Joerg, the trick to aiming a blowgun is to keep both eyes open and focus on your target. In your peripheral vision, you will actually see two blowguns, one image for each eye because you're focused on the target which is farther away. Place the target between the two blowgun tips that you see and you'll hit dead center every time. You'll just have to learn to compensate for the drop at long distances, but your windage will be perfect. Give it a try and you'll see what I mean.
@tydevelle9437
Жыл бұрын
That’s neat
@connortivoli3161
Жыл бұрын
Great explanation, i used to think the blowguns with the front sight were kind of lame. As i learned how to properly aim using the method you described, i began to realize the front sight's value. It really helped when adjusting for the drop at range. having those extra peripheral references helps a ton.
@theunseen010
Жыл бұрын
this is truth
@hibahprice6887
Жыл бұрын
It is much easier to aim with an "imaginary" point in space that appears after 1000+ shots, this feeling when you hold a pipe and your brain knows where it is aiming, it's up to you..
@awen6948
Жыл бұрын
@@hibahprice6887 wait so you're saying it's easier to aim if you know where to aim... it all makes so much sense now
@jacobjericho1
Жыл бұрын
you have very easily shown me a cool plant , and very easily earn yourself some respect
@Slingshotchannel
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, you have very easily made my day! :)
@sebastianmendo3878
Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@themightypen1530
Жыл бұрын
with smaller agaves you can extract the needle from the tip in such a way that a bunch of fibers would come out attached to it. Nature's sewing kit.
@jonenglish6617
Жыл бұрын
I saw Les stroud do that on television
@HmegaB
Жыл бұрын
The agave is by far one of the best plants with a lot of uses, aside from the tequila, mezcal, mead, pulque among others, it's fibers are super tough, if you weave them together you can create body armor, that is resistant to slashes and piercing damage, look up the Ichcahuipilli which was made with the agave fibers woven between layers of cloth, (look the Spanish article in Wikipedia the English version is not the same)
@High_Tech_Priest
Жыл бұрын
The flesh can be used to make a salve that stimulates healing and soothes burns.
@Thanatos2996
Жыл бұрын
>La prenda era tan efectiva para parar flechas e incluso balas que los conquistadores españoles muchas veces las adoptaron en lugar de sus propias armaduras metálicas Apparently it was also bullet resistant, that's pretty neat.
@luisapaza317
Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@RagbagMcShag
Жыл бұрын
I guess they called it "agave" because it keeps on giving :)
@Earthenfist
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a survival thing (Survivorman?) where they pulled the thorn out and it came out with a whole long fiber/thread still attached for sewing!
@vigunfighter
Жыл бұрын
Ray Mears used one of those to repair a moccasin, like the Apache would have done down through the years. If you are careful, there is a 'thread' already attached to the thorn, so you have a needle with thread already attached. Ray shows how an Apache warrior would have had several of them prepared as part of a repair kit they would have carried. This was in an episode of survival in the south west or survival in the desert.
@jounikorhonen
Жыл бұрын
Ray Mears is a Legend!
@benholroyd5221
Жыл бұрын
I don't know why ray didn't just use his skills to whittle an aeroplane and fly back to civilization. He has the skills
@aarongreatrex-sweeney4954
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching the moccasin repair
@looksirdroids9134
Жыл бұрын
Les Stroud is the better survivalist and he did it better.
@vigunfighter
Жыл бұрын
@@looksirdroids9134 yeah, but Ray Mears could beat up Les Stroud!
@andrebartels1690
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was impressive. What really shocked me the most, was how easily the dagger stuck in the wooden board.
@AlBBack-qn7py
Жыл бұрын
I am a native American living in the U.S. and I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your content. Even when I am having a rough day the videos you post always make me smile and they are really informative as well. I would love to see how the Agave thorns would do if there were a Native American bone breast plate added although I do not think these were used as much in battle as some might think but I wasn't there to say for sure lol. Thank you for what you do and God Bless
@danirizary6926
Жыл бұрын
@Sungmanitutanka some of my family is both Native American, and living outside the US.
@christianmartinez9751
Жыл бұрын
Lord have mercy
@czak11blind11
Жыл бұрын
@Sungmanitutanka Brasil, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Bolivia, Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Guadeloupe, Bahamas, Martinique, Barbados, French Guiana, Saint Lucia, Curaçao, Grenada, Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominicana, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Greenland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Anguilla, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Montserrat, Falkland Islands, debilu jebany.
@socramzetroc1535
Жыл бұрын
@Sungmanitutanka America is a continent If you don't believe, then go and ask to your geography teacher
@matthewcarter2683
Жыл бұрын
Bone breast plate??? Like armor made of bone? That sounds amazing.
