Hey guys,
its been a long time since i've been on the forum...somethin like several months.
anyways, i had to abort the idea of my suicidal fire-ball slings (WAY too dangerous - and i couldn't get the materials
and decided to just go on making normal slings (if there is such a thing
)
well anyway; here are some of the slings i have made recently. enjoy
I copied the idea for this spliced sling from Coops, and i think he did a better job than me
but it works well, and the frayed end gives a huge CRACK when it releases.
These three slings have either 1, 2 or 3 straps of 1in nylon webbing as the pouch. The single strap sling has a normal bowline for a fingerloop, the two-strap sling has a double bowling, and the three-strap has a monkey-chain as the fingerloop - very confortable 8)
I've made my own apache sling, but i made one mistake and underestimated the amount of string i was goin to need
so i had to add strings after the pouch was braided (that's what the black marks are on the release cord - a whipping to prevent the added/ended strands from unravelling)
and i thought i might leave you with a pic from when i went slinging in the Grampians (a mountain range in west victoria).
good slinging to youse all,
from the slinging-teenage-aussie-pyromaniac 8)
tito