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Tibetan yak hair sling
Dec 26^th, 2006 at 3:43pm

got one of these from tint in a trade.
Nice looking thing but as a practical sling - downright bloody lethal.

Very nearly wiped out both parents on christmas day - not good lol :-)
basically the pouch is far too rigid - didn't matter how big small or heavy a rock I used the bloody thing just came out sideways.

Without a lead glande the size of a tennis ball I can't see it being useful for anything :-)
but heh I can hang it on the wall. :-)

Just be warned don't get one of these and expect to use it for normal ammo the flat pouch just won't hold anything under the density of big lead chunks.

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #1 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:31pm

Oh I am sorry to hear that Cry

. i got 7 of those from ebay and the first few I tried had no problem. I must have mail a new one that I haven't tested to you. A similar problem occured with another sling I traded with funda_iucunda. perharps you can try wraping a stone in the pouch for a few days so that the pocket becomes more concave?

once again i am sorry. I didn't test all the slings because I found out that I was allergic to horse hair after i slung with the first few........ Tongue

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #2 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 9:37pm

Curious_Aardvark,

I checked with Tint, and he said this advice should work (and not wreck the sling). The pouch is too stiff and flat, so you need to make it more flexible or you need to shape it. Tint's advice (above) will shape the pouch without removing its stiffness. If you want to make the pouch more flexible, you can take it in your hands and fold it back and forth for a while, working the fold point from one end of the pouch to the other. By the time you have worked your way from one end to the other and back again, the pouch should have lost its stiffness. Either technique will make the sling more usable.

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Tibetan yak hair sling Reply #3 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 7:48am lol tint it's not your fault mate. But after havng a rock bounce past my mums foot on our christmas day dogwalk I decided to give up for the day lol Yep I'd come up with the shaping idea, that's definitely what it needs. do I need to wet it as well ? (like you would with leather)
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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #5 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 11:15am

Hey Tint do ya have a Link to the ebay site ( if any still exist)

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Tint wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:31pm:

Oh I am sorry to hear that Cry

. i got 7 of those from ebay and the first few I tried had no problem. I must have mail a new one that I haven't tested to you. A similar problem occured with another sling I traded with funda_iucunda. perharps you can try wraping a stone in the pouch for a few days so that the pocket becomes more concave?

once again i am sorry. I didn't test all the slings because I found out that I was allergic to horse hair after i slung with the first few........ Tongue

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #6 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 11:16am

I used a similar technique ( Working it back and forth) on loosening up the sisal sling I braided a few weeks ago.

Marc Adkins

Dale wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 9:37pm:

Curious_Aardvark,

I checked with Tint, and he said this advice should work (and not wreck the sling). The pouch is too stiff and flat, so you need to make it more flexible or you need to shape it. Tint's advice (above) will shape the pouch without removing its stiffness. If you want to make the pouch more flexible, you can take it in your hands and fold it back and forth for a while, working the fold point from one end of the pouch to the other. By the time you have worked your way from one end to the other and back again, the pouch should have lost its stiffness. Either technique will make the sling more usable.

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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Tibetan yak hair sling Reply #7 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 8:50pm Here is the link to the ebay store! slings on sale! http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet Slings sold here: http://cgi.ebay.com/TIBETAN-SLINGSHOT-medium-TIBET-FUNDRAISER_W0QQitemZ270041194... Here is the link to the tibet charity site: http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet Makes me wanna to go there and visit the slingers!
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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #8 - Dec 29^th, 2006 at 12:04am

Thanks Tint, I had been on the site before but couldn't locate the slings. I have just sent a message to them and if all goes well should have one ordered tomorrow.

Marc Adkins

Tint wrote on Dec 28^th, 2006 at 8:50pm:

Here is the link to the ebay store! slings on
sale!

http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet

Slings sold here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TIBETAN-SLINGSHOT-medium-TIBET-FUNDRAISER_W0QQitemZ270041194...

Here is the link to the tibet charity site:

http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet

Makes me wanna to go there and visit the slingers!

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #9 - Dec 29^th, 2006 at 11:19am

Took a chance and ordered the last remaining sling from them. I'll let you folks know once it arrives.
It will make a nice addition to my Peruvian Sling.
Marc Adkins

winkleried wrote on Dec 29^th, 2006 at 12:04am:

Thanks Tint, I had been on the site before but couldn't locate the slings. I have just sent a message to them and if all goes well should have one ordered tomorrow.

