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Reply #5085 - Sep 27^th, 2017 at 9:02pm

Ive probably spent weeks of my life simply walking around looking for lost ammo so I feel your pain. Metal detector might help if you have access to one.

That plumb bob did pretty good. Bet with a really sharp tip it would do a number on a deer. Ill have to keep that in mind when the zombie apocalypse goes into full swing.

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5086 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 4:07am I do think even this pretty blunt one could go into a soft target. I might take out a cardboard box and see how much penetration it manages. Obviously a deer and a cardboard box are a little different but it at least gives a vague idea.
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Reply #5087 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 8:21am

I found the [expletive] ball bearing! The [expletive] thing was INSIDE the [expletive] log I thought it had bounced off! Somehow it bounced off the ground in front of it, up and about halfway through the log. I spent hours wandering around in the [expletive] grass through the [expletive] litter, dodging [expletive] broken bottles and [expletive] mosquitoes and it was inside the [expletive] log the whole time!

Now with that off my chest I can get back to slinging...

(Sorry for blurry photo but I was a tad excited at the time.)

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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5088 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 9:02am Glad you found yourball bearing Dlssapointed to hear Finland has litter and mosquitos
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Reply #5089 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 9:08am

This is a particularly bad spot as it's right next to a road and a McDonalds. A lot of stuff seems to have been thrown from cars. I detest litter and those that litter. It's not perfect over here but I think generally there is less litter than in the UK. Mosquitoes, in the far North, are a big problem. At some times of the year in Lapland you can't stay outside for too long because you'll be covered in bites. Locals are more adapted to it but if I get even one bite it swells up and gets itchy as Hell. If I was in Lapland at those times I would go crazy. Down South where I am it's not as bad but they can get pretty numerous. Not as bad as the horseflies out in the forests though. THOSE are the ones to really watch out for.

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Reply #5090 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 10:54am

walter wrote on Sep 28^th, 2017 at 9:02am:

Glad you found yourball bearing Cheesy

Dlssapointed to hear Finland has litter and mosquitos Sad

Ya, Arizona isnt exactly known for its thriving mosquito population is it? Grin

. At least thats one thing you got going for you Walter. On those nights when you walk ouside and its still 98 degrees you can always tell yourself, "Ya but not one damn mosquito for miles."

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5091 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 12:04pm It doesn't help that I'm mosquito catnip. My Finnish girlfriend and her family get less than half the number of bites I do even if we are all sat outside at the same time in the same place. It seems they like the taste of my English blood
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5092 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 12:56pm My wife is the same way with ticks. Ive been in the wild a hundred times more than her and never pulled a tick out of me. She goes out for one day and if she isnt careful she can have 3 or 4 of them.
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Reply #5094 - Sep 28^th, 2017 at 10:18pm

Morphy wrote on Sep 28^th, 2017 at 10:54am:

walter wrote on Sep 28^th, 2017 at 9:02am:

Glad you found yourball bearing Cheesy

Dlssapointed to hear Finland has litter and mosquitos Sad

Ya, Arizona isnt exactly known for its thriving mosquito population is it? Grin

. At least thats one thing you got going for you Walter. On those nights when you walk ouside and its still 98 degrees you can always tell yourself, "Ya but not one damn mosquito for miles."

Ah, I live in the mtns. Warmest summer nights in the low 70's Tongue

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Reply #5095 - Sep 30^th, 2017 at 2:19pm

I've been wanting to make a sling that's a bit thicker than the usual cotton string slings I make so I put together this sling. It's herringbone braid for the release and retention cords and then a 4 strand braid that I just found in Google for the split pouch. It was a little fiddly to work out, particularly combining the split back together. And that's where the mistake came in...

I basically combined the one side of the pouch upside down so it's twisted. I only noticed it once it was finished so there isn't much I can do about it now. It's not really a big problem but still the perfectionist in me is annoyed.

I think I'll be making a version 2.0 of this. I really like it but I know a few ways to improve it and I know to look out for that confusing transition. If anyone is interested in this one I would be happy to trade it. If I am going to be making another one the same way then no need to have two Cheesy

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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5096 - Sep 30^th, 2017 at 4:21pm Otter, you did some nice braiding, finger loop looks perfect. I think the four strand braiding you used on the pouch straps is also called finger weaving.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5097 - Sep 30^th, 2017 at 4:35pm Thanks! I think it makes for a good pouch but it really complicated the rest of the braiding. There probably is an easy solution but it might take more experimenting.
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Reply #5098 - Oct 8^th, 2017 at 2:55pm

(On the top of a pyramid in Giza, about 1330 BC)

"Oi, Tut! How's it going?"
"Thanks for asking Ankh. Still a bit warm from casting, but otherwise splendidly. And you?"
"Oh, I'm slinging along, just slinging along."
"Shut up the two of you! Don't you see