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Jörg Sprave first came to our attention with his machette-shooting slingshot some time ago, and has since gone on to wow and horrify us with his DIY weapons. In this new video, Sprave returns to his knife-shooting roots with a crossbow designed to shoot throwing knives. It's about as dangerous as it sounds.

We've relied on Jörg Sprave, the mind behind the Slingshot Channel, to provide us with the latest and greatest in rubber-band powered weapons of destruction. Whether it's a gatling gun or wrecking a car with a ridiculous piece of slingshot artillery, Sprave is a DIY guru of destruction. His latest creation is a little bit off the beaten path, eschewing traditional slingshots and instead strapping a bunch of steak knives onto a spinning wheel of death. You need to see this.

When it comes to slingshots, we already know that Jörg Sprave is the man to go to. However, his expertise is apparently quite wide and varied as he recently desmonstrated to Businessweek when they asked him to weaponize some office supplies. True to his word, Sprave came up with a number of options of which Business week used only one. Now, Sprave has released a video showing all of his creations. See them below, but really: Don't try this at home.

Jörg Sprave, the mad genius millionaire and slingshot maker, certainly refuses to get stale. After building slingshot cannons, and more recently a slew of zombie killing devices, he's turned to comic books for inspiration. His latest creation is the Kabuto, a slingshot staff featured prominently in the One Piece series. Of course, in the hands of Sprave it's not just a slingshot: It's a throwing spear, a stabbing weapon, a zombie-grabber, and a slingshot! 

There are men and then there is Jörg Sprave, the German CEO who spends his time crafting outrageous slingshots, who puts all other men to shame. We've featured his work quite a few times, culminating in his construction of a piece of slingshot artillery. Today, Herr Sprave brings us a humble, but no less impressive creation: The Pump-Action Slingshot. Using a slide similar to that found on a shotgun, the slingshot can be quickly cocked and fired. The slingshot is especially impressive because it uses a magazine of ball bearings, loading each shot as the weapon is cocked. Though not the most powerful of Sprave's creations, he says it is almost certainly one of the fastest. Read on below to see a video of the slingshot in action, and enjoy the new "action packed" intro sequence.

Jörg Sprave is back and he's here to tell us that he has laid aside childish things. Machete slingshots, sawblade slingshots, iPhone slingshots; these were but toys that must be put away to make room for his latest masterpiece. Friends, I'd like you to meet the 220-pound artillery slingshot. Wheel mounted with variable height adjustment, Sprave's latest is easily his best creation. And what better way to show it off than to shoot the ever-lovin' hell out of an economy car? In case you were wondering who this mastermind of the slingshot is when he's not creating hand-made atrillery, a little Internet sleuthing will reveal that he's the CEO of a video editing company. I was hoping for ancient German aristocracy, tinkering away in the garden workshop located on his sprawling ancestral lands, but this works just as well. Hats off to you, Herr Sprave. You are a hero. (via Hack A Day)

Our old friend Jörg Sprave, the mad scientist who brought us the machete slingshot, is up to shenanigans once again. This time, he constructed a gatling gun slingshot, capable of firing 960 rounds per minute, as he put it, "for the fun of it." The gun works with a crank and gear, comes with a safety and can fire single shots if the gear is turned slowly. The weapon can't exactly be reloaded in a quick and efficient way, as one would have to refill and reset the rubberbands manually, but the user might just have enough time if their initial shots hit their target, as the weapon sure looks like it could some damage.

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Never challenge Jörg Sprave to make a slingshot that shoots machetes, or he just might do it. I mean, he makes videos for something called the Slingshot Channel, come on. Sprave has previously made videos about turning Christmas trees into deadly crossbows, destroying bricks with slingshot fire, and "How to make a Zombie slaying arrow shooting slingshot." (via Boing Boing)

Q: Are these the best slingshots? A: Yes. (via Reddit)