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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3765 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 6:52pm That looks cool. I thought raffia was more of a golden color?
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Lugh-Lamhfada Senior Member Offline A slinger is only as good as his last stone Posts: 272 An Mhi, Ireland Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3766 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 7:39pm Very nice Teg. The braiding looks really well, especially for such rough material.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3767 - Jun 28^th, 2013 at 10:53pm Teg, nice replacement
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Reply #3768 - Jun 30^th, 2013 at 12:20pm

Thanks for the nice replies! It's always good to hear that others like your works.

squirrelslinger wrote on Jun 28^th, 2013 at 6:52pm:

I thought raffia was more of a golden color?

Yes, that's true. The colour on this photo is due to bad lighting while taking the picture and the treatment with wax, which altered the colour a bit.

Lugh-Lamhfada wrote on Jun 28^th, 2013 at 7:39pm:

The braiding looks really well, especially for such rough material.

The trick is in the preparation of the material. I split up the thicker fibers I buy into thin ones. You can do this really fast by running it several times through your fingers. This way you will also get rid of irregularities.

walter wrote on Jun 28^th, 2013 at 10:53pm:

Teg, nice replacement

Its precursor (a similar one also out of raffia) broke on Thursday and awaits its reparation (new tail, new wrappings). So the new one is already in use. Wink

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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3769 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 12:25pm Yea, soaking the fibers helps a lot too if you want a nice sling. Waxed after you made the thing or did you wax each fiber?
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3770 - Jul 5^th, 2013 at 11:36pm Made a couple slingstones from fossilized coral.
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Reply #3771 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 12:09am

Couple of pouches using a new technique called (I think) "warp interlock" to change colors in interesting patterns. Sorry about the foggy picture, I had something on my phone's case.

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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3772 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 4:15am Those look amazing! If you could do us a tutorial I will add it to the faq thread.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3773 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 11:33am attachments from upgrade should all now be back (I know, still not displaying, I'm working on it)
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3774 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 4:18pm Yep, I have to click on them but they are there.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #3775 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 12:52pm

Cook Island Sling:

I've been holding on to an illustration of a sling from the Cook Islands. The weave looked simple enough but it took the better part of the morning to figure it out. I used eleven cords for the pouch then down to five for the cords, no whipping. The material is garden variety jute but I had to get the weave down first before attempting with palm.

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Reply #3776 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 3:52pm

@ Squirrelslinger (Reply #3769)

Soaking the fibers while working is better if you make wrappings and like things with single fibers as they will have less tendency to rip. However when the fibers dry they will shrink a bit...
This sling is worked dry, except the wrapping around the finger loop.
This sling was waxed after finishing it.

@ Pikaru (Reply #3775)
I've been playing around with this drawings in my head some months ago and run into a problem: Won't the width of the pouch shrink when the sling is stretched/whirled? Is it a problem? What do you observe?
The drawings: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/BucArts-fig-BucArts301a.html

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Reply #3777 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 4:30pm

Teg

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Reply #3764 - Jun 28th, 2013 at 10:51am

A replacement sling for everyday use.

Braided bast (raffia) treated with beeswax to increase the lifetime.

The pouch has some protective wrappings with twisted fibers against abrasion.

Where are all the photos? I'm assuming this thread has a photo, but there is no picture or link.

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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1113 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3778 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 4:39pm Pikaru: The pictures are embedded, but it seems that it does not work... Therefore here the photos as attachments.
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3779 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 4:42pm Very nice Teg. Definately top shelf. Rafia is another fiber that is not hard to work with and makes a great finished product.
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