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Title: Hello from Spain
Post by Samuel on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 7:45am

Hi everyone, I'm Samuel from León, northern Spain. I used tu play with slings when I was a kid and I rediscovered them not long ago. Now I'm totally obsessed with it, xD.
I've been reading the forum for a couple of months and decided to join it, so here I am, trying to learn, enjoy and spread the word (of the sling).

Hope to see you all around.

Cheers,

Sam

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Drakolith on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 8:55am

Welcome to the forum Samuel!

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by kicktheotter on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 11:01am

Welcome from Finland!

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Samuel on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 11:09am

My first two slings. Not very nice but they work.

Imagen1.png (1856 KB | 84 )

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Samuel on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 11:12am

BTW, how can I upload images without losing quality but not posting them too big? Thanks.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Worldwalker on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 3:36pm

Welcome Samuel, any sling that works the way you want it to is a good one, and your slings look quite nice.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by walter on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 8:35pm

Welcome to "the slingers forum" ! That is a pretty good skinny split sling :thumb:

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by joe_meadmaker on Nov 20^th, 2018 at 3:08pm

Hi Samuel. Glad to have you here. I was not too far from you a good while back. When I was in college I did a study abroad in Valladolid. It was just a couple classes so I was only there for 6 weeks. But it was still a fun and very interesting time.

I also like your slings. What is the material? Are they sisal?

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Samuel on Nov 21^st, 2018 at 5:53am

Yeah, Valladolid is not far from my city. Some historical and cultural places over there, but not the most beautiful landscape in world right??? LOL. What did you study there?

I'm glad you like the slings, I hope to improve and make more complex ones. And yes, they are simple braided sisal with split pouch. Easy to make and effective, but they worn out a bit too fast. I'l reinforce the next ones with some leather.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by joe_meadmaker on Nov 21^st, 2018 at 12:25pm

I was there to complete the language requirement for my major. So I was taking Spanish classes. Although that was almost 15 years ago so pretty much all of that knowledge has slipped away.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by NooneOfConsequence on Nov 21^st, 2018 at 11:35pm

Welcome Samuel! The annoying and out-of-date way the forum handles pictures is just part of its charm :)
Low-tech forums for low tech weapons!

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by mountainman on Nov 27^th, 2018 at 10:29am

Welcome from the Western USA! You will learn a lot here. I looked everywhere for people who do this kind of thing and there are only small groups of them. This is where the highest concentration of slingers seems to gather. Lots of knowledge in here for sure.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by funditor on Oct 1^st, 2019 at 10:03am

Hello nd welcome from Austria! ( not Asturia ;D )
Did you meet Pep Ribas yet?
He is from Ibiza, but his wife is from Leon, so he comes there some time. Quite recently he held a talk there about the history of the sling in Leon. He is the president of tze federacion de tirdefona on the Balearic islands...

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Rat Man on Oct 1^st, 2019 at 2:22pm

Hi, Samuel;
Welcome from New Jersey. Your slings look fine to me.

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by slingshooting on Jan 14^th, 2020 at 3:05pm

Hola Samuel, vivo en Madrid!

Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by Rat Man on Jan 18^th, 2020 at 2:09pm

Samuel wrote on Nov 19^th, 2018 at 11:12am:

BTW, how can I upload images without losing quality but not posting them too big? Thanks.

Microsoft Paint is a simple and easy program to shrink and post pictures. Simply click on "resize." From there you change the size of your picture horizontally and vertically.