The slingshot seems like one of the most basic weapons designs ever, so it must have been around for ages, right? Yes and no. Vulcanized rubber wasn’t invented until the late 1830s but the slingshot concept was around long before that. The key is rope, but I’ll let slingshot man Joerg Sprave explain. [YouTube] More »
There’s really no reason slingshots should be limited to firing rocks and balls, or even just things that are small. That’s why Joerg Sprave, slingshot extraordinaire, built the Blunderbuss Cannon. It’s perfect for firing glass bottles, full of nonhazardous liquids, of course. More »
We’re big fans of the Smarter Every Day and Slingshot YouTube channels—so it’s always nice when Destin and Joerg, their respective owners, get together. This time round, they use high-speed photography to take a close look at the physics of hand-held slingshots—and work out how to make them as destructive as possible. More »
In the most destructive mixture of German and African culture since the Berlin Conference, Teutonic wood warlord Joerg Sprave has outdone himself. His newest Crazy Weapon might be the Craziest Crazy Weapon he’s ever Crazied. More »
Joerg Sprave, performing arts expert and mankind’s last line of defense, cooks up gnarly kill machines in his picturesque home. Today, he calmly introduced a crossbow revolver capable of shooting four arrows without reloading. It’s a beast and its secret is… a toothbrush? More »
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