How to make a multi pointed survival spear

hi today im going to show you how to make a multi pointed spear. you can use this for spearfishing and primitive hunting. If you are wondering why i call this a survival spear with all the stuff its because you should have all that in a survival kit.

Step 1: Materials

the materials are: a hatchet, 3 nails, duct tape, a slingshot band and a straight stick.

Comments

[MMoyce]

i hav a professional one i bought 4 $200, but bigger

[slingshotlover]

not being mean but why would you do that ????????????????????????????

[slingshotlover]

You know it looks kinda dangerous don't you think but its pretty kool and all! ;)

[Darkknight0667]

You should make sure to use concrete nails, instead of standard wood nails. They are much less prone to bending if you accidentally strike something hard.

[liamdoyle32]

I actually used finishing nails for this project

[Darkknight0667]

Your choice, but finishing nails are even more likely to bend than standard construction nails. Concrete nails are infinitely stronger, given the material they're designed to be used with. Miss your target animal/fish and hit a rock and the concrete nails will come through unscathed, probably not something that can be said about finishing nails.

[liamdoyle32]

Thanks for the tip

[Ubay4466]

What is it?

[liamdoyle32]

if you read the instructable you will know

[malsonc]

I enjoyed reading your Instructable. I do have a couple of comments that you may want to incorporate into your next version of your spear. First thing would be to cut a notch in the end of your stick where the nails go. Make it to the head of the nails have a flat surface to support them - then your duct tape might hold them in place better.

The second suggestion is to attach your slingshot bands to the other end of your spear. This would convert it into a Hawaiian sling which is very powerful over short distances and is easy to aim. This works spear-fishing as well as for short jabs on land. I've taken rabbits with such an arrangement before.

Good luck

[cloudifornia]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Camp-Cleaning-Multi-purpose-Duct-Tape-Tool/

LMAO. I knew this weapon looked really familiar!

[cloudifornia]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Camp-Cleaning-Multi-purpose-Duct-Tape-Tool/

LMAO. I knew this weapon looked really familiar!

[80$man]

Good efforts! If you want to increase your range, dont rely on energy stored in your slingshot band, rather improve the manner with which you transfer energy from your throwing arm to your projectile by using a spear-thrower or atlatl. There are reports of 4X range increase using an atlatl. It takes some getting use to though!
see the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear-thrower

Further, you might want to alter your spear tip slightly, for spear fishing the tip is usually split into three or four segments, separated and sharpend independantly.
see the link: http://www.google.co.za/imgres?q=fishing+spear+head&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1580&bih=875&tbm=isch&tbnid=yBhC1_bM_u-D7M:&imgrefurl=http://survival-guy.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html&docid=iEwGAaxugbKikM&w=640&h=746&ei=Vp2JTqyjB6v3mAXWzMTrDg&zoom=1

[lucek]

Just got an idea. I wonder how hard it is to make an atlatl?