@bradleyborrowman2115
Жыл бұрын
There’s also a survival technique, in which you bite the quill, and split the agave leaf down the center, revealing a long fiber connected to the quill, that in an emergency can be used to suture minor cuts
@Nevir202
Жыл бұрын
Minor? If it's minor, you're going to do more damage trying to suture with a broad needle than the cut itself. Wound needs to be pretty serious before field sutures are a good idea.
@ericfrancis6613
Жыл бұрын
@@Nevir202 tis but a scratch
@josiahtheblacksmith467
Жыл бұрын
Rough repair of clothing and equipment
@jamesallred460
Жыл бұрын
@@shatteredteethofgodI'm hoping that they mean just using the fibrous material as a thread, but not using the thorn of the agave as a needle, because yeah, that would be one hell of a suture needle, yikes!
@Seelenschmiede
Жыл бұрын
There are so many sorts of waaaay smaller Agave...
@CynicalSirCastic
Жыл бұрын
12:01 I grew up in the southwestern US, surrounded by both agave and a native species of pig-like animals called peccaries (also known as javelina.) They are commonly hunted recreationally and for food, but a challenge in doing so is avoiding puncturing the large number of prominent musk glands present in their hide, which, if pierced, contaminates the meat with a very strong, unpleasant taste. This in mind, a bodkin-style point like the ones you made from agave thorns could actually be very well suited for hunting them, as a well-placed shot would easily down them with significantly less risk of hitting a musk gland than with something like a broadhead.
@jackbarlocks3441
Жыл бұрын
The Apache, when on the move used to cut the stem from the occasional huge, tall flowerhead that grows from the centre of the agave, it can reach over 5 metres in height and when cut in to sections and buried under a campfire the starch turns to sugar, whilst they were waiting they would use the leaf spike and attached thread to repair their footwear, then dig up the now edible and suger rich, energy giving, baked stem and chaw down on it as they got on their way, native American fast food, literally, a very resource rich plant. Here in the Algarve the Portuguese used the spike tips, amongst other things, as an eating implement when pulling caracoletas ( snails ) out from their shells after being cooked in garlic and coriander, a bit like eating flavoured snot :) Lovely.
@angrydragonslayer
Жыл бұрын
The english will take all your spices and use none of them, the others will eat whatever they can find
@jackbarlocks3441
Жыл бұрын
@@angrydragonslayer i am english you xenophobe, stop sounding off like a clown, bless you! and stop hurting the newts, lol.
@angrydragonslayer
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbarlocks3441 i tasted nothing (aside from haggis and scotch) my entire journey along the UK coast
@jackbarlocks3441
Жыл бұрын
@@angrydragonslayer ach ye didnae miss much laddie!
@angrydragonslayer
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbarlocks3441 even tried your famous jellied beans The texture was certainly interesting
@IdentityCrisis1581
Жыл бұрын
The tip breaking probably helps. It would be harder for an animal to run with a big thorn poking around doing more damage as it moves. So even if it isn't a clean kill it won't be able to run as far. At least in theory. Also nice ancient Aztec prison shank.
@jgarfunkle
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Aztecs used obsidian glass for there daggers and maquatles. I suppose it's possible though.
@IdentityCrisis1581
Жыл бұрын
@@jgarfunkle and they were quite effective too. Of course I was joking because it looks like a shank. Using agave for darts is plausible but I doubt they made stabby stab stabbers out of them.
@jgarfunkle
Жыл бұрын
@@IdentityCrisis1581 It is still entirely possible. Much like Europe outside of the main capitols there are broke ass knights and kings and assets to a higher ruler. I'd be surprised if they didnt utilize this plant to some degree if it was abundant and known about.
@Unmannedair
Жыл бұрын
Actually, the tip breaking probably helped guide the arrow through the rib cage making it more lethal. Same thing with small caliber bullets that can reflect internally off bones. Larger and sharper isn't always better.
@IdentityCrisis1581
Жыл бұрын
@@Unmannedair that is a good point too. I was focusing more on even if the shaft falls out the tip is still in there doing damage and causing pain so the animal might not be able to run as far before internal bleeding makes it drop. And as far as the darts. Those could even be used for larger game if you poison the tips. Which is a common practice among primitive tribes on many different continents. So it isn't a far stretch to assume they would poison tip any darts they did make out of agave thorns. And it makes sense that they would use the thorns over carving their own darts. They are pretty much already made for you and just as effective as anything you could make yourself. Why spend an hour carving a dart when you can spend an hour collecting agave thorns and have a whole quiver of darts. Primitive people were the original life hackers. They were always looking for an easier way to do things because their time and energy is so much more valuable to them than it is to modern people. They don't have the type of safety nets we have. If a modern hunter doesn't bag any game he can still go buy steaks at the market. If a primitive hunter doesn't bag any game they don't have any meat to eat.
