Hey everyone. I was playing a computer game and they had guys launching rocks with a "forked stick." They put the stone into the y-shaped part and swung it. It sounds like a stone atlatl. Think it would work? I know there is a kind of bamboo stone thrower but I haven't had any luck with that. Instead of having a split where you wedge the stone in, this would be simpler and might be easier. I am going to make a couple- a single handed 3ft and a two handed 6ft one. You ladies and gents may want to try this, so have fun. 

I'm just wondering how you would keep the bloody stone from falling out of the stick as you throw it. It seems like the forces pushing against a chunk of rock between two sticks would make it fall out, eh?

See, that's what I was thinking. Instead of just a forked stick, maybe if you had webbing between the tines of the stick you could launch a rock like a lacross ball. It would be a lot more effective, I would think, than lobbing a sharpened piece of slate or flint at a person and hoping the thing didn't fall out of the launcher halfway through delivery.

or alternatively sharpen the stick, use it as a dart and throw the rock with your sling :-)

I hear Lacrosse balls hurt like holy hell.

Also, around here they have such a thing made out of plastic that fits a tennis ball. It allows you to throw it a great distance and give your dog a workout.