http://sites.google.com/site/rockmansling/

This is the tutorial I'm sending to guides and articles.

great tutorial, I want to make another rockman sling but I'm out of string, hopefully I'll get some for my birthday

very nice, i finished one the oher day and it works great! the (pouch) isnt as tight as yours, but it still works. ill make another later
excelent instructional, but you should try to explain the whip wrap better, its really confusing right now, especiall with only 2 pics

Good tutorial.

David Morningstar wrote on Jul 6^th, 2009 at 2:00am:

Good tutorial.

clearly an understatement  ;)

Way to go!! You're part of slinging.org history now.  As far as I'm concerned this is one of the best tutorials in the batch.  I never braided or wove anything before it.  Congrats on getting into guides and articles.  It's well deserved.  

Rat Man

Very well done. Thank you for putting this together. I'll try it out once I get some cordage.

great tutorial, this tut. also gives lots of people the self confidence needed to make a fully woven pouch ( it did for me at least)

I too think it is a great tutorial.  Well done, Rockman :)
timann

Thank you all for the possitive feedback that made me want to do the tutoril again.
I sent the tutorial to info@slinging.org
That's were you send the articles right?  

http://slinging.org/index.php?page=how-to-make-a-rockman-sling---bruno-tosso

This tutorial is now available in advices and how-to's

THREE CHEERS FOR ROCK MAN

Congrats Rockman!!!

Making that sling finally makes sense. I think I have enough Paracord to make one. I now have something to do tonight thanks..... ;)


Edit:
I am going to have to wait until I get some other string paracord is too thick for that kind of braid. Sorry I am a bit inedriated.

Hi all,

New member here. First post.

Two days ago I made my first sling using the Rockman Tutorial. Great stuff and easy to follow. I used two different colors of twine, both of which are quite rough. Still the results are terrific.

I took it down to the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto yesterday; found a secluded spot with good rocks and slung (slinged?) away. Good fun and I was amazed at how far I could send those rocks. I found that larger rocks, about the size of a small chicken egg, worked best.

Here's a photo of my work.
http://webhome.idirect.com/~totton/Sling/Sling101.JPG

For those having trouble with the Whip Wrap section here's a very good tutorial on YouTube. It shows two techniques - the first one very good and new to me.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDRRzSKu6JQ

- Dataryder in Toronto

That's a beautiful piece of handywork, well done! I wish my first Rockman had looked that good!

The only thing I'm curious about is what to do with those annoying extra strands if you decide to taper the release cord. I use the same method that you use (knotting them off), but I'm wondering if anybody has a better technique to hide them; I'm mostly interested in aesthetics rather than function.

Hi and welcome Dataryder;
  I can tell you for sure that my first few Rockmans looked no where near that good.  I was just overjoyed to be able to actually complete a sling from a tutorial that I didn't care.  Today I just completed my masterpiece, a Rockman/Cobra hybrid.  To me at least it's the best sling I've made so far.  Unfortunately, my crappy dollar store batteries died after one use so I have no camera probably until tomorrow.  I'll post it in Pictures of Slings and Slinging then.  

Gullinbursti wrote on Oct 17^th, 2009 at 3:13pm:

[...] The only thing I'm curious about is what to do with those annoying extra strands if you decide to taper the release cord. I use the same method that you use (knotting them off), but I'm wondering if anybody has a better technique to hide them; I'm mostly interested in aesthetics rather than function.

Thanks for the kind words, Gullinbursti.

As for the extra strands, I actually like the way they look. If you look at the Rockman Tutorial the picture that's 4th from the bottom looks really good with the extra stands. Mine, being of such rough material, didn't keep their shape nearly as well.

However, if you want to be rid of them I wonder if you can't just incorporate them into the weave? Or as my wife suggests what's done in knitting - thread the strand onto a darning needle and use the needle to push and hide the dropped strand up through the wider section.

- Dataryder in Toronto

I've tried incorporating them into the weave, but due to the level of abuse I dish out upon my slings, they inevitably start to work their way loose.

Gullinbursti, if you are using a round braid, just cut the strands so that about a half inch or so is sticking out and then braid around them so the cut strands are in the middle of the cord. That's actually what a 4 strand round braid is for - braiding (plaiting) around a core.


walter

Rat Man wrote on Oct 17^th, 2009 at 4:08pm:

[...]Today I just completed my masterpiece, a Rockman/Cobra hybrid.  To me at least it's the best sling I've made so far.  Unfortunately, my crappy dollar store batteries died after one use so I have no camera probably until tomorrow.  I'll post it in Pictures of Slings and Slinging then.

Hi Rat Man,

Now you've got me curious. I've loved what I've seen of yours in some of the archived posts I've been browsing through. Rockman/Cobra hybrid...... I'm looking forward to your next post with pictures.

Dataryder in Toronto

Thanks.  I like to experiment a lot.  I almost never make the same type of sling exactly the same way twice. The Cobra/Rockman pictures (which could be of better quality, sorry) are posted in Pictures of Slings and Slinging now.