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Originally Posted by ImthatIm
The youtube vid. right above is exactly what I was referring to. You hit that one right on the head. I loved the way that guy pulled his tinder to use it again with the char.
Easiest pointy weapon to make when in need is the spear. to turbo charge it the atlatl.
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Since I am not familiar with the word
“atlatl” – I read that the word comes from Nahuatl i.e. Aztec word meaning “water thrower”(?)
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Aztec soldiers also used it in war against the Spanish invaders in the 1500s AD, because spears thrown using an atlatl could go through Spanish steel armour.
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http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/images-6/607_01_2.jpg
Did anybody else use that word? Or is it now generally used in Americas?
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