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Mrn31 Tiro I am a man who walks alone... Posts: 59	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2865 - Aug 5^th, 2012, 8:32am Quote from Lugh-Lamhfada on Aug 5^th, 2012, 7:33am: Fantastic! It looks amazing for a sling you made from ready to hand materials in a forest. How does it throw? Well, today I'm going to try it, bark is dry now, everything is stronger now
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Torc Descens Slinging Boar Shot! Posts: 163 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2866 - Aug 6^th, 2012, 11:15am Looking forward to the results! I had this in mind as well when doing the cordage course a few weekends ago but have not gotten the coradage part down yet.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #2867 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 7:38am

Here is a twisted jute (braid) and leather pouch sling I made for my son. The cord is made from gutted 5mm braided jute sash cord, which I have twisted to make cordage. I copied some of the designs I saw on here and made holes in the leather for the cord. This was my first go at making cordage and it works fine. Where I went wrong was not counting the holes and working out beforehand where the cords would exit the leather, and ended up with them coming out of different sides. Grin

I singed off the fuzz.

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Reply #2868 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 7:43am

This is a leather cupped pouch with sisal cord, made of 2 strands of 3 twisted together. This made a smaller diameter cord than the one above, around 3.5-4mm diameter. The pouch has been sewn with a triangular shape at the ears, with a hole punched in the centre. The finger loop was originally 6 pieces of string folded over, then I decided to try weaving for the first time, and made a crudely woven loop. As this wasn't in the original plan, some of the strings crossed over each other and were difficult to weave. This one holds a tennis ball perfectly.

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Reply #2869 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 9:53am

Quote from Môn Slinger on Aug 8^th, 2012, 7:43am:

This is a leather cupped pouch with sisal cord, made of 2 strands of 3 twisted together. This made a smaller diameter cord than the one above, around 3.5-4mm diameter. The pouch has been sewn with a triangular shape at the ears, with a hole punched in the centre. The finger loop was originally 6 pieces of string folded over, then I decided to try weaving for the first time, and made a crudely woven loop. As this wasn't in the original plan, some of the strings crossed over each other and were difficult to weave. This one holds a tennis ball perfectly.

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss200/petem_01/sisalcord0.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss200/petem_01/sisalcord2.jpg

Where did you aquire this sisal? It's much darker sisal than I've ever seen. I like it.

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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #2870 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 10:06am

Quote from Dan on Aug 8^th, 2012, 9:53am:

Quote from Môn Slinger on Aug 8^th, 2012, 7:43am:

This is a leather cupped pouch with sisal cord, made of 2 strands of 3 twisted together. This made a smaller diameter cord than the one above, around 3.5-4mm diameter. The pouch has been sewn with a triangular shape at the ears, with a hole punched in the centre. The finger loop was originally 6 pieces of string folded over, then I decided to try weaving for the first time, and made a crudely woven loop. As this wasn't in the original plan, some of the strings crossed over each other and were difficult to weave. This one holds a tennis ball perfectly.

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss200/petem_01/sisalcord0.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss200/petem_01/sisalcord2.jpg

Where did you aquire this sisal? It's much darker sisal than I've ever seen. I like it.

Hi Dan,

I got this in the UK in a hardware shop, in 50m rolls marked 'Sisal Cord', but I have been wondering if it really is sisal, or just mislabelled jute cord. It has that earthy smell that burlap sacks get, so it may well be jute, although it is slightly darker than the other jute cord I have. I picked it up because I hadn't realised sisal was made into thin cord.

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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1069 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2871 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 11:29am Honda Popular Long 1.20m Material Silk
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Mrn31 Tiro I am a man who walks alone... Posts: 59	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2872 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 11:42am It's look awesome!! I must make something like this
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1069 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2873 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 11:47am http://fundamittere.jimdo.com/schleuderbau/jaegoors-honda-popular/
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Mrn31 Tiro I am a man who walks alone... Posts: 59	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2874 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 11:51am Danke schon! Kommst du aus Deutschland?
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1069 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2875 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 12:24pm yes
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Mrn31 Tiro I am a man who walks alone... Posts: 59	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2876 - Aug 8^th, 2012, 12:38pm As I thought after visit on your site. Nice job, I'm gonna read it in free time
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #2877 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 8:28am

Braided sling with stitched leather pouch

This sling is my first attempt at 4 strand braiding, which mostly went OK apart from two areas where I got confused. I thought about running the pouch strands through a leather sleeve sewn to the outside of the pouch, then after I had made it realised I needed to put a couple of stitches in to hold the pouch in place. This one fits a tennis ball. If I use it with stones a lot I will reinforce the release cord where it joins the pouch.

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Rofriedrich Descens Psalm 140:7 Posts: 269 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2878 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 12:33pm Món, very nice. Those colors are sweet.
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1357 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2879 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 4:54pm Nice attention to detail.
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