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Chaotic Rage Senior Member Offline Vous etes saoul! Posts: 465 Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #315 - Jan 25^th, 2009 at 12:55pm I also read this thread from time to time popping back in. Great work Hondero, on figuring out the secret of the cestrosphendone! This is easily one of the most interesting of the ancient weapons.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3487 UK	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #316 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 4:01am This might be useful as supporting evidence: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6jjsJ9NP6hYC&pg=PT125&lpg=PT125&dq=sardinia+s... It mentions Virgil (Georg. 1.309): Balearis verbera fundae (thongs of a Balearic sling)
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DuckofDeath Junior Member Offline Posts: 84	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #317 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 5:40pm Has this article link been posted on this thread yet? I don't recall seeing it before. http://perso.wanadoo.es/hondero/CESTROSPHENDONE.articulo.pdf
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14031 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #318 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 6:23pm Cool stuff, Hondero. Thanks.
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Eoraptor Funditor Offline Aim small, miss small. Posts: 936 Great Lakes Region (USA) Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #319 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 9:17pm Huh, I've never even heard of this before. Cool stuff... I might have to try and make one. Thanks for sharing.
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DuckofDeath Junior Member Offline Posts: 84	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #320 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 1:43am Bertrand's article and accompanying illustration online: http://www.archive.org/stream/revuearcheologi27pari#page/73/mode/1up http://www.archive.org/stream/revuearcheologi27pari#page/n454/mode/1up Enjoy.
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DuckofDeath Junior Member Offline Posts: 84	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #321 - Sep 8^th, 2009 at 2:44am If the links don't open up at the right spot, flip to page 73 according to the page counter to get to the beginning of the article and page 454 according to the page counter to get to the illustration of the cestrosphendone.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3487 UK	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #322 - Sep 8^th, 2009 at 3:27am They opened okay for me. Good find.
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Re: Cestrosphendone
Reply #323 - Dec 26^th, 2011 at 9:50am

I realized that my kestros were sleeping for nearly three years, and also that I had not recorded any clip with the latest (and I hope final) design, so I enjoyed playing cestrosphendone last weeks and recording some clips to edit a short video. The dart has the same length as the classic kestro described by Livius and Polybius (37.5 cm.), but I made it lighter and thinner, with the fins more behind. The point is also shorter and made of an iron pipe filled with lead halfway approx. The center of gravity is thus displaced towards the tip to 25% of the total length. All this makes the stabilization of the dart better. Although the throws in the video are made with half power to get the dart caught in the image, a normal power slinger (like me) can easily reach the 100 meters with a dart of 100 gr. like this of the video. And I'm sure a good long-range slinger can reach 200 m. or more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_N3AXLctc

(I do not know why appears publicity in the video as I have not asked for it)

Merry Christmas everyone!

« Last Edit: Dec 28^th, 2011 at 2:02pm by Hondero »

He brought a conquering sword..., a shield..., a spear... , a sling from which no erring shot was discharged.&&

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Matt Borel Descens Offline I can almost hit almost anything. Posts: 122 Portland, Oregon Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #324 - Dec 26^th, 2011 at 4:06pm Excellent, Hondero. I was thinking while watching that you could really make that thing take off, but as you mentioned, we would not see it in the video, and you would spend forever chasing down your dart. With all the vegetation where I live, every long throw would be a loss. Thanks for going back and documenting this.
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2851 Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #325 - Dec 26^th, 2011 at 4:10pm Absolut cool
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3487 UK	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #326 - Dec 27^th, 2011 at 10:23am A volley of those would certainly get your attention
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Masiakasaurus past-moderator Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Cestrosphendone Reply #327 - Jan 1^st, 2012 at 12:09am Off topic replies have been moved to This Thread
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