@CrossbowManD
Жыл бұрын
These plants are all over the place where I am from. They have so many uses, it's incredible.
@vivekanandanjegadeesan9195
Жыл бұрын
Hi, I am from Tamilnadu, India. Mercenaries use a similar cactus to stab people to death, freshly cut thorns oose out a milky sap which is highly poisonous. They are very deadly and it is still in practice today. The thing is you can't trace back the killer since you can't pull out the finger print out of it.
@son-of-a-gun
Жыл бұрын
True! I have some centennial plants (type of agave) in my garden which have poisonous sap. Poisenous since the sap is instantly causing dermitis when on the skin...and small injuries from the thorns tend to infect. I never stabbed someone with a thorn though...
@SpeedKing..
Жыл бұрын
So much crime in that country
@courtnie97
Жыл бұрын
@@son-of-a-gun Yet.
@TallulahSoie
Жыл бұрын
In before the EU bans this plant as a deadly weapon. If I remember correctly on Survivorman Les once used this plant as a needle and thread to fix some items. Others have mentioned the techniques already!
@mylennyuym
Жыл бұрын
Hi Joerg, how are you doing? The Core of the Agave plant is also used to make Tequila and Mezcal; very useful plant!! Thanx Joerg, keep up the great vids.
@robinderoos1166
Жыл бұрын
Noooo! What have you done?! Joerg on mezcal would end the world!
@OnTheRiver66
Жыл бұрын
Next he will show how to weaponize tequila and mezcal.
@carpenoctem3257
Жыл бұрын
Joerg, when you shoot a blowgun, build pressure in your diaphragm like holding in a cough instead of blowing. You’ll get more accuracy and power. It takes practice to get really good but you’ll see instant improvement.
@ksp-crafter5907
Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@lairdcummings9092
Жыл бұрын
I have a blowgun, and I just tried your technique. *Damn,* that works really well!
@carpenoctem3257
Жыл бұрын
@@lairdcummings9092 I’m glad I helped. I just wish someone told me when I got mine lol I was doing it the old way for the longest time
@jolioding_2253
Жыл бұрын
Lol i just did that intuitively from the start as a kid. I always thought that that was the usual way.
@LuisC7
Жыл бұрын
Haha I always did it the good way it seems. It is much more powerful
@SitioLumbia
Жыл бұрын
Our neighbor have smaller version of those plants( I think it was a different species). They planted it close to each other en masse surrounding the house to act like a defensive barrier for wild animals.
@Michel-7.7.7
Жыл бұрын
Wild animals like burglars and home raiders
@VINCE-pp3es
Жыл бұрын
smart too bad i live in oregon where it rains about as much as it seems to in the uk
@Olav_Hansen
Жыл бұрын
Agave tips are so 'low effort' to make, that I imagine they would have primarily been used against small game where you wouldn't want to risk breaking bone/stone arrows on. Their shape is so effective, that I can only conclude that they would have had a purpose for these things.
@Vile_old_Bastard_3545
Жыл бұрын
They grow. You do not make them.
@Olav_Hansen
Жыл бұрын
@@Vile_old_Bastard_3545 To make the tips into something that can be put on a shaft there is still some effort required.
@jek__
Жыл бұрын
@@Vile_old_Bastard_3545 Do we make babies, or do they grow? lol. What about new species of plants? These ideas are not mutually exclusive
@robinderoos1166
Жыл бұрын
@@jek__ ah, i agree with your idea! Instead of mounting agave on a stick lets mount babies on a stick and club our foes to death with it! Apes together stupid!
@mariaconcepcionrodriguezhe2850
Жыл бұрын
You dont need tips for small game
@docgiggs
Жыл бұрын
Some Agave plants are very caustic to even touch their sap. All agave plants have slightly caustic sap, but some varieties are worse than others. A friend's wife went to strip one down to remove from her yard and didn't realize it was the that was extremely caustic. She still had gloves on, but trying to trim down some of the leaves got sap on her arms. Massive blisters that left bad scars on her.
@grimace4257
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like your friends wife has paper skin
@DragonmasterKeel
Жыл бұрын
then how is the sap edible if it does that
@docgiggs
Жыл бұрын
@@DragonmasterKeel It's not usually edible. If you eat agave raw, you'll die if not treated. The only time you can touch the sap is from the flowering stalk right before it flowers. That sap is not caustic and is filled with fructose. That is the sap used in the fermentation process to create Tequila and the nectar from the flower is basically like syrup. Extracting the sap at this point kills the plant. So the only "sap" that can be consumed is from the flowering stalk when it flowers. If you touch the sap from anywhere else then it is going to be very bad.
