book I read. It said the main advantage of a boomerang is that it comes back. It also said that the main disadvantage of a boomerang is that it comes back.
I know this will sound stupid but bare with me. In Mad Max 2 (1981) a kid uses boomerangs as a weapon and this is issue is adressed. The solution is padded chain mail gloves that will allow the thrower to catch it. Here's a video to illustrate: th-cam.com/video/i2gVXd7FzhQ/w-d-xo.html
Honestly, you have done a great service. You usually do, and I appreciate the education I get from you. That all said, this video has convinced me to invest in researching this further and potentially getting one to add to a survival kit.
"He was also holding a boomerang, and it wasn’t one of those toy ones that came back. This was one of the big, heavy, gently curved sort that didn’t come back because it was sticking in something’s ribcage."
I forget the exact follow-up for that but it was along the lines of "Weapons made of wood sounded stupid, until you saw the type of trees that grew around here"
Even the "crapy" one Shad made has some aerodynamic lift going on, that's why it reached the 40 meters. A flat wing, like the simpler boomerang, can produce lift given enough speed and angle of attack - the angle relative to the moving air - it is clearly less efective, but the aerodynamic principles are there, the air on the top part moves faster creating the pressure differential needed to generate lift. It can be observed on remote controle toy airplanes, the more simple ones use very flat wings with a slight angle to generate lift.
Every wing that produces any meaningful amount of lift has a AoA greater than 0°. In fact the main mechanism that allows wings to produce lift is the downward deflection of the incoming air. The rounded top surface of the wing is there to reduce drag by preventing a (early) detachment of the airflow.
"the air on the top part moves faster" *but mostly it doesn't.* The wing moves through the air, which we have to assume is stagnant in the absence of the wing. The wing's angle of attack pushes down and forward on the air below the wing. The air above the wing moves down into the area of vacuum vacated by the air below the wing. The laminar flow of air closest to the wing is actually pulled forward by the wing as it sticks to the wing. There may be some rearward motion into the vacuum, but there is at least as much forward motion into the same area. Net, the wing pulls air forward with it as it moves through it.
I think that the phrase "Throwing Club" is more inline with the actual use than "Throwing Stick". The connotation of stick is that of a small natural piece of wood. On the other hand, a club is understood to be a large wooden weapon. So a thrown large wooden weapon.
Imagine minding your own business, eating grass and doing animal stuff... *BAM* ... out of nowhere a giant freaking elephant tooth smacks you in the head.
I was lucky enough to meet a group of Aborigines that showed off how they hunted birds by throwing a volley of boomerangs with their offhand and absolutely sniping whatever flies off with the main hand
@@nerdletter3773 Indigenous people hunting in general is insane to watch. Seeing how the bushmen in Botswana can take a wobbly hand-made spear and throw it goofily through the air is funny, until you realize that they hit a vital organ Every. Single. Time. There's a magic there that many modern people have lost, and worse, forgotten.
@@InvalidationX145 would be cool if we had mainstream sports events centered around things like javelin accuracy rather than pure distance. Imagine if the extent of archery sport was just "who can shoot the heaviest bow the furthest"
@@NihongoWakannai I think it's because of when the activity was codified as a sport. When people started organized games in Europe, such as the ancient Olympics,, spear-throwing for accuracy wasn't a thing, by and large, as people didn't use thrown spears for hunting any more. They only really used them in warfare and that was chucking them in the direction of a mass enemy formation so distance was far more important than accuracy, to keep you as far from the enemy as possible. While archery in warfare could involve the same sort of thing, archery for hunting was still a basic skill, and accuracy is obviously the critical factor there. So that became codified in how those weapons were used in competition. But yeah, more competitions in throwing accuracy, especially as humans have evolved to be masters of it, would be cool.
I had read that returning boomerangs were used to hunt birds. The hunter would throw the boomerang over a flock of birds, tricking the birds to fly lower into nets. The returning boomerang would mimic a predatory bird. The beaked boomerang was another interesting variation on the non-returning boomerang.
Not that I haven't learned things from Shad, but highlights for me include: Shad serving and cutting steak with a sword, Shad intentionally getting his tongue stuck in a bottle, and of course, Shad going ham with his geekiness. Biggest thing I learned today: Shad likes sticks better than any weapon except maybe swords. Geek out, friend.
With how much he likes this wooden death wing alongside his repetitive confessions of love for the quarterstaf I think he loves sticks more than swords.
Me:There's no way a channel focused on medieval weaponry can keep with the theme while making an advert about a modern food delivery company Shad: I WILL NOW SLICE THIS STEAK WITH A LONGSWORD
they'd probably just use some super magnet and make the boomerang out of steel or something so that the super magnet can attract it back lmao God I love those glorious tech bastards
@@TheAkrillion that wouldn't work very well. Magnetic attraction deteriates exponentially so as soon as it goes far away you couldn't really call it back
@@TheAkrillion if the magnetic force used to bring that boomerang back is that strong I don’t think it’d be safe to stand in its path let alone catch it
If the magnet is strong enough to pull a metal boomerang back, then you wouldn't have been able to throw it, let alone pull it off the magnet, in the first place. It would have to be an electromagnet you can turn on and off, but the power drain and size would be ridiculous to pull it off. It'd also result in the boomerang destorying itself or whatever it hits with the speed the boomerang reaches as it nears the source of the pull. You'd have to turn the current off early and there's no guarantee that Boomerang is flying well and will continue to the vicinity of the electromagnet.
@@VelaiciaCreator Being biased and being critical are not mutually exclusive, and he just rants about the movies and shows he likes (or doesn't) and people like to listen to him, so what's wrong with that?
