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Making Your Own Atlatl or Spearthower and Darts

Thunderbird Atlatl offers a variety of atlatl kits based on our popular atlatl models. Making your own atlatl or separthrower gives you a chance to personalize your atlatl and also save some money.

You can also make your own darts from our dart kits. The kits are easy to put together and require a little sanding and finishing with glue and Linseed or Tung oil or paint.

Kits come with instructions. Our kits were featured in Make Magazine a few years ago. You can check the article out online.

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If you have a group of 10 or more, we offer special bulk pricing so you can work together to make your own atlatl team! Give us a call at 800-836-4520 or email us at contact@thunderbirdatlatl.com.

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Good Customer Service Important for Thunderbird Atlatl!

One thing we pride ourselves on here at Thunderbird Atlatl is our superior customer service. We are extremely receptive to our customers and make ourselves available almost 24/7!

We appreciate our customers’ feedback. If there is a problem, we try to correct it instantly. We are proud of our ability to get orders out as quickly as possible even rush orders. If it means a few late nights at the shop, our staff is willing and able to do that. Give us a call at 800-836-4520 or a cell at 607-743-4379 and we would be glad to help you figure out the best atlatl equipment for you.

We sometimes get calls from people who have ordered from other atlatl manufacturers and were unable to get their items. Please know we have 20 years of exemplary customer service backing our products. Check out some of the comments we have received recently!

“I just wanted to give thanks and props to Bob and Cheryl for great customer service. The USPS managed to bend a tube hard enough to splinter a pack of 6 darts. They promptly and cheerfully reshipped my order and I had them 2 days later. Plus, I like a business where the boss answers the phone. It was an added bonus talking to the legendary Bob Berg.”

Regarding a Kanakadea we sold on Amazon:
“I got these to get started in atlatl. They are great! They are accurate and they fly far and hit hard. I can’t say enough good things about this. The ground where I live is frozen and the darts hit the ground so hard they actually went in a coupel of inches! this is Awesome!”

Regarding a Catatonk we sold on Amazon:
“This design is perfect. I don’t have long fingers and adequately grasping the dart has always been a problem. This Catatonk design fits perfectly. It provides a solid foundation for your hand, allows your index finger to just have to lightly hold in place the dart because its seated on a support trough ahead of your finger. Very stable. You can walk around with a dart in place its so stable. Great atlatl.”

“Love your products! We have had HUNDREDS of youth and adults using your atlatls as part of our programs. By the way, here is a link to a recent TV interview.”

New Zealand Visitors Stop By

We had a group from New Zealand stop by a couple days ago. They were visiting our area of New York State as part of the international Friendship Force program. Members of the group got to try the atlatl and learn a little about it.

Thunderbird Atlatl’s Bob Berg gave a short flintknapping demonstration. If you are in the area of our shop in upstate New York, please stop by sometime! Please call ahead as we are sometimes on the road or not at the shop. We look forward to meeting you.

Below: New Zealand visitors try the atlatl and learn about flintknapping from Bob Berg who is “hiding” in the center of the group!

World Atlatl Day, Saturday, June 1. Join us!

Thunderbird Atlatl will be celebrating World Atlatl Day here at our shop, 90 Main Street, Candor, NY, from 1 to 4 p.m.

World Atlatl Day (WAD) was initiated by Linda Brundage and the New York Atlatl Association in 2011. Due to its popularity, the WAA membership attending the 2012 Annual Meeting voted to officially recognize the first Saturday in June of each year as World Atlatl Day.

Stop by if you are in the area to participate! Questions, give us a call at 607-659-3854, 800-836-4520 or email us at contact@thunderbirdatlatl.com

Bob Berg had a busy day at Primitive Pursuits in Ithaca. In the photo below, he is showing a family a flint tool that can be used to cut grass or other long fibered plants. The flint is held on by the natural glue Bob makes at the Thunderbird shop with pine pitch and other natural components.

Bob Berg shows a primitive flint tool to a family at Primitive Pursuits Day in Ithaca, New York
Bob Berg shows a primitive flint tool to a family at Primitive Pursuits Day in Ithaca, New York

Thank you Peter Berg for fixing the website. We apologize for any inconveniences as we changed formatting for our web server.