Well,
Inspired a long time ago by FTC's post( http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1141829822/0 ) and his generosity to send me a copy of "Spike and Chain" I decided to make a rope dart. Though very crude, it works very well.
Now, several months later, I put up some instructions on how you can make one. Nothing complicated, but perhaps the idea itself will inspire someone. You can find it here:

Some pics:




FTC's image must have stuck, because months later, taking this picture. I decided to use the same rope-coil method.

Interesting: The linked page is #11 in Google for 'Rope Dart' and 23rd for "ropedart" (a slinging.org thread holds #4 for the latter search!)

FunSlinger wrote on May 11^th, 2007 at 12:46am:


Thanks,
If you check out the link above: http://www.instructables.com/id/E7O4T0VF1A4XYVB/ that will answer all of your questions. Paraphrased from that site: this one wasn't meant to be pretty, the next will look nice 
There's a video on that link to show you how it's used.

The videos look as if this weapon is almost as dangerous for the wielder as for the victim. What are your experiences?

drum slinger,
PM me your e-mail.

FunSlinger,
Ay, it most definitely is worth doing right the first time. I was very well unsure of how it would work, so made this as a test. With my schedule, 'doing it right' would leave it completed sometime in the next few months  . With the beginning of the summer, I hope to make a nice one:
~Weight concentrated further forward
~Cool grinds and angles
~Chain links
~Red Flag
~Etched designs in the steel
~Braided line with a bit of knotwork
~Quench Line
RR spikes aren't really mild steel, the carbon content varies I think up to 60% -Look for ones with HC stamped on the head. They can actually be hardened to make functional knives!  I should mention that this one was indeed, heat treated, though I'm not entirely sure that did anything, as it was a rush job.

Dravonk,
I have a high-power light in my back yard on a street lamp pole. This lights up everything as though it were day, but leaves a crisp shadow everywhere. I practice facing away from the light, and by following the shadow, I can keep it from killing me. I just take everything very slow, especially at first, so that I can't get in too much trouble if I mess up.  You could practice with a bag of sand or something instead of steel for safety...

[quote author=curious_aardvark link=1178760654/0#9 date=1179161490]link to video no longer works :-(
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yes it does  :-? :-/

Perhaps youtube lost a lawsuit, appealed and then won in the past couple of hours :)

lololololol wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 3:11pm:


Thanks for pointing that out, It's fixed now.

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