I'm late to this party, but the returning boomerang was used to get behind the pry and startle it. If you make it run towards you, it's easier to get the hunting version you have to pick off an animal at a closer range. If there was none startled towards you then you don't have to travel very far to retrieve the returning version and have another go. It's part of a hunting system..
Actually the boomerang was invented by Aboriginal Australians *before* the ancient Egyptians, including the returning varieties. Obviously the ones in Egypt were independently reinvented but the ancient Egyptians were not in any way the first group to invent either category.
@@hahmann Post I'm replying to specified ancient Egyptians as the inventors. Neither has a true claim but objectively the Egyptians were not the sole or first inventors
You'd be surprised how many different shapes can be made into a boomerang/flying death stick. As long as it isn't too thick, and maintains the aeronautic principles, it will fly beautifully. Some shapes might be considered more of a battle Frisbee than a boomerang, however. I have even seen a boomerang in the shape of a tomahawk that actually flew like mad. Also saw a tomahawk shaped boomerang that would return perfectly, because it had the opposing wing design applied to it. Check out "boomerangs by vic." He's a boomerang wizard!
@@Soulmaestro2088 They seem to be a middle ground between Shuriken and Boomerang. Keep in mind "They don't kill" is a point in FAVOR for Batman's use of shuriken. He wants distraction and incapacitation, not murder.
I kind of made this distinction between throwing sticks and boomerangs when I got into the latter. Thank you for sharing this information with everyone though. One thing I must say though is that any thrown aerofoil is usually a balance between speed and spin. The spin helps stabilize the whole system like a Frisbee but if given too much speed it can create turbulence on the foils and create a twist/turn.
Point of clarification in case it wasn't clear, this boomerang is not made to come back unlike returning ones (returning boomerangs have an uneven air foil with reverse angles to each wing). This is a hunting boomerang (Its airfoil is an even curve over the top surface), it is made to maintain straight stable flight for the length of it's momentum using the air foil effect to create lift. To get the air foil lift it needs to be thrown horizontally, not the 45 degree or vertical angle you usually need to for a returning one.
ok
Thoughts on Zena's circular boomerang? Charkrum or some shit
There's a DC villain, literally named Captain Boomerang. Aussie bloke....who uses boomerangs, like Batman does with his Batarangs.
Dont mind shad after a long day he just wants to have fun and chuck his wood on cam with two other guys
Might I recommend reading Rumiko Takahashi's 1996 manga Inuyasha. I think you'll find there are more people agreeing with you than Batman writers.
Instead of “throwing stick”, I propose the name “hunting wing”.
I strongly agree with this assessment.
Seconded
But old spears where just pointy sticks and they where hunting sticks
What about UFO?
Can we have an Epic version called the Shaderang?
Stick has a wide family tree.
Some examples are Short Stick, Big Stick, disabled cousin Nunchuck, and the curvy step-sister Boomerang.
You forgot about the large sitting stick 😁
Where in the family tree does the full-metal Pry-Stick fall under?
you forgot about the weeabo cousin bo and the transfer student yantok
Where do pointy sticks fit within all this
Don't forget the 2nd cousin from across the pond, the chakram
Ruthlessly punishing your serfs by making then pointlessly run back and forth after a boomerang? - Shad has spent so much time researching medieval Lords that he is starting to become one 😂👍
A smarter serf would have throw it back.
I like to imagine that he also has them dig deep holes with spoons, and then fill them back in, or roll stones up hills just to push them back down
@@IRMentat that's the sort of independent thinking that will get you permanently assigned to latrine duty
That implies a game of catch and thus a serf who is dealing with daddy issues.
"It's good to be the king--Pull!"
The group of native Austrlian's I grew up with had 3 types of boomerangs.
The returning boomerang for hunting flocks of birds (multiple throws through a stalked flock would yeild several birds per hunt, or more). If you missed on the first try you might be able to try again quickly after it comes back. If it hits one or more birds they won't return.
The hunting boomerang, similar to yours (for hunting larger animals like kangaroos, wallaby or possum).
Lastly they had fighting boomerangs, that are larger then hunting with a spike or hook carved into the shorter end (hooked or spiked out & up from the end, to inflick more damage but also act as a pointed wooden axe). The last ones where almost always made from ironwood, very dense wood used the make wooden axe heads from the same people. The hook/spike is surprisingly sharp & tough, the axes will easily cut down softer wood like pine or mango.
that's insanely cool
Long ago I’d read of distances up to 300 yards for ‘war boomerangs’…. ? Old photographs are as you describe - a bit like an Irish hurley wherein there is even greater sport.
@olmalone Have seen them thrown. (As a demonstration for culture classes, lived in a remote community as a child). 250-300 mtr (similar to yards), was fairly common for an experienced user.
Shad: opens video showing that he takes his employees out on walks and even plays fetch with them
Next thing you know, he also provides them with free neck protection.
That’s an interesting way to say “peasant”.
@@FlymanMS peasants are connected to land, Oz is owned by Shad himself
fetch!
@@anyways4438 Just wait til he trains a great an powerful wizard.
If you want to get Shad irate: Cut a boomerang in half, link the halves with a chain and call it a flung-chuck.
That sounds like a abomination. I want to see someone make and use it.
Underrated comment.
He'd just point out how that's simply a bolo by another name
You just improved the nun-chucks XD
Imagine if it would be an actual improvement.
Shad would have a stroke.
18:58
Shad: "There is a character..."
Me: "Sokka"
Shad: "batman"
Me: "oh"
SNEAK ATTACK!
I thought he was going to say Captain Boomerang from Suicide Squad lol
*BOOOMER-Aang*
to be fair, in atla Sokka never acctually expects his boomerang to come back, thats why hes always surprised when "boomerang came back"
Link from legend of zelda
Wait shad is Australian?
