Slinging.org Forum - First Sling poll

lupis Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 130 Vancouver, BC, Canada Gender:	First Sling poll Dec 2^nd, 2006 at 6:00pm I was wondering if slingers followed any sort of regular path in their sling construction...When you think of sling construction methods I have left out please let me know and I will update the poll. Thank You.
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #1 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 5:22am Now that I could vote for other I did. You can read all about my first slings and see them in the post I made then: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1108845459/0#0 Willeke
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Mordechaj Funditor Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 576 zagreb, croatia (europe) Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #2 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 6:08am other. one-string-sling
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #3 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 6:36am 2 strings and a bit of "leather" that was before i discovered this wonderfull place full of slinging lore.. then i upgraded to a one string sling with a weave for a pouch
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Cliff Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 142 Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #4 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 12:29pm I voted "Other." The first sling I made was two pieces of paracord tied together to make a split pouch. I used it for tennis balls. The first good sling I made was a square of leather ~2" by 5" (about 5 by 12.5 cm).
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Reply #5 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 2:43pm

The hand Sling Pictured in my Cold and Stormy post is my first sling. I now have two others. One is a actual Peruvian Sling that I used a couple of time and then hung it on the wall. The next hand sling was made with a much larger scale pouch and nylon rope to where I could throw larger stones. I based it off of the pics of the Palestinian slingers.
Thinking about making a braided sling for a friends Christmas Present.
Would love to get my hands on one of the Tibetian slings that shows up on E-bay from time to time

Marc Adkins

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lupis Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 130 Vancouver, BC, Canada Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #6 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 4:09pm I added 'one sting sling' as a lot of you were voting for it, but I had not listed it. In reality i did not know what one was before Willeke was kind enough to point me at a bunch of her first slings. I am finding out more about different sling types from this than from mindlessly poking around on the site. Thanks everyone.
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #7 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 8:10pm I voted for a woven sling. Come to think of it the first thing that I used to "sling" with was an old sock I don't think that counts.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #8 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 8:56pm Socks count!!
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lupis Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 130 Vancouver, BC, Canada Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #9 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 9:56pm Old Socks...I'm on it...
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Cliff Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 142 Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #10 - Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 10:39pm Tint wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 8:10pm: I voted for a woven sling. Come to think of it the first thing that I used to "sling" with was an old sock I don't think that counts. Haha! I did the exact same thing a long time ago. I decided it didn't count, because I never got it to work well (I only tried like 3 times to use it).
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #11 - Dec 4^th, 2006 at 10:58am I changed the poll, I put the other back to where it used to be, because the results showed that I voted the new option on that same place. So better not change a poll once voting has started. Willeke
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Re: First Sling poll
Reply #12 - Dec 5^th, 2006 at 1:19pm

Oh Yeah I forgot.. I have another sling as well. I made a Sling using Mr. Lunds directions in the articles section of the website. I can definately say I do not like the cradle type of slings.
Marc Adkins

winkleried wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2006 at 2:43pm:

The hand Sling Pictured in my Cold and Stormy post is my first sling. I now have two others. One is a actual Peruvian Sling that I used a couple of time and then hung it on the wall. The next hand sling was made with a much larger scale pouch and nylon rope to where I could throw larger stones. I based it off of the pics of the Palestinian slingers.
Thinking about making a braided sling for a friends Christmas Present.
Would love to get my hands on one of the Tibetian slings that shows up on E-bay from time to time

Marc Adkins

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lupis Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 130 Vancouver, BC, Canada Gender:	Re: First Sling poll Reply #13 - Dec 5^th, 2006 at 6:47pm Personally I think it is funner if you don't quite know what you are voting for from day to day...I may just make a floating poll and change it every day... For now I have left the poll the way Willeke put it back to...
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Re: First Sling poll
Reply #14 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 12:02am

Man... a pollster's dream. I vote for no messing with the polls once they are started as well - changing them removes any validity that they might have had and makes the exercise a waste of time for those who responded. Funny sometimes to be sure, but we can funny in lots of other ways.

My fisrt sling used flat leather ribbons for cords and a leather puch for a pocket. I'm still hoping that I'll find the second one I made (the same style) someday. I think it is in one of these boxes... If I do I'll be sure to post it. A piece of history...

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Poll
Question: What kind was the first sling you made?
Two strings and a bit of leather 14 (42.4%) Woven with woven pouch 2 (6.1%) Braided with split pouch 7 (21.2%) Braided with sewn in pouch 3 (9.1%) Other 5 (15.2%) Old Socks 1 (3.0%) One string sling 1 (3.0%) Total votes: 33 « Last Modified by: Willeke on: Dec 4^th, 2006 at 10:56am »