@sl0pper
Жыл бұрын
it is by complete luck that i found this comment. i had this unbelievable rash happen on the job and i thought it was an allergic reaction, turns out its just agave dermatitis
@volcanicashes1996
Жыл бұрын
@@DragonmasterKeel "Some Agave plants are very caustic to even touch their sap. All agave plants have slightly caustic sap, but some varieties are worse than others." Notice how they said "some."
@johnjackson8561
Жыл бұрын
Good to see Rolfie having a good vacation.
@carlosspeicywiener7018
Жыл бұрын
If you pull an agave thorn upward, it will come off with 2 strands of the fibers from the edges of the leaf and you can actually use it to stitch things like pants together, I've never seen agave thorns that huge in my life, but I imagine they could be used for heavier materials like cowhide or something.
@LuisC7
Жыл бұрын
I tried it they're too fragile to sow something
@Embassy_of_Jupiter
Жыл бұрын
Joerg makes easily the best videos on KZitem and I will easily watch them all day!
@Sseltraeh89
Жыл бұрын
I easily agree, Jörg is easily the coolest, easily.
@Slingshotchannel
Жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite comment today!
@incinerati
Жыл бұрын
This easily one of the more interesting videos you released. ;)
@thepunadude
Жыл бұрын
THORNS! I USE BOUGAINVILLEA INTERTWINED WITH CLUMPING BAMBOO AS A 'PERIMETER DEFENCE' ADDITION.
@matthewhall7976
Жыл бұрын
Cross section cut bamboo and place it diagonally at angles and grow bushes along them.. Its a palisade wall without legal restrictions as its only to keep your plants from falling over and its not an offensive or defensive boundary being built..👍😉
@S_Heavens
Жыл бұрын
Why all caps ffs?
@peterbonucci9661
Жыл бұрын
Bougainvillea was the first thing I thought of. Those thorns go right through leather gloves.
@ManuOutdoor
Жыл бұрын
Richtig krass, wie stark und spitz die Agaven Spitzen sind! Auch bemekenswer ist dass flasche Gräser Silizium beinhalten und Rasiermesser scharf sind. Wer hat sich noch nicht an einem Gras geschnitten :-) Grüsse aus 🇨🇭
@HawkHall
Жыл бұрын
Joerg Sprave: The agave grow in layers, isn't that such a weird way for a plant to grow. Onion: Am I a joke to you?
@oliverc1293
Жыл бұрын
Vintage Joerg. One of your best ever videos. So many favourites: a presentation of something you clearly enjoy, 'I know, I know', bonkers weapons, Rolfie, gelatin slap, 'I'm a miserable shot'... It's an absolute procession of wonderful Joerg-isms.
@Zeddicus65
Жыл бұрын
Easily one of the most interesting videos I've watched today. I'm not easily impressed, but that plant man, it's easily surprised me. I can easily say thank you. You easily made my day 😁
@conservat1vepatr1ot
Жыл бұрын
Easily one of the most frequent uses of the term “easily”.
@KrillMister57
Жыл бұрын
This is so cool! To have a mind that picks up on these ideas is to me very impressive. And after all these years Joerg still makes interesting and new content. I never get bored on this channel!
@renookami4651
Жыл бұрын
These plants also grows where I live and for as long as I remember I was wary of their thorns. It's not hard to pick up on the idea after you accidentally poke yourself on one as a kid... xD
@Emperor_x8
Жыл бұрын
For those who don't know agave produces nectar which produces a for a process tequila meaning he's bringing a whole new meaning tekillya
@aabenhus
Жыл бұрын
Cool video. Nature is awesome!
@LangstonDev
Жыл бұрын
Nobody tell the media about these armor piercing plants!
@marcogenovesi8570
Жыл бұрын
We need an Agave ban now, think of the children
@lairdcummings9092
Жыл бұрын
😮 There are many spines on that agave! It's *HIGH CAPACITY!*
@MrAwesomeSquad
Жыл бұрын
This is what my parents made their shoes out of to walk up hill both ways.
@nuclearmedicineman6270
Жыл бұрын
They had shoes? Damn, my family only had the one pair, so me and my sister used to each wear one shoe. 5 miles walk to school, 6 miles coming back, uphill both ways, in 6 feet of snow, winter and summer.
@Jesses001
Жыл бұрын
I walked into one of these once. Rather decent stab wound in my arm. Was a bit difficult to clean. These have been used for all kinds of things for as long as there is history to record their use. They have fibers in the leaves that make great thread. It is used for weaving and sewing. They are also edible plants. Their stalks are often used similar to cane sugar, and the tuber is edible as well. Furthermore, tequila is made with this plant.
