Machetes and slingshots have been recognized as important survival tools from time out of mind. Now, you can have both in one package...

Machete Crossbow

If we hold a hunt there is going to be some variation in reaction, depending on what one brings to hunt with. The guys who bring a gun are going to get nods for their practicality. The guys who bring crossbows are going to get credit for their stealth. The guys who bring a machete are going to get raised eyebrows. They are all welcome to join in with their preferred tool.

Anyone who shows up with a machete crossbow is getting wrapped in duct tape and left in camp for the duration.

Heed the words of maker of this contraption: "What is it good for? Nothing, except attracting peoples attention on youtube". Sums it up pretty well.

But that thing IS still kind of awesome.

Joerg (the maker) is a regular poster over on Zombie Squad. He made this contraption because someone on his YouTube channel posed the challenge and the idea amused him.

I don't think it's practical for much more than shooting cardboard, but it's so _cool_

Thought ETS could use a chuckle.

Ha!!!
A machete-shooting crossbow.
That should be all the rage at drunken parties happening in certain countries of Central America.

Got tequila?
Ha! Ha!!

Pete #2

P.S. You might want to volunteer and see if they can shoot an apple off your head. It always pays to establish accuracy :-)

Looked like a nice Martindale machete. At least he's not just sitting around watching paint dry. It made me remember the "survival" lockback that Paragon Knives sold a few years ago that came with surgical tubing and a couple of very short bolts/arrows with hooks just behind the heads. That was in the early, mid 1990s.

I would be a little worried about the short arms on his regular slingshots/wrist rockets.

Now all we need is a Splitting Axe Trebuchet.

His forks are large compared to what many like to shoot. Joerg seems to prefer the hammer-grip hold with a larger frame, compared to smaller slingshots with a high grip.

Here's an example of a grip higher up the forks (from the Dankung website):

Okay, that's totally bonkers, and good fun besides. This is what happens when you say "I dare you." Problem is, it's a single shot. And a quiver of machetes is kind of awkward to schlep around.

Haertig ... OK I'll pick up - on that photo you posted. Where did you get the nice-looking slingshot? Is it professional, or did you fabricate it? I don't recognize the word "Dankung". I'll look it up if I get time.

cheers,
Pete #2