No wonder he is into swords and crap, he has to fight spiders the size of my cat.
You didn't know?
@@hylianro I didn't either. His accent isn't typical. If someone heard someone from deep in Louisiana, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't think they were American
@@justinjacobson7495 I actually thought he was British or something. I don’t always have an ear for accents
It's the small spiders you have to keep an eye on the big ones you're able to kick out the way
@@justinjacobson7495 I'm from Sydney, he sounds like a Victorian (Melbourne) to me. Maybe countryside Vic (his farm) but sounds like a Vic.
"They even have a place in fantasy, if you make them out of metal..."
_Sokka has entered the chat_
Or "the wild child" from Mad Max 2
-coughs- Link from the Legend of Zelda did it before it became cool
@@darkessinzero The game launched in 1986? Mad Max 2 is from 1981 xD
@@Mtonazzi My answer was just for the Sokka comment, sorry that I kind of ignored yours ^^;;;
Sango from Inuyasha entered the chat
Shad: "Many people say that hunting boomerangs don't come back to you."
Oz: (retrieves boomerang)
Me: Looks to *me* like it came back just fine. : )
One should always hunt with some peasants accompanying
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I was expecting "... They're right".
Didn't happen, of course.
@@laurencefraser In this case a simple demonstration was far better than a thousand words :P
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. The boomerang did indeed "return" eventually
Player:"I want a boomerang weapon."
DM: "Okay, but those don't come back you know, not the lethal kind."
Player: "I add the 'returning' enchantment."
DM: "....listen here you little-"
Stealing!
Jokes on the player, returning doesn't say it returns harmlessly...
@@whiskeyhound couldn’t extra enchantments that convert damage done to oneself into something else or used to trigger extra effects via a chain be added?
@@BrickChick I think a item can only hold one enchantment at a time, and there's no official damage absorbing enchantments, not to mention that even the most lenient DM is probably gonna refuse to allow something like that to work.
@@whiskeyhoundYou could just use a belt of return, my rogue has one for his daggers. At the end of your turn the thrown weapons appear back on the belt so your weapons can have different enchantments on them.
I live in Australia, and we had an Aborginal Elder come to our school every few weeks. He taught us different things about Aborginal culture. When we reached grade five, he let us throw spears and boomerangs.
I'm sorry you didn't grow up in a gun loving country, we have drill sargents come in a politely walk us through the ins and outs of a colt m1911
@@EnclavegovtofficialUSA No need to be sorry, Homie is talking about history growing up in aus and learning about the traditional land and its people, 95% of Australians including myself learn these things growing up. He ain't talking about guns dude da fuk you smoking 😂
@@Sloppyjoe7390 I was trying to be funny.
probably should have said "by age 5 we had drill sergeants teaching us"
This is the only channel I know of where I can learn aerodynamics, get ideas for a fictional world I’m working on, and witness a violent murder of Hello Fresh products. Keep up the good work shad
Have you watched Mustard? Hehe
The explanation on how wings produce lift is mostly wrong in this video though
@@SimonWoodburyForget he said that the assumption that the lift is generated by the downward deflection of the incoming airstream is wrong even though that actually is the way how the lift is produced. The rounded top surface of the wing isn't there to produce lift but to reduce drag by preventing the (early) detachment of the airstream. I probably don't have to explain that to you. But the explanation in the video is completely false since he immediately dismissed the main mechanism that is producing lift as being wrong.
Shad, there are actually two "hunting" boomerangs. The first is exactly what you talk about. The second curving type was primarily found in central Australia as a distraction weapon. It was often used by youth learning how to hunt against emus and some kangaroo types. These curving boomerangs are extremely useful in creating an acoustic effect that allows you to herd animals into your ambush site.
The classic "wupp a wuppa" of a boomerang curving around a flock of emu is a great way to move them where you want without getting in their sight lines.
And as for the metal version of the 'throwing stick' boomerang. Yes, it has been made around alice, many times, and is a very lethal weapon. It can easily take down a red kangaroo, at 50 paces.
How big are your paces? Mine average just under a meter but I count on every left step because that's how I was taught pace measurements
Would perhaps be useful to scare critters out of the garden...
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 i'm a big guy so when i learned the skill in my teens, close to a meter. The old fellas who taught me could take out a roo from the car park to the other of an afl pitch. A bit over 130m. They didn't like the metal as it flew too straight and the roos could dodge to easy when they saw it.
Awesome
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 paces would definitely differ between people. All relies on how long your legs and stride are.
Shad: Boomerangs don't come back.
Sokka: *angry noises*
It didn't come back the last time he threw it.
@@JohnW-yv6yp Boomerang:(
Sokka: I resemble that remark
Sokka be like: "It looks like boomerang is not coming back."
Boomerangs which were originally meant for killing animals and people did not return however I think I did hear that the ones which returned were actually used in hunting for the purpose of driving animals towards a locations were they can more easily be killed as opposed to actually killing them.
Me: Ah, Shad is making a boomerang video because he's Austral-
Shad: It's a throwing stick
Me: Oh, I see. Makes more sense.
All types of weapons are just differently modified sticks
Its not a knife, its a metal stabbing stick
@@abrahamsorby8193 no, THIS is a knife.
Imagine paying sponsorship to a guy and he hit your product with throwing stick and then go full medieval in your steak. 10/10 would sponsor again.
I was thinking that was one of the more entertaining commercials I have watched. Usually I would just fast forward, good job Shad.
You haven’t seen a sponsorship segment from Graystillplays, have you?
And an authentic review!
@@rlowellm he knows how to keep your attention
@@theman4884 this got me actually interested in the company/product being advertised (in this case, Hello Fresh), something that NEVER happens with other online ads or video sponsorships
Shad: “there is a character, in fantasy….”
