A Primitive Spear Thrower Built Using Only Stone Tools and Fire

Primitive Technology built a spear thrower using only stone tools and fire. The simple device lets the user throw a spear farther while hunting.

The throws in the video show what can be done in one afternoon of practice (my arm got sore and I wanted to start on other projects). I hit the target a few times at a distance 15 m. It is more powerful than a spear thrown by hand alone but is difficult to learn. The spear I made could have been a fraction lighter and so would have greater speed. Another improvement would be to add flights to the spear so it would be more accurate and fly straighter (like an atlatl).

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