Again I have to thank you all for the great and inspiring pictures. I like trying new designs and sometimes modify a bit, but in each sling the greater part is a copy of one from slinging.org

In the last two weeks I didn`t make as many slings as I used before. In fact, since my registration on slinging.org I slowed down my sling-making-rate, cause now I tend to read more, I post and also I use to sling more often than before.

But nevertheless I still produce slings, especially for trying something new. Here I made another pink-leather sling, the first pink sling I showed in the he, she or it - thread. Its pouch is made smaller than in my average slings, but can still be loaded with egg-sized stones, which then remain straightly held between the attachment knots. As you can imagine the release is very good cause the stone doesn`t have to roll completely against or over the knot. On the other side this pouch design is more sensitive to loosing your ammo.
This small size would also be worth to be tried with a biconical lead gland, but I don`t have one to test it.

Another reason that was slowing down my sling-making frequency was that I started to make two slings I never finished. One was planned to be made of thick orange wool cords with jute woven over to form the pouch. It should be like a peruvian split pouch, but in the center with a woven bridge, connecting the 2 halfs. Having woven the central part (two outer parts + bridge) I noted it was impossible to pull the warps enough to totally hide them under the wefts. So I stopped there.
The other planned sling was another apache style, but with long, braided cotton cords and a tapering at the release end from 4 to 2 cords. At the end the 2 cords were untwisted into 3 strands each and braided as a 3(x2)-strand braid first and a 2-1-1-2 four strand round braid. Nearly finished the sling I thought, why making another apache? So I cut the sewings and detached the pouch. Then I removed the jute cord from the first incomplete sling and wove a pouch between the two braids of the former apache sling. The whole thing resulted in a tematlatl. As a last step I added 4 strands of jute cord to the last 2 inches of the release cord to have a bigger knot and more grip (+ protection against abrasion). All knots and the release end whipping were secured with a natural latex based textile glue, that in a future I`ll test to protect the inside of a pouch.

Thanks, Dan and David Morningstar for the tutorials

Howdy Ya'll..

Just checking in with my newest Sling.  

    This monster is made out of soft red and blue diamond braided rope.  It is started with an 8-strand round braid to the pouch.  At the pouch I dropped four of the cords and used the remaining four to fashion the pouch.  The pouch was made by fashioning each remaining strand into a "chain braid" with the loop side up.  Because the rope is already pretty thick (about 5mm [or 1/4"]) the loop side of the chain makes a pretty flat "floor".  After the chains were completed, I dropped another cord into a three strand braid.

    Feels very heavy and good in the hand.  It was originally designed to throw tennis balls, and it the weight of the sling is great for getting momentum for a light object, however, a tennis ball slips through the pouch with too much force applied.  But, it handles rocks like nobody's buisiness, and makes a ridiculously loud crack when throwing them!

    I'm pretty happy with it... 

On Sundays I sling in white.
Light and thin braided sling made out of lightly twisted hemp rope. It was made for smaller projectiles.

Absolutely beautiful braided slings you have there, Teg!
The taper is pretty incredible as well.

Are the pouches doubled? It's a bit hard to see...

Bast sling: One arm of the pouch is started, the other not yet.

Awesome Teg..  I really need to try out an natural fibers sling.  I think it may be time to take some palm fronds to work for the night shifts..

Ney wrote on Jan 27^th, 2013 at 7:10pm:


In the white one I added strings right after I split both arms. Otherwise the diameter of the retention cord does not change. But you can also add them before the split.
The diameter of the bast sling continuously increases from 9 mm (about 5 cm after the finger loop) to 15 mm (1 cm before the split). The thickness is around 4-5 mm.

For the mess in the beginning just one hint: Fix your fibers in the middle with a clamp or a piece of string. Then start braiding. Before you fold the loop for the finger undo the very first 0.5 cm you braided. This way you can remove any irregularities from the start of the braid.

Further I have no idea how many strands I used in the bast sling. It is way more important to make the braid "compact" and evenly and to keep the center line in the middle. But you will see .

I will drop you a PM with a link to my project folders during the day.

And thank you very much for considering me a master slingmaker .

Oh yes, my right ear is nearly deaf  .