Me: “sokka?”
Shad: “its batman”
Me: “oh come on shad”
Worst then that, Captain Boomerang is from same universe as Batman (well, he's a Flash villain, but still DC)
He meant boomerangs that work like the one he uses, not the toy designs.
yes, I was sure he was referencing Sokka
Link.
Even in the show "Boomer-Ang"
It has been [0] days since Shad has talked about stick.
Shadiversity: "I've never seen a metal one"
Feral boy from Road Warrior:
"I think they could have a place in fantasy"
*Sokka has entered the Comment Section*
Sango
The feral child in mad max 2
Technically those are Boomerangs because they can return.
Sky of arcadia aika
Sokka is honestly the first character that enters my head when fantasy boomerangs come into play, lol.
Luckily the Hellous Freshicus is not yet a protected species.
@Doom Posterior in fact hellouis freschicus (standardized name ) is not known to be native to much of anywhere
"The boomerang appeared in multiple places arround the world." Ah, just like crabs
Underrated comment
And people
Also, never caught boomerangs from a partner
Crabs =Bumerangs?!
I need to go to the beach and try something
synchronicity
Very impressive considering the furthest Javelin throw recorded is around 100m, and with ease you're getting pretty close. And I googled it after, the record for a throwing stick is more than 400m, that's insane!
"Maybe if it was like metal and you put an edge on it."
Who knew Sokka from Avatar The Last Airbender was a visionary.
The man did invent submarines
@@kingv-raptor840 And helped develop hot air balloons.
its funny, he uses a sharpened metal boomerang, and not once on screen did it cut into someone's skull.
@@spaceblockb5284 kid show logic. But Sokka did manage to strike Sparky Sparky Boom Man by judging the angles of his fire blasts
@@spaceblockb5284 He's an expert marksman on a world filled with superpowered lunatics in armor, the only thing it'll kill is a rat
Or maybe Sparky Sparky Boom Man
"Gets a bit of lift like a frisbee."
Now you know the next weapon you have to review, the death frisbee.
I am, of course, referring to the flying metal donuts, chakrams.
Can chakram be made fool proof (wont cut your hand open like a dumbass) and still functional?
@@NihongoWakannai Beyblade, Beyblade, let it rip!
Xena yelling noices heightens
Shad hasn't yet, but Skall has
th-cam.com/video/klImSddcwfk/w-d-xo.html
I wonder if he might take a look at other chakram-like weapons, like the twin snake rings or those charm things with little flame-like shapes on the left, right and opposite side of the handle. I think they're called Wind and Fire Wheels.
Chakrams seem to be gaining in popularity, at least to me, but i haven't seen the other ones getting a lot of coverage.
alternative title: Shad and His Prisoners With Jobs Play Fetch
Are you saying Shad was teaching them to "serf"?
@@sylvarogre5469 BOOO! Take your upvote
I wonder how that conversation went down. "Hey, i'll buy you lunch if you play fetch for me" but they were not told what they were gonna have to fetch.
I'd love to see a video about slings, talking about the history of slings as a weapon for hunting and waging war, focusing of course on the Balearic slingers, and maybe a demonstration.
The video was mostly an ad
Would also like a mythbusting video on if David really could take down a giant.
@@theq4602Not much myth busting needed. It was a weapon used in war. It could absolutely kill a person.
I cut a half gallon milk jug in half with a CS boomerang. Do they return? No and you don't want them to.
IT is weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my content. Sometimes IT is annoying. But right now, IT would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear jes
@@AxxLAfriku 👁️👄👁️
@@AxxLAfriku somehow I find that incredibly hard to believe..
@@AxxLAfriku ah yes the humble brag.... wait where's the humble part....
@@AxxLAfriku peepee
On this episode of "the mighty stick" shad talks about a type of throwing stick known as the boomerang
"Please don't throw it again", so DON'T hand it back to him!
We need to get Shad a dog
He doesn't need one, he has an Oz.
10:20 this is false. Although pressure differential explained by the Bernoulli principle is responsible for some lift, the deflection of air at speed is arguably more significant. A flat plane can still produce lift even without stalling as you might have noticed throwing your homemade throwing stick. Additionally, deflection of air would not cause the plane to simply tilt and "weather vein" into a no lift orientation. The air hits the surface uniformly, not as a small point as demonstrated with your hand. If it did cause it to tilt, then the boomerang wouldn't be able to fly up into the air like it did in your intro, it would remain within the plan of the initial throw.
I was wondering about the science of the boomerang, thanks. Do you know why there doesn't seem to be a stabilizing fin or fletching, anything like that?
@@UmTheMuse Not necessary?
Doesn't it account for a significant percentage though? roughly around 20-15%? Enough of an influence to be important design wise.
But beyond that question, from my limited knowledge, I completely agree. I thought most people thought the pressure difference is what produced lift, there's so many things on the internet (importantly youtube) that say that same thing without bringing in the directed stream of air
@@UmTheMuse That's for projectiles that fly straight, at most with a spin perpendicular to the forward direction (I think I worded that right. In other words, its "forward and back" axis).
To put into perspective, imagine throwing an arrow like this, it wouldn't stay spinning like this for very long. This rotates along its "up and down" axis which is what stabilizers try to prevent (along with the "left and right")
"Don't throw it again."
"of course not... OFFUGO!"
::Evil Points awarded::
Shad has now shown dominance
Your Shad the Historian Geek and evolved into Shad the Medieval Lord Jerk!
Me skipping through the sponsorship:
Shad: "I have five kids-"
"I forgot to season them!"
Common problem among Oger parents
@@Swiss_femboy Ogre*
Shad is officially confirmed to be Adam Ragusea
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flame broiled... with a pinch of salt...
