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Update on this: Throwing sticks: I used an ash curved throwing stick, a Choctaw-style stick, and a neolithic European style stick. Pictures will be posted of all of these, but here are the results of a single test I did at ten metres, trying to hit piece of split wood resting on top of a stump: The ash throwing stick hit the split first time, and threw it less than one metre (0.87, according to my metre rule). The Choctaw-style hit the split second time, but threw it 3.45 metres (approx.). The neolithic stick may have been improperly made, because it hit the split fourth time, and threw it less than 1 metres again. I consequently lost this stick. I'll make another for the photos. I didn't make a bark fibre sling, but I did make a bark pouch (ash bark; inner and outer, outer for the inside of the pouch.) The pouch is fitted with nettle cords (I began with cat-tail leaf fibres, but they were not very strong.) I tried the sprang pouch, but couldn't quite get the shape I wanted; sprang is a nice technique though, I'm glad I learnt it. The net pouch is something I didn't get around to, but I managed to get a fire going using a cat-tail stalk hand drill and clematis hearth: I have got it so I can get a fire within one minute. I have some pictures on a disposable camera, but I haven't had them developed yet. I intend to have more permanent and generally better pictures ASAP.
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