@Laarye
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the American south-west, and one of the things taught about desert survival there, was that you use these leaves for sewing. Whether medical stitches, clothing repairs, or constructing pouches and bags. You cut the leaves at the very base, then score around the tip where the needle is, then with a rock or stick you start to hit the leaf from under the score mark all the way to the end, breaking the fibers loose and now giving you a pre-threaded needle while you can then beat the fibers from the rest of the leaf for other uses.
@trogdor8764
Жыл бұрын
It would have been interesting to see how effective these are compared to a wooden arrow that's just been whittled down to a point with the same profile.
@v.olksheld2105
Жыл бұрын
Genie und Wahnsinn liegen so dicht bei einander… 🤣 Danke erneut, für ein unterhaltsames und lehrreiches Video! 😂
@rehoboth_farm
Жыл бұрын
Agave can be used to make cordage too. In fact one variety of agave, agave sisalana, is cultivated for this purpose today. It has even been introduced to Kenya as an agricultural product. You can find sisal cordage that is commercially produced. It has a scratchy sort of texture and is of course not as strong as hemp.
@jkcazy1692
Жыл бұрын
I swear "Let me show you it's features" and the hearty chuckle with it is the best catchphrase of any youtube channel
@jrdnanitsua
Жыл бұрын
This was an awesome video you do so much for us and I'm so thankful to get to watch keep it up man I love coming back every vid
@terryqueen3233
Жыл бұрын
Now that was very very interesting. I've seen the small points on agave but I've never seen the big ones like that and sure I don't know why they wouldn't make a good weapon. Thanks so much for the demonstration and have a great day and keep your bow waxed.
@bigfuzzy84
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! In north America we have hedge apple trees that are covered in spikes like these. Now I'm curious about those....
@shawkorror
Жыл бұрын
My God, you are a joy to watch. There's something infectiously cheerful about your curiosity, enthusiasm and overall pleasantness. Keep on doin' what ye do, dude!
@shmebog789
Жыл бұрын
Your all was able to put a smile on my face thank for the content
@jodycarter7308
Жыл бұрын
I keep imagining Joerg coming through customs - "sir, why do you bring this agave into Germany" - "LET ME SHOW YOU IT'S FEATURES"
@leepalmer3634
Жыл бұрын
I live in Alabama USA, and I'd love to send you some alligator gar scales. They make very interesting arrowheads and were used as such historically.
@leesuschrist
Жыл бұрын
One of the best channels on youtube!
@codyg6574
Жыл бұрын
It's been quite a few years since I first saw one of your videos Joerg. I have to say that, to this day, I still find myself very interested in your content and insanely captivated at the level of creativity you posses. And despite the issues you have faced on this platform, I'm glad you are still here and still have a very strong following here too!
@Slingshotchannel
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@brainretardant
Жыл бұрын
They also provide the life giving elixir and healing potion called tequila
@user-ks5cg5cd7m
Жыл бұрын
When Joerg Sprave laughs, the enemies cry.
@cilaptrcili2429
Жыл бұрын
dude you are for sure most positive person i follow and your laugh is so contagious i always laugh with you trough the videos.be well stay the same as you are.greetings from slovenia-and like always making great video
@jonenglish6617
Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch Joerg.
@jamessotherden5909
Жыл бұрын
The penetrating power out of a crossbow is outstanding. Well done Sir.
@tech-priest1194
Жыл бұрын
Here in southeast Michigan, we have Hawthorne trees that alot of people plant along their fences, 3 to 5 inch wood spike coming from the branches and trunk. I've even seen people planting them outside windows to make them inaccessible.
@johnmarsman7843
Жыл бұрын
Those trees suuuuuuuck to run into
@looksirdroids9134
Жыл бұрын
@@johnmarsman7843 So don't run into them then, genius.
@Yuki_Ika7
Жыл бұрын
Are those trees that Shrike birds use to skewer pretty (if there are any Shrike species in the area I mean)?
@OlDanTucker
Жыл бұрын
We have honey locust trees here in Tennessee they grow multiple 1-6 inch spikes all over the tree like a cactus
@tech-priest1194
Жыл бұрын
@@Yuki_Ika7 we had loggerhead shrike once upon a time, but they're kind rare now, they're still prevalent on the lake michigan side of the state, I've seen pin their kills up on barbed wire fences so I'd imagine a nice tree barb would be ideal.
@stephenjohnson6841
Жыл бұрын
Another great video! I had never even thought of those features of an agave plant. Thanks for sharing!
