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Jaz Descens Offline Posts: 126 Gender:	Favourite sling Dec 12^th, 2006 at 7:04pm Hi everyone, Sorry if this seems a bit like a repetition of Lupis' first sling poll. I'm new to this site and wondering what type of sling people prefer considering how difficult/ time consuming it is to make, and how well it works.
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #1 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 8:20pm My favourite is made with nylon cords and duct tape following Zorro's instructions. http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1140522990/0 It's doesn't take ong to make one at all and the result is great.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #2 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 8:35pm My favorite and the one I carry all the time is the one I made from medical tape and cord based on the design posted by Zorro.
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Re: Favourite sling
Reply #3 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 8:41pm

Yeah, a lot of people say the duct tape ones work very well. I made a sling that was basically one of these, minus the duct tape Roll Eyes

, because I didn't have any. How does the pouch fold around the projectile? I'm imagining it crinkling up, or folding around it in a way that means the ball or whatever rolls out the side. Is it the shape of the cord through the tape that keeps something in?

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Loki Ex Member	Re: Favourite sling Reply #4 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 8:44pm My favorite sling is braided with a woven split pouch, 21 inches long. Loki
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Jaz Descens Offline Posts: 126 Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #5 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 8:52pm I currently use a six strand braided sling made from normal cotton twine. I'll probably try making a medical/ duct tape sling soon. Perhaps a braided sling with tape pouch would work. I'm yanking this thread off topic already, it seems.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #6 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 9:17pm With the medical tape sling, the ridge formed by the cord seems to help keep the projectile in place until release.
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Jaz Descens Offline Posts: 126 Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #7 - Dec 12^th, 2006 at 9:48pm Quote: With the medical tape sling, the ridge formed by the cord seems to help keep the projectile in place until release. Thanks.
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #8 - Dec 13^th, 2006 at 5:37am voted for other too ^^ medical tape sling using duck(t) tape
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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: Favourite sling Reply #9 - Dec 13^th, 2006 at 2:56pm I voted for woven, but it should have been woven with braided cords. The string used in the braids is used in the pouch and I only added one more string (the weft.) Willeke
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Jaz Descens Offline Posts: 126 Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #10 - Dec 13^th, 2006 at 5:44pm Nice sling, Willeke!
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Matthias Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1418 Gatineau/Ottawa QC, Canada Gender:	Re: Favourite sling Reply #11 - Dec 14^th, 2006 at 12:31am And such pretty colours! Slings are so diverse that it's hard to cover all the bases... My current one is this knitted verion (the replacement, thanks to Willeke): To my knowledge only a handful of slingers that have ever used one... Matthias
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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: Favourite sling Reply #12 - Dec 14^th, 2006 at 12:16pm Indeed a nice kind of sling, but maybe more than a few have tried it. (I took some to the now famous slingmeet in Antwerp, and send one of those to Tint too.) If you want to make one, here is a link to the instructions: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1089409452/0 Willeke
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Question: What is your favourite type of sling?
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Single piece of knotted cord 0 (0.0%) Braided with split pouch 4 (22.2%) Braided with pouch sewn in (Apache) 0 (0.0%) Two cords with a leather pouch 6 (33.3%) Woven 2 (11.1%) Braided with a netted pouch 0 (0.0%) Other 6 (33.3%) Total votes: 18 « Created by: Jaz on: Dec 12^th, 2006 at 7:04pm »