Slinging.org Forum - protect your braid

sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	protect your braid Mar 8^th, 2006 at 11:03am my braided sling is nearly 1 year old, and about to be retired. the pics show the extent of wear, and also suggest the size of leather patch which will be needed to counter it. it's 6.5 inch but 12 would be better (just had deja vu there ) sv
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Gard Senior Member Offline Yup, there are slingers in Norway too! Posts: 396 Norway Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #1 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 9:03am I used slings with leather pouch and string braided of wool. Now I use shoelaces because the cord got worn out too fast, and several times when I was going to check the condition of the sling before slinging, there were only 1 or 2 thin wool strings (in the whole braid it was 18 strings) keeping the sling together. Gard
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 11:52am If you can get it, artificial sinew is nearly indestructable. I have a sling made from it from nearly 3 years ago, and it's still good. Hemp is good too.
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SEB Junior Member Offline Oh dear...there goes the neighbourhood Posts: 74 Netherlands Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #3 - Mar 13^th, 2006 at 2:00pm Hi I sling almost anything I can find, a lot of rough stones too. I protect the release cord by stitching a 5-10 cm part of thin leather from the pocket up to it. This prevents the stones from scraping the cord and when the leather wears out, you change it for a new part. Works perfectly. Sander
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2006 at 5:35pm well my slings cost about a dollar maybe one and a half so i'm not sure i'm going to go through any trouble protecting them from wearing out on me i'll just make an other one
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SlingWolf Senior Member Offline Guns dont kill people... Magic missles do! Posts: 362 Kenmore, NY Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 9:24pm Thats pretty cheap
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CanDo Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1652 New England, USA Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #6 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 10:49pm good idea, i've noticed that a couple of fibers are beginning to fray off the knots on my paracord slings. I'm just making the switch to smooth rocks though.
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #7 - Mar 20^th, 2006 at 11:17am i've had them as cheap as 50 cent an under for a braided sling from thin string
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CanDo Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1652 New England, USA Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2006 at 11:48am Hmm... I've never actually set out to buy materials specifically for making a sling, so I consider them free. But really it's the price of six feet of paracord bought 100 feet at a time, plus part of a boot thats been thrown out.
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Re: protect your braid
Reply #9 - Mar 20^th, 2006 at 6:37pm

All of the slings that i make are apache style with a leather pouch and nylon cord or mason line. After a while the cord ,near the end of the leather pouch that the rock flies out of, begins to fray and tear. So on a new design i added an inch and a half to the end (extra flap) so it covers the cords and knot.
Ill see about getting some pics for better illustration.
-Hound-

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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #10 - Mar 24^th, 2006 at 6:08pm so far, since i sewed a leather pouch onto my split pouch braided sling, i have not had any problems with fraying or dammage. before i started using a leather pouch, and just the strings, i noticed some wear and tear and the release end.
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alander Novicius Offline Posts: 8 Sweden Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #11 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 7:44am Nylon and leather that will work out for at least 1 one year using it constantly, it works for me while using apache and helicopter style. /make it simple, it is often then it works out the best
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english Ex Member	Re: protect your braid Reply #12 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 8:33am Cotton is actually pretty strong. It can fray a little with rougher stones, but if you use nice, smooth beachstones or similar, then cotton is a good material.
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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #13 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 3:30pm what if you grease the first ten or so centimeters ofter the pouch on the release cord? that may make for reduced friction, maybe some better releases?
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Gard Senior Member Offline Yup, there are slingers in Norway too! Posts: 396 Norway Gender:	Re: protect your braid Reply #14 - Apr 14^th, 2006 at 2:01pm When I was slinging yesterday the fingerloop suddenly fell off, or the sling fell of the fingerloop. Luckily I didn't break any glass or kill any peoples, but just a tip to everyone: Check your sling before slinging! It might spare you for many bills! Gard
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