Your promotion segue was the most brilliant I’ve ever seen. I truly didn’t see it coming.
Shad: "there is a character in fantasy that uses boomerangs"
"Batman"
*Sad Captain Boomerang noises*
*Sad Sokka noises*
*Sad Link Hyaaa! noises*
Sad Yang noises
Sad Sango noises
Batman did throw Batarangs
Shad: “….and its Batman”
Captain Boomerang: ……
@@wecta4man I know...Shad did nothing to shout a homie out. Cold burn...cold burn....
I suppose using Captain Boomerang as an example would be accepting the fact that a man who uses the things Shad himself declared to be novelties as actual weapons is stepping on his own toes.
And then of course there's the atrocity that is Captain Boomerang's original outfit... It keeps me up at night, honestly.
But yeh, better example than Batman's merch-shuriken. So I still agree with the comment.
@@bertegue5162 The one thing about the boomerangs that come back though - if you put something like a sharp blade or a small explosive on one, they can nail people behind cover. In a standoff, in a sci-fi / fantasy setting, I argue they have more of an advantage than ones that don't return.
Honestly, I was expecting Captain Boomerang too. As far as I've seen, batarangs are almost exclusively just custom shuriken these days, so the comparison to boomerangs doesn't really work.
Maybe Shad's never heard of the captain, though.
Sokka: ...
Just imagine orcs with boomerangs. Meat never went off the menu, boys.
I'm actually working on a campaign setting for D&D, and the orcs in it probably would use boomerangs, or throwing sticks, whatever you want to call it.
The majority of orcs live in a part of the world afflicted by, for lack of a better term, magical radiation(kind of like Eiselcross in Critical Role's Exandria). The orcs are survivalist hunters who primarily worship the Lord of Thorns, who is a god of hunting and a psychopomp. And yes, they would likely use primarily wooden weapons, since metal would be harder to come by easily(trading doesn't happen often, on account of all the magic wackery).
@@the_great_rasputin9022 I don't really know Exandria, but maybe it's worth bringing in a bit of influence from STALKER, with parts of the irradiated zone affected so that other planes influence them, causing things like wandering balls of lightning, acid geysers, a scar in the earth that drives you mad unless you run down it in one direction, a forest of trees that never stop marching in a thin, snakey column. That kind of weirdness.
I was just watching you cut the hello fresh steak on a log, and I thought about weapon sharpening. Have you ever done a video on how weapons were maintained: sharpened, cleaned, preserved, etc?
you see this target is far away, sometimes you can't use a stick!
Shad : that's where you're wrong. THROWING STICK!
"There's actually a character from fantasy that uses a boomerang"
Me: is it link???
Shad: Batman.
Me: 😞
There's actually a supervillain that uses a throwing stick/boomeran, Captain Boomerang.
I was sad, too.
I was thinking Sokka.
@@Riceball01 Marvel also has a supervillain that uses them, Boomerang. Just Boomerang.
Shad: "There's someone in fantasy, comics, that uses these for weapons."
Me: "Oh yeah I was going to make a Captain Boomerang joke..."
Shad: "Batman"
Me: 😑
Sokka from Avatar The Last Airbender
i was thinking sango from inuyasha
@@hanshubert6675 hey my man
Link uses them in ALOT of the Zelda games.
Ty the Tasmanian tiger who literally has an arsenal of different boomerangs.
I'm still baffled by how the whole point of Batman Begins is that he doesn't kill people yet he literally keeps throwing shuriken at people.
He has no rules against drawing blood and maiming, so it's OK. ;)
@@Areanyusernamesleft Dobby never meant to kill...Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!
Shuriken can't kill anyone, except in a rare accident.
I don't recall him throwing them at people, only as distractions. With the exception of lunching his modifies arm guard blade things at the Joker near end of The Dark Knight. But the penetration of them is seemingly quite shallow so only way he could kill someone with that is if he hit their throat or something.
@@_XR40_ unless you hit someone in the jugular or hit a vital artery and don't stop the bleeding soon enough. But that would be a rare hit
Historians refer to the Middle Eastern versions in history as “throw sticks.”
Wtf is your pfp
Hear about those warriors from the middle east, They have Curved Throwing hunting sticks.. *CURVED*
I found a super effective weapon that if large enough can destroy the world. It can be found everywhere in the world. Historically Romans used tiny versions that they polished and shaped. Behold....the mighty rock. Historically proven to exist everywhere at the same time. Even space has rocks and when hurled at planets can wipe out most life with but a single throw. Your nuclear weapons have noting on the historically factual rock that wiped out the dinosaurs and changed the very climate of the world.
In the words of Kevin Corey, hunting wings*
"There is a character in fantasy, superhero related is fantasy, that actually uses essentially these... It's Batman."
Captain Boomerang: Am I a joke to you?
For those who don't know: Captain Boomerang is a relatively obscure Batman villain.
@@SupersuMC he’s way more famous as a Flash villain than a Batman one. He first appeared in a Flash comic and is a part of his rogues gallery.
Yes
And don't forget Platypus Hunter Liam O'kraken
There was also a Marvel villain called Boomerang. I think you can guess what kind of weapons he used. He was mostly a Daredevil villain, IIRC.
Boomerangs: Not only good for hunting sponsorships, but starting spontaneous fires and summoning convenient frying pans
And although Shad did NOT demonstrate it in this video, they're also good for taking down robot chameleons (10 points if you get the reference).
Sonic?
@@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 Mega Man X (one stage boss is called Sting Chameleon and his weapon is boomerang cutter), but Sonic was a good try!
Less than 5 minutes in and Shad just impersonated Steve Irwin and threw a boomerang. Aussiest video ever.
Shad: **Goes into deep history and science stuff**
Also Shad: "STICKS ARE AWESOME!"
