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Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide
Feb 28^th, 2004 at 9:05am

Chris has graciously hosted my 3-strand braiding article. It is in the 'Articles' section. Please feel free to pass this on to novices. I made leather slings for years, but it wasn't until I made a braided sling that I felt I 'arrived' at this sport. If you see anything that might make the article better for a beginner to understand, please let me know. yours, Dan

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Yurek Funditor Past Moderator Offline The best thing, is a good sling. Posts: 942 Poland Gender:	Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2004 at 9:16am Dan, Pretty neat tutorial! Jurek
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JeffH Senior Member Past Moderator Offline Don't stand behind me, I'm about to sling! Posts: 354 Memphis, TN Gender:	Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2004 at 3:31pm Good work Dan! The graphics are excellent. jeff <><
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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2004 at 3:43pm

Dan

Great pictures and great explanations!!!

One observation: at the beginning of the illustrastions you say it is to make a long sling--- 39" but at the end, you say it is to make a short sling. ???

I also have a question if you can answer it. Wen you make the flat braid, doesn't the constant use and stretching eventually make the flat braid compress into a more round braid?? I have never done the 3-strand flat braid. I am going to make one per your instructions in the next few days. Thanks, its cool! I am also going to work on a design for a leather cover for he pouch cords. Don't you just love this forum!!!

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adair3 Tiro Offline Posts: 24 Lubbock, TX Gender:	Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2004 at 5:59pm Dan, That tutorial rocks! (pun intended) I am printing it off as I write this message and will try one tonight once the boys are in bed. Excellent work! Scott Adair
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Hobb Senior Member Offline Posts: 329 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide Reply #5 - Feb 28^th, 2004 at 6:35pm Great article! Simple, fast, fun, easy... Now I have to make another sling! I love the color scheme you chose, too. It makes the instructions easy to follows and the end result is an attractive sling. Very, very cool. 8)
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adair3 Tiro Offline Posts: 24 Lubbock, TX Gender:	Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide Reply #6 - Feb 29^th, 2004 at 4:48pm I made one using the measurements given in the article this morning and it turned out great. I'll have not had the chance to try it out though. Scott
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Re: Making a braided sling: An illustrated guide
Reply #7 - Feb 29^th, 2004 at 6:11pm

Thanks, everyone Grin

I'll fix that sentence, David T, its confusing the way it is. I hope it brings more newbies here. Speaking of which, I noticed on the Yahoo slinging group Ed mentioned this group and how great it was.

added: David_T, I've not had the flat braids move around, but I've not used the nylon sling much and nylon is much slipperier than natural fibers. My favorite material is hemp, beginning with either 9 or 12 strands of 20#, or 6 strands of 48#.

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