Marc Adkins

Tint wrote on Dec 28^th, 2006 at 8:50pm:

Here is the link to the ebay store! slings on
sale!

http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet

Slings sold here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TIBETAN-SLINGSHOT-medium-TIBET-FUNDRAISER_W0QQitemZ270041194...

Here is the link to the tibet charity site:

http://stores.ebay.com/Gifts4Tibet

Makes me wanna to go there and visit the slingers!

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #10 - Dec 29^th, 2006 at 3:29pm

winkleried,

you managed to make sisal more flexible. How did you do that exactly and was it sufficient. I'm going mad about this stiff stuff Sad

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winkleried wrote on Dec 28^th, 2006 at 11:16am:

I used a similar technique ( Working it back and forth) on loosening up the sisal sling I braided a few weeks ago.

Marc Adkins

Dale wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 9:37pm:

Curious_Aardvark,

I checked with Tint, and he said this advice should work (and not wreck the sling). The pouch is too stiff and flat, so you need to make it more flexible or you need to shape it. Tint's advice (above) will shape the pouch without removing its stiffness. If you want to make the pouch more flexible, you can take it in your hands and fold it back and forth for a while, working the fold point from one end of the pouch to the other. By the time you have worked your way from one end to the other and back again, the pouch should have lost its stiffness. Either technique will make the sling more usable.

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #11 - Dec 29^th, 2006 at 5:08pm

Ok full Disclosure here.
The Sisal sling I made was my first attempt at braiding and turned out to be shorter thatn I like. So I gave it to friend of mine here at work as a christmas present along with three articles about slinging in her native language.

Now how I did it was i used a similar technique to one I heard about in my childhood about dealing with lnew stiff lariats. First trick was to drag the lariat behind your horse for a few miles. the bouncing around supposedly lossened up the fibers. Don't have access to a horse anymore and I didn't want to drag it behind the car going to work. So i modified that some what by constant rolling and unrolling of the sling. I would first fold the sling and let it hang. ( similar to preparing it for an apache cast. I then coiled it up, then I slowly uncoiled it, then re-coiled it. Every so often when coiled I would squeeze the coil like an hand exercise ball. I did this fairly solid for a couple of weeks. It never got as loose as my Leather bootlace sling but it definately worked loose a bit. I'm pretty sure if I had kept it and actully cast with it a few times it would have gotten looser. But that last part is pure speculation on my behalf

Sorry couldn't be of more help
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funda_iucunda wrote on Dec 29^th, 2006 at 3:29pm:

winkleried,

you managed to make sisal more flexible. How did you do that exactly and was it sufficient. I'm going mad about this stiff stuff Sad

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winkleried wrote on Dec 28^th, 2006 at 11:16am:

I used a similar technique ( Working it back and forth) on loosening up the sisal sling I braided a few weeks ago.

Marc Adkins

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #12 - Dec 30^th, 2006 at 4:06pm

for softening my slings, i sling with them often (as often as is possible...) and carry them in my pocket constantly, with the keys and the folding knife. slinging with the pouch empty is another way to help loosen up the sling, in theory...i think maybe if nothing left the pouch then the energy would be forced to stay in teh slings, and it would wear on teh strength of the fibers a little.

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #13 - Dec 31^st, 2006 at 4:23am

When weaving and spinning the fats and oils are a problem and so are mostly washed out before working the wool or hair. Yet when it comes to hair over use of shampoo causes dryness and brittleness eg split ends. So, as the sling is now made, what would happen if one put some oils back, lanolin seems the most obvious and easy to get one, it is the oil from sheep wool. Neats food oil may be ok too as that is the oil from hooves, similar material to hair, and is used to soften leather. It might help restore flexability and preserve the sling too. Probably best to try it on some other hair thing first as this is just me theorising, it might not work and could even ruin it.

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Re: Tibetan yak hair sling
Reply #14 - Jan 11^th, 2007 at 1:01pm

Ok the thing arrived yesterday. I'll see if I can get some pics of it. Won't be able to sling anything with it until the weekend....Ok the Kitten that thought it was some sort of marital aid doesn't count. Yes folks I reinvented the CAT-apult.

Definately a little shorter than I like my slings but we see what she can do.
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winkleried wrote on Dec 29^th, 2006 at 11:19am:

Took a chance and ordered the last remaining sling from them. I'll let you folks know once it arrives.

It will make a nice addition to my Peruvian Sling.
Marc Adkins

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