It’s a scientific fact that sticks are awesome
I think that's part of the magic of this channel. On the one hand, shad can be scientific and logical and do a ton of good(?) research. On the other hand... Well, "STICKS ARE AWESOME" He's living proof that thought and research don't have to lower the awesomeness of, well, anything. They can be used to make it even more awesome. And that's a lesson I think a few more people need to learn.
the boomerang is just a stick for ranged combat. Again, a MIGHTY STICK
"There's actually one superhero who uses them : Batman"
'aight so we just gonna ignore cult classic Cap'n Boomerang then?
Isn't he a villain?
I thought you were going to say Captain America. His shield comes back.
So does Thor's hammer, come to think of it.
Yes.
@@wayneshingler9664 Everybody's weapon is a boomerang nowadays, mate.
@@Karak-_- Not anymore
there is a traditional aboriginal use for the returning boomarang (each tribe has their own name for them) as a hunting weapon. Hunting birds in flocks. They are thrown in the same direction the birds are flying in, and the weapon curves into the flock. If it is successful you hit a bird, if not it comes back
My tribe would use mutiple returning Boomerangs called wangim by throwing them or flying them is rapid succesion over the top of water fowl like ducks.
The water fowl would think they were getting attacked by larger raptor birds of prey and fly low to the water to get speed ip before they gained height.
A net as attached to a tree at one side of the river or creek and pulled tight just as the birds reached the net and were unable to change direction.
The returning element was critical in this paticular hunting tactic, as crossing a river or or swimming for your stick each time would be exhausting but if something hits the water the ducks fly up and the net is no longer effective.
“It’s an awesome stick mate! Sticks are awesome!”
Sounds like Shad awakened his inner caveman.
This completely destroys a good old joke:
- "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back".
- "I don't know".
- "A stick".
A throwing stick
A real boomerang
There was a song about that, in the 60s
"If you made [shuriken] bigger... bladed."
Shad invents the Windmill Shuriken.
Mad Max smiles :P
"Nice" - Sasuke.
The Indians did that already. Its called a Chakram.
@@lucas9751 Hn.
Yuffy from FF7 had one of those
I can just imagine a dude in medieval ages with a quiver of boomerangs
I love how this channel has morphed over the years, into just hanging out and having fun with the boys.
"A boomerang is cooler than a throwing knife" Sokka approves that statement
Yes large wooden toenail cooler than dagger made to be thrown at people.
@@Zanemob someone hasn't seen Avatar
@@Hadam10Rose Sokka had prescient powers with that thing, sparky sparky boom man can attest to this.
Mai does not.
@@MrWhatdafuBOOM
Not that she'd visibly show her disapproval of that statement.
Shad: "Boomerangs don't come back."
Artificer: "That's fine, I'll just infuse it with Returning Weapon."
Lol i thought that too
why when he has a guy to fetch it for him lol
Artificers when they infuse a cannonball with Returning Weapon and fucking Die when it slams into their palm at 80 mph
Thought the enchantment was called Loyalty.
"Sticks are AWESOME!" Basically me my whole childhood in the woods
"A much more effective name is throwing stick."
Me:... Is a javelin a throwing stick?
It's a pointed throwing stick.
It doesn't go as straight, but i bet it's more lethal
It’s so fortunate that Lord Shad has his own dirty peasant to bring him boomerangs back.
I’ve heard he makes them himself! 🤣
@@fredbloggs5902 Lord Shad: the tax rate has been moved from 100% to 200%
You now also pay tax for every second of breathing
those unable to pay will be made my boomerang receiving servant
Shad: Boomerangs don’t come back!
Me: SO IVE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT!
Just like my wife!
I think you’d be happy to know my 5e rogue Ive been playing for over a year now uses a magic boomerang over throwing knives - the magic is what causes it to return, not the shape itself! Kinda always liked the idea of them being used as a combat implement since that one scene in Road Warrior
Shad's ad breaks are one of the few ad breaks I actually watch through and pay attention to, he does a good job making them genuinely entertaining.
On today's episode: Shad expands the worship and range of the Church of Stick
...by throwing it
Stick of truth
Talk about throwing your religion at people :))
Boomerangs are throwing spinning sticks with lots of science in it, therefore its better than the nunchucks.
“It’s an awesome stick and sticks are awesome!”
Lol this guy just channeled his inner caveman
"The stick is an effective weapon yes, but what if I wanted to whack somebody over yonder?"
Then use a stick to throw a long pointy stick even farther
@@aliri_ atlatl references? In MY TH-cam comments?
@@rafasilva1265 It's more likely than you think!
You use a hollow metal stick with a large pressure differential between the closed, near end and the open, far end, which you point at the intended target. The pressure differential is used to move a small dense projectile through the hollow metal stick and gain enough momentum to land over yonder, preferably inside the somebody you wanted to whack.
So what, I was doing it right through my whole childhood? Everyone mocking me because the boomerang never came back was just them being kids?
Who'd have freakin thought.
Dear god
@@finalmayhem theres more
@@duncanmcgee13 Where's more? Is there a message taped to the boomerang?
@@duncanmcgee13 No
I love you memeing bastards lmao
I don't think you'd want a boomerang to come back. Seems like that would hurt.
This reminds me of a book I read. It said the main advantage of a boomerang is that it comes back. It also said that the main disadvantage of a boomerang is that it comes back.
I know this will sound stupid but bare with me. In Mad Max 2 (1981) a kid uses boomerangs as a weapon and this is issue is adressed. The solution is padded chain mail gloves that will allow the thrower to catch it. Here's a video to illustrate: th-cam.com/video/i2gVXd7FzhQ/w-d-xo.html
Once got a boomerang that comes back. Threw it and it flew straight at my head. It was at that moment I realized how dumb boomerangs are
Mad Max 2?
