Alright guys, I've done it.
I made a split pouch sling from Mason's line which can be knotted down to a keychain.
I started out with mason's line and made it round-braided 6-ply, three strand braid, two strands per strand. It splits to a three strand flat-braid for a 5 in split pouch. It is 63" unfolded, just a tiny bit shorter than my normal slings. On the retention cord, the braid is formed around a key ring (which is replaceable/interchangeable), this serves as the fingerloop. The braid is sealed with a squareknot from two of the strands on the braid. An overhand knot is then made for a toggle (and to prevent the cord from slipping through in later steps). The cord is then trimmed and heat sealed into a neat blob of plastic.
The Fun Part:
Using the technique that I pioneered here
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11414485...; , form the keychain which is just over 4" long, excluding the keyring. Start by folding the sling exactly in half (the retention and release cords are the exact same length). Start the knot from the center of the pouch, and continue all the way up. The pictures will explain the rest.
The mini clip and the caribener serve to keep the monkeychain knot from coming undone. As long as it is in place, the entire keychain will not come undone. In fact, it will be able to withstand large loads if a secondary weight were attatched to the starting point (a loop is left there, it's not really visible in this model, since this is meant to be a keychain not a connector, but if you desire, it could be made larger for joining two sets of keys or whatever). The great part of this knot over a more conventional lanyard knot, is that by simply un clipping the caribeaner or clip, the monkey chain is de-stabilized.
Simply give one quick tug and the entire 4" lanyard will unravel itself into a full size sling over five feet long!Now, as you can see, there are many possibilities for what to and how you attatch this to whatever it is that needs attatching. In addition to serving as a lanyard for easy grabbing and decoration, you can clip a mini-flashlight, small knife or SAK, Compass/Thermometer thing, or whatever you'd like right to the keyring/retention loop instead of your main key ring (unless of course you
are using this as your main keyring!). The aforementioned loop left at the bottom of the lanyard could be used to attatch an additional set of keys, or to form a cord which can clip to your belt or whatnot yet still have keys in your pocket. Let me know if this is unclear... Bottom line is that this is an extremely flexible setup, use your imagination!
Now I know that many of us (including myself) EDC a sling and this is probably redundant. However, think about the concealability of this.... I doubt that many of our own members would even know that this is a sling until now. Also, you'll never forget your sling again, if you need your keys to get to work (and if you always remember your sling, but forget your keys this will work vice versa
)
I have to go now, perhaps I'll remember all that I had to say, later on. Oh yeah! I have stuff to say about the second generation...
So what do you think?! Come on! Suggestions for improvement please
Do you see any inherint problems with the design? What would you like changed?
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