@SomeElsenNerd420-J
Жыл бұрын
I forgot this channel existed, but I'm very happy it still does. Please, indulge me in whatever mad scientistry you have brought in this episode, Mr. Slingshot channel. :)
@herrsiroktopuss
Жыл бұрын
Ich find's cool, dass du noch Fleisch und Knochen in die Gelantine gemacht hast, das ist sooo viel realistischer
@mikedrop4421
Жыл бұрын
We've got a relative over those things all throughout our yard and I'll tell you from experience they will stab though anything you can wear. I always end up bleeding whenever I have to get near them. I try to keep the very end tip clipped off for safety
@knightforlorn6731
Жыл бұрын
I always find your videos fascinating. Amazing find, great for role players and storytellers
@billmiller4972
Жыл бұрын
Easily made me smile! Selbstironie ist das Zeichen für einen intelligenten und sympathischen Menschen
@salimufari
Жыл бұрын
I know the barbed point of many plants like the Agave where the needle tip has a long strand of fiber that ran the length of the leaf. This was pulled out & used as an emergency sewing or stitching tool. Used either for fabrication or stitching closed deep wounds. As for the 'No Pigs' in prehistoric America have you heard of the Havolina? Wild boar of the American South.
@yuge3248
Жыл бұрын
Magnificent!
@ernestmathews4674
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your content. Such ingenuity, and what a skill set!
@renkanestark6945
Жыл бұрын
When he whipped out the faux pig made from ballistic gel and laughed I felt that. God bless this man's laughter
@mikaelsjodin9870
Жыл бұрын
Used to make Tequila and Mescal... 🥳
@onebackzach
Жыл бұрын
In my area there are honey locust trees which produce equally vicious thorns. Historically they were used in place of nails, as fishing hooks, and as needles
@garethbaus5471
Жыл бұрын
Black locust is also pretty nasty.
@MrMimitos29
Жыл бұрын
One of your best video ! :)
@paulgunjack
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Sprave, I really apreciate all of you share!!! 👏👏👏👏
@leaholifield8052
Жыл бұрын
We do have three species of peccaries (a pig-like relative of the domestic hog) in the Americas. The species known as the collared peccary, is also known as the javelina.
@leonardcavaretta905
Жыл бұрын
Actually, javelina are not related to pigs at all. A completely different species.
@leaholifield8052
Жыл бұрын
@@leonardcavaretta905Actually, if you'll read my comment, that's what I said about peccaries... "a pig-like relative of the domestic hog" and that a javalina is a species of peccary called a collared peccary. They are related to hogs. Peccaries and hogs split at the family level. Hogs are of the family Suidae, and peccaries (commonly referred to as "New World pigs") are of the family Tayassuidae. All members of the Tayassaidae, in Europe, are extinct.
@LeMayJoseph
Жыл бұрын
The very definition of mansplaining 😂
@Brimannn1
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back brother! We have them here in Australia and they are quite painful. I’ve stabbed myself in the head while gardening!😂👎🏻
@Nevir202
Жыл бұрын
Ya, I think anyone who has these things around has stabbed themselves at least once. LOL
@benholroyd5221
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the less dangerous flora and fauna in Australia though...
@Brimannn1
Жыл бұрын
@@benholroyd5221 True
@MrPeka13
Жыл бұрын
Amazing video and end conclhsions! Love from Latvia
@seanmottram4969
Жыл бұрын
Iv been watching you for a long time great video
@chapelnightborn4526
Жыл бұрын
fun fact, tequila is made from a plant of the Agave family.
@MajoraZ
Жыл бұрын
I do stuff with Mesoamerican (Aztec, Maya, etc) history. I'm not aware of Agave thorns being used in weapons (there may be some obscure use i'm not aware of), but they were 100% used in other applications, such as for ritual bloodletting (cactus spines, stingray barbs, or ropes lined with shark teeth were also used in that application). I don't have time to fully look into this now, but I vaguely recall them potentially being used as needles in surgical applications too. A cursory search shows some references to them being used for sewing and as general purposes tacks/nails/needles, but i'd wanna find a proper academic source before confirming that authoritatively. In terms of uses for the plant beyond the thorns that are widely cited: Fibers were made from it for various functions, from rope to some cloth (cotton was considered higher quality, though), it was refined into various hygienic and medicinal products, and perhaps most famously, it was used to produced alcoholic beverages like pulque. I gotta say though the results here are pretty impressive, so i'm sort of suprised there *aren't* any sources I've heard of the thorns being used as weapons. Famously, obsidian blades and points were the primary things used as piercing and cutting instruments or weapons in Mesoamerica, though flint and other types of stone were as well. Regaridng your point about armor: Leather armor wasn't much of a thing in Mesoamerican, rather you had textile based armor, like eurasian gambeson: Ichcahuipilli was the Nahuatl/Aztec term for thick, padded/stuffed gambeson vests and tunics. You'd also have additional armor or warsuits over that at times: high status soldiers, generals, etc could have absurdly elaborate and garish warsuits (tlahuiztli) and tunics (ehuatl) with tens to hundreds of thousands of fine feathers, often iridesecent, arrange on a cotton base, with the different colors arranged to make different patterns, such as geometric designs or jaguar spots and so on. You also had shields and helmets made from a combination of thick woven reed or wood, padded textile, and feather mosiac or precious stone/metal ornamentation. I'm using Aztec military equipment as the example here, but the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, Purepecha, etc civilizations had their own similar armor and their own unique distinct ones.