Having thrown a few wooden returning boomerangs, I can assure you that they hurt
Honestly, you have done a great service. You usually do, and I appreciate the education I get from you. That all said, this video has convinced me to invest in researching this further and potentially getting one to add to a survival kit.
"He was also holding a boomerang, and it wasn’t one of those toy ones that came back. This was one of the big, heavy, gently curved sort that didn’t come back because it was sticking in something’s ribcage."
The Last Continent has to be one of the best Rincewind books.
I forget the exact follow-up for that but it was along the lines of "Weapons made of wood sounded stupid, until you saw the type of trees that grew around here"
source?
@@saumikshetty8122 the last continent by Terry Pratchett, it's part of the rincewind section of the discworld books.
Terry Pratchett quotes are some of the most random but welcomed surprises I will ever come across.
Even the "crapy" one Shad made has some aerodynamic lift going on, that's why it reached the 40 meters. A flat wing, like the simpler boomerang, can produce lift given enough speed and angle of attack - the angle relative to the moving air - it is clearly less efective, but the aerodynamic principles are there, the air on the top part moves faster creating the pressure differential needed to generate lift. It can be observed on remote controle toy airplanes, the more simple ones use very flat wings with a slight angle to generate lift.
Also, I think many of the air race aircraft (that fly around pylons and such) have quite flat or mirrored wing surfaces
Leave it to an Australian to make a perfectly workable (if a bit sub-lethal) boomerang and call it “crappy”.
Every wing that produces any meaningful amount of lift has a AoA greater than 0°. In fact the main mechanism that allows wings to produce lift is the downward deflection of the incoming air. The rounded top surface of the wing is there to reduce drag by preventing a (early) detachment of the airflow.
"the air on the top part moves faster" *but mostly it doesn't.* The wing moves through the air, which we have to assume is stagnant in the absence of the wing. The wing's angle of attack pushes down and forward on the air below the wing. The air above the wing moves down into the area of vacuum vacated by the air below the wing. The laminar flow of air closest to the wing is actually pulled forward by the wing as it sticks to the wing. There may be some rearward motion into the vacuum, but there is at least as much forward motion into the same area. Net, the wing pulls air forward with it as it moves through it.
I think that the phrase "Throwing Club" is more inline with the actual use than "Throwing Stick". The connotation of stick is that of a small natural piece of wood. On the other hand, a club is understood to be a large wooden weapon. So a thrown large wooden weapon.
I think club implies bluntness though. There are throwing clubs, but they are thrown head-first and not with any sort of spin.
Walking sticks are not known for being small.
Throwing stick to me implies a spear lol.
Just call them boomerangs
I imagine that if there were throwing sticks in fantasy, they would be enchanted to return to the thrower, thus making them a proper boomerang.
The oldest boomerang in the world was found in Poland. It has ~30k years and is made out of mamoth tusk.
Imagine minding your own business, eating grass and doing animal stuff... *BAM* ... out of nowhere a giant freaking elephant tooth smacks you in the head.
So that’s how it survived that long
I was lucky enough to meet a group of Aborigines that showed off how they hunted birds by throwing a volley of boomerangs with their offhand and absolutely sniping whatever flies off with the main hand
That sounds cool as hell. That’s some Legolas shit.
@@nerdletter3773 Indigenous people hunting in general is insane to watch. Seeing how the bushmen in Botswana can take a wobbly hand-made spear and throw it goofily through the air is funny, until you realize that they hit a vital organ Every. Single. Time. There's a magic there that many modern people have lost, and worse, forgotten.
@@InvalidationX145 would be cool if we had mainstream sports events centered around things like javelin accuracy rather than pure distance.
Imagine if the extent of archery sport was just "who can shoot the heaviest bow the furthest"
@@NihongoWakannai I think it's because of when the activity was codified as a sport. When people started organized games in Europe, such as the ancient Olympics,, spear-throwing for accuracy wasn't a thing, by and large, as people didn't use thrown spears for hunting any more. They only really used them in warfare and that was chucking them in the direction of a mass enemy formation so distance was far more important than accuracy, to keep you as far from the enemy as possible. While archery in warfare could involve the same sort of thing, archery for hunting was still a basic skill, and accuracy is obviously the critical factor there. So that became codified in how those weapons were used in competition.
But yeah, more competitions in throwing accuracy, especially as humans have evolved to be masters of it, would be cool.
"GET STICK!" is now accompanied by"YEET STICK!""
I had read that returning boomerangs were used to hunt birds. The hunter would throw the boomerang over a flock of birds, tricking the birds to fly lower into nets. The returning boomerang would mimic a predatory bird.
The beaked boomerang was another interesting variation on the non-returning boomerang.
Not that I haven't learned things from Shad, but highlights for me include: Shad serving and cutting steak with a sword, Shad intentionally getting his tongue stuck in a bottle, and of course, Shad going ham with his geekiness. Biggest thing I learned today: Shad likes sticks better than any weapon except maybe swords. Geek out, friend.
Swords are evolved sticks.
Swords are sharp, metal sticks.
With how much he likes this wooden death wing alongside his repetitive confessions of love for the quarterstaf I think he loves sticks more than swords.
many weapons are just various refined sticks
bow and arrow is also just poking things with sticks from very far away
Me:There's no way a channel focused on medieval weaponry can keep with the theme while making an advert about a modern food delivery company
Shad: I WILL NOW SLICE THIS STEAK WITH A LONGSWORD
Shad: They should employ throwing sticks in fantasy
Link: am I a joke to You?
Well, seeing as this video is about how hunting boomerangs are different from the more widely known returning type that Link uses... Maybe?
