Throwing Arrows

Instructable link:
www.instructables.com/id/Throw...
Throwing arrows are an incredibly fun and easy to make projectile. At their simplest, they consist of a notched shaft, fletchings and a counter weight. With the aid of a length of string, these arrows can be thrown great distances. On a calm day I threw an arrow from one end of a football field to the other. With a tailwind they can go as far as 150 yards.
These arrows can be made from any long and straight material. Dowels, tree branches, bamboo, repurposed arrows and even broom sticks will work. Arrowheads, field points, and lock nuts can all be used as counterweights. The fletchings can be as simple as duct tape and cardboard. Feathers and arrow vanes work great too!
To throw the arrows, put the knotted end of the string in the notch of the shaft. Wrap it around once, over the knot. Pull the string to the front of the arrow winding it around the shaft once. Wrap the excess string around your hand. Hold the arrow like a dart. Check to make sure the string is taut and you are ready to go!
With about a dollar's worth of materials from the hardware store you too can be throwing these arrows in under ten minutes.

[@ironmage6105]

my mates dad took a pheasant straight through the eye with one. He aimed for it too. We had many long summer days and evenings throwing them in the field behind his home.

[@mriggst]

Really good fun. I used to throw these 60 years ago. I preferred live wood such as Hazel or Holly. Works well between 9 and 14 inches. split the narrow end about 3 inches. Cut two flights about 2 and a quarter inches long from a doubled over Cornflake packet - heart shape works quite well. Insert into slot. Bind above and below the flights. Bend out flights. Cut a slot in the arrow about 2 inches below flights sharpen the point and using fairly thick string continue as in the video. No weight necessary.

[@michaelparker2449]

Made these all the time back in the 80s in England.

[@margaretmoore7034]

Me and my pals did too.. we used to launch them around on waste ground and enjoyed every minute and nobody got hurt even though we were about 9 or 10 year old.. We played split the kipper with big bowie knives.. Tarzan swings and bonfires were also a pass time of ours.. Sadly the do gooders have put a stop to kicking balls on most areas .. So playing split the kipper, scotch arrows, black widow catapults or target practice with slug guns would probably result with getting tazered by police and an asbo slapped on you .. or jail even !! .. Aye we were lucky to have our childhood in the 80s lol .. The good old days

[@greysonp.2908]

Gotta Love Pathfinder darts

[@zwordsman]

Honestly looking up Pathfinder's Throwing Arrows and its string weapon thingy lead me here

[@tyronekim3506]

Looks like lots of fun and with practice, probably can hunt small game with it.

[@TrollFaceTheMan]

Very Cool!

[@vitalguillin9229]

It's an error to wrap once around the arrow!!! you're maybe securing the nutch, but you loosing "spring effect", !! the more straight is the paracord the strongest you will throw your "dart-arrow" whatever you call it...The arrow will never "turn" in the air anyway, there is not enough energy for, (it's not a barrel!), and your "wings" will drive it right too....If you want it to turn, you should mount the wings differently (on the slant/bias), and they have to be tiny (not wide)...For the rest, your advices are excellents....(sorryfor my broken english, i'm a old french rocker!!!lol)

[@dartbeard7108]

Nice job.

[@ianfinrir8724]

15th Century Lawn Darts

[@pebblesmckee2297]

Hey good video

[@hedgefundshyster..3241]

In the 1960s ....I and others made these arrows ourselves in the local woods during the summer holidays.making our own fun using our imaginations....we were 10 year old working class kids....we made the flights out of cerial box cardboard or old playing cards...we held compettions among ourselves ....we could throw our arrows over great distances....we were a tough and hardy breed.. unlike today's fat lazy unadventurous with their heads stuck in phones...

[@mikehall3220]

string. of piece a with them launch to used We

[@erichusher9218]

Swiss darts.....