@camelcasee
Жыл бұрын
That is one magnificent looking plant.
@Kargoneth
Жыл бұрын
Excellent arrows. The ones with the thorn glued to the tip appear to be professionally-made. Well done, Joerg.
@madshad3351
Жыл бұрын
Joerg has very easily soon how easily the Agave thorn can easily past thru a soft target . And how easily you can easily make such easily made implements......Easily, this is easily by far the best video about easily made Agave Thorn edged weapons. Easily. Lol. Thank you Joerg. 👊
@IvanMortimer
Жыл бұрын
Joerg, perhaps you should have tried to harden those thorns using fire. I think they would probably get more resistant after a fire treatment. Have you considered that option?
@Yuki_Ika7
Жыл бұрын
You mean to cover them in fat then rotate them over a fire? Agreed
@WurstPeterl
Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity: Does that work with wood and other plant materials as well?
@Abueliito
Жыл бұрын
Men this men really make anyone days the Energie the happiness the motivation and love for what he do nowadays you don’t see that in youtube tbh🤷🏽♂️
@WN_Byers
Жыл бұрын
Whaaat
@zacktodd9835
Жыл бұрын
Joerg has a special brain please never change
@bungeetoons
Жыл бұрын
"There were no pigs in central America" That's ok Jeorg, there was something much worse, a giant, prehistoric ice age boar. I'm not joking this is real.
@bookofrevelation4924
Жыл бұрын
Very well done Jeorge! Thank you, for some reason it made me curious if there were giant porcupine quills that could have been used also in North America prehistory? My PCP stopped providing needed antibiotics and made me seek help at Emergency Room of hospital looking for new Primary Care Provider for proper antibiotics. Don't know yet if I can get them, doctors/nurses are not paid enough to take needed time to learn my condition to treat it correctly, and doubt my testimony too much. I need help from those with time, knowledge and political will to do so.
@angusmatheson8906
Жыл бұрын
Umm. Why dobu keep needing antibiotics? They aren't something you need to take long term.
@bookofrevelation4924
Жыл бұрын
@@angusmatheson8906 I agree. I have long term severe pesticide blood poisoning from 2001-2005 that killed flesh internally along my ankles, similar to diabetes, before stabilizing it by 2015. Now it's been unstabilized by store bought products with pesticides in them since 2020. Then roofing my sock caused left ankle to open into wound that instantly got infected and abscessed the pesticide scar tissue. It was healed over 6 months with Keflex antibiotics and Bacitracin ointment to disinfect and allowed to heal with nothing else after first few weeks of disinfection. Then I lacerated my left ankle on opposite side where there is also pesticide scar tissue that abscessed and was treated with 2 weeks Keflex antibiotics and ointment to disinfect it, but was larger and was sent to debris and check for infection at Wound Clinic that took off scab to culture for bacteria which was negative, and allowed me to use Acetic Acid to test if it helped to heal better, which it did. After 6 Weeks the Wound was healing great with collagen restructuring under scab and bright red blood was separated from collagen fluids coming to wound to heal, also collagen secretion through skin above damaged tissue had stopped due to significant healing ongoing. Then Nurse and her medical assistant assaulted my wound with hypertonic saline with a strong sulfur smell from distance with squirt from bottle all over my leg and floor while nurse distracted me in conversation to look opposite direction that infected it twice as bad in one week than it took over two months to get bacterial infection. The chemical solution is causing dying cells that need antibiotics when dead cells build up to cause a bacterial infection. The treatment now is unknown due to unknown chemical and unknown damage being done. Antibiotics is needed at the right time but doctors don't have enough time to spend on patient to learn enough in such a complicated condition now due to an assault by nurse/professionals at Wound Clinic. I think it's a 15 million dollar expansion by Senator Stabenow in Saginaw to start harvesting collagen from poor seniors in nursing homes to sell for products from wounds that they keep producing 3 times the amount of collagen in an open wound than a bacterial infection will stimulate production of to heal tissue.
@bookofrevelation4924
Жыл бұрын
@@angusmatheson8906 Ironically my ancestor Ludwig Brieger was head of medical department of Berlin University in 1880s leading research into antibiotics to protect against African poisoned arrow tips.
@angusmatheson8906
Жыл бұрын
@@bookofrevelation4924 Thankfully, I live in NZ now, with first world Healthcare. The US is a failed state in how it looks after its citizens. Sorry to hear of your difficulties.