@@ShelbyAQD Also link uses aimbot returning sticks because they can pick up shit and magically gravitate towards link
Sokka... literally sokka
Palladium Fantasy has a big section on throwing sticks and juggling things.
Javelins, darts, daggers....
That was one of the smoothest sponsorship that I've ever seen by shad!
“Boomerangs don’t come back!”
“Wanna bet?”- The hacksmiths probably
Real boomerang.... He addresses this in the first few minutes
they'd probably just use some super magnet and make the boomerang out of steel or something so that the super magnet can attract it back lmao
God I love those glorious tech bastards
@@TheAkrillion that wouldn't work very well. Magnetic attraction deteriates exponentially so as soon as it goes far away you couldn't really call it back
@@TheAkrillion if the magnetic force used to bring that boomerang back is that strong I don’t think it’d be safe to stand in its path let alone catch it
If the magnet is strong enough to pull a metal boomerang back, then you wouldn't have been able to throw it, let alone pull it off the magnet, in the first place. It would have to be an electromagnet you can turn on and off, but the power drain and size would be ridiculous to pull it off. It'd also result in the boomerang destorying itself or whatever it hits with the speed the boomerang reaches as it nears the source of the pull. You'd have to turn the current off early and there's no guarantee that Boomerang is flying well and will continue to the vicinity of the electromagnet.
An Aussie talking about boomerangs?
What's next? A Scotsman's being some sort of drinker who's critical?
He isn’t, he’s talking about ‘throwing sticks’ 🤣
Crossover event: "F%&$ off, stick."
Would be nice if Drinker was objectively critical and not so biased...
"Go away now!"
@@VelaiciaCreator Being biased and being critical are not mutually exclusive, and he just rants about the movies and shows he likes (or doesn't) and people like to listen to him, so what's wrong with that?
The hunting stick is necessary for protection against the scourge of the dreaded drop bear.
my cousin was killed by one. didn't listen to the warning
@@pitedapollo6175 One needs to lie down beneath the tree and spit upwards. If a drop bear is sleeping up there, it will wake up and spit back.
I read that as, "the hunting stick is necessary for procreation..."
@@davidtucker9498 Thus, the first drop bear hybrid is born to signal the apocalypse.
And the white man
Oz: please Shad, I'm tired, please don't throw it again.
Shad: .... Okay! (Throws it)
Me: muahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Nice.
Shad's top weapons list.
1: StIcK
2: ThRoWiNg StIcK
...
14,000,605: BrOkEn StIcK
14,000,606: Nunchucks
@@shazamguy3145 what is this shit called nunchucks, why in the hell would i break a perfectly fine stick to tie it again
Never really thought about throwing sticks in any serious way, but dang now Shad has me super interested in em'
I mean... spears are also throwing sticks.
Ever thought about spears ?
Ok, that was one of the most over the top ad transitions I've ever seen, good work Shad.
The funny thing is, as a child I have played with toy boomerangs many times, but I never, not even once, managed to get it to come back.
I can't believe Shad stole a boomerang from the tomb of Tutankhamun just for this video.
It wasn't like Tutankhamun was going to use it.
You’re one of the few TH-camr’s whose ads I don’t just skip past. You come across as though you genuinely are passionate about the product/service
Crocodile Hunter reference yet not one utterance of the word "crikey?" My disappointment is immeasurable.
If he threw a boomerang that came back, he would have.
And your day is ruined.
I'm late to this party, but the returning boomerang was used to get behind the pry and startle it. If you make it run towards you, it's easier to get the hunting version you have to pick off an animal at a closer range. If there was none startled towards you then you don't have to travel very far to retrieve the returning version and have another go. It's part of a hunting system..
Neolithic men: Must kill
*Invents stick*
Ancient Egyptians: What could be better than a stick... I know!
*Invents throwing stick*
Actually the boomerang was invented by Aboriginal Australians *before* the ancient Egyptians, including the returning varieties. Obviously the ones in Egypt were independently reinvented but the ancient Egyptians were not in any way the first group to invent either category.
@@hahmann Post I'm replying to specified ancient Egyptians as the inventors. Neither has a true claim but objectively the Egyptians were not the sole or first inventors
Palaeolithic more like it. And spear is also a kind of throwing stick if your think about it
The amount of joy Shad has outta saying "it's a stick" is humorous to an endless extent.
Ever since the Nunchaku video, Shadiversity has become the official stick appreciation channel.
I’d guess the size of the “baterangs” that Batman uses would actually be effective if they weren’t actually shaped like bats
sometimes they work more like shuriken than boomerangs.
Plus the fact ge Throws them with such accuracy Bc Batman Is Batman
It should also be noted some batarangs have the benefit of technology, so it could be possible they're controlled artificially somewhow
You'd be surprised how many different shapes can be made into a boomerang/flying death stick. As long as it isn't too thick, and maintains the aeronautic principles, it will fly beautifully. Some shapes might be considered more of a battle Frisbee than a boomerang, however. I have even seen a boomerang in the shape of a tomahawk that actually flew like mad. Also saw a tomahawk shaped boomerang that would return perfectly, because it had the opposing wing design applied to it.
Check out "boomerangs by vic." He's a boomerang wizard!
@@Soulmaestro2088 They seem to be a middle ground between Shuriken and Boomerang. Keep in mind "They don't kill" is a point in FAVOR for Batman's use of shuriken. He wants distraction and incapacitation, not murder.
I kind of made this distinction between throwing sticks and boomerangs when I got into the latter. Thank you for sharing this information with everyone though.
One thing I must say though is that any thrown aerofoil is usually a balance between speed and spin. The spin helps stabilize the whole system like a Frisbee but if given too much speed it can create turbulence on the foils and create a twist/turn.