@bookofrevelation4924
Жыл бұрын
@@angusmatheson8906 Lethal Succulents is a perfect name for those assaulting the elderly to suck their collagen from open leg/foot wounds to sell... ha ha ha.
@Zaxnafein
Жыл бұрын
I love the creative spin on this video
@Cormacc
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video and very fun to watch.
@PeteDarrell1972
Жыл бұрын
Nice... the good ol' Tequila plant... ;-) As far I know, they are native in south of Spain and Portugal too. But maybe they have been imported there aswell... And yes. All the weapon options you mentioned here where in use in the old days, at least in Portugal, my native friends told me. I lived there a while ago for a long time and had my own experience with this nice "funny" plant. As I remember right it was 2006 when I did fall in one of them and got one point of them deep in my left shoulder where the tip did break off on my bones. That was anything but funny... Well, I lived in the wild with no insurance whatsoever, so I had to fix myself, including getting the point out and stitch the about 5cm flesh wound. Felt a bit like Rambo doing so, but it worked... ;-) But the major problem was the fresh juice on them, kind of poison by it self. Had a very bad infection even after washing out the impact zone with high % spirit, good Algarve Medronho. Once they are dry they are just needles, but fresh is a different story... Anyway, I love this plant and have even now here in the Uk 3 in my frontyard. Ok, they are pretty small by a size of 30 cm diametro, so not dangerous at all... Nice upload Jörg! And yes it's pronouced Agave, not Agaveeee... ;-) Cheers
@LuisC7
Жыл бұрын
Does heating the tip on a fire increase its durability and hardness? Like hardening a wooden spear on a fire.
@michaelmartin8337
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video Joerg Totally plausible
@chillypepperjr
Жыл бұрын
Love your vids so so much!!!
@lairdcummings9092
Жыл бұрын
"AH-GAH-vey" Those thorns are *nasty.* I could easily see them as arrowheads or darts for small game. Edit: No pigs in prehistoric Americas, but there *were* Javelina / Peccary - pig-adjacent animals that live in the same area as the agave. But they're *extremely* aggressive and have very tough hides, so you *will not* be using thorns to hunt them. Flint heads will do well, though, if you're willing to take a chance of pissing off a nasty boar-like animal that has large, sharp tusks and a very bad attitude.
@jodycarter7308
Жыл бұрын
Was thinking of tapirs and nutria in amazonia
@lairdcummings9092
Жыл бұрын
@@jodycarter7308 them too, yep. Also, *maybe* Capybara.
@Vyleea
Жыл бұрын
Need more vids with Rolfy
@cigano7106
Жыл бұрын
Really like your channel man, been following for a long time! keep it up
@A_Sofa_Guy
Жыл бұрын
easily one of the most entertaining video i've seen this week, and next time you come in france let us know !
@eagle1de227
Жыл бұрын
I'm a very big fan of experimental archeology. What i miss here a little bit, is the lack of archeological background. Are there any theories about the use of these plants in prehistoric america? is there anything tobe verified by your experiments? Don't get me wrong, the video was fun! But imho a little too much entertainment and a little too less science
@Slingshotchannel
Жыл бұрын
I did my research, but could not find ANYTHING on the topic. Lots of stuff about using Agaves for food and of course for making alcoholic beverages out of them, but the weapon side - nothing.
@IronicIgnorance
Жыл бұрын
@@Slingshotchannel As a German Man on holiday, it took you a few moments to come to the conclusion that they were weaponizable . You can almost be sure that if you did it, the people who lived around them for thousands of years did. When will you do a video about the ballistic qualities of different kinds of nuts? Now that you are onto weaponizing plants.
@magnusdareus
Жыл бұрын
@@Slingshotchannel An Aztec myth about the 400 sons of Mixcoatl (the god of hunting) does mention agave arrows! Other than that, Mesoamerican peoples used agave thorns as needles for sewing and for piercing human flesh (in medical procedures, body modification, ritual bloodletting and even corporal punishment), and I seem to remember reading about agave fishing hooks as well
@mr.cantillasz1912
Жыл бұрын
i think those thorns are being use by aztec people or something like that... in ancient times for blowpipes
@Eternal-Security
Жыл бұрын
Cool video, great job as always.
@brianmincher716
Жыл бұрын
My joy at watching your videos also come easily :-)
@gustavoraffo489
Жыл бұрын
A German touring through France gives me flashbacks lol
@bobkamachi2346
Жыл бұрын
You were there? How old are you?
@terrenusvitae
Жыл бұрын
I once saw him kill three men in a bar.... with a f****** agave!
@jacobmyers3868
Жыл бұрын
Finally someone who simulates skin with leather. Ballistics gel is a rough analog for soft tissue only. People forget how tough skin is.
@LDSG_A_Team
Жыл бұрын
It's always a good day when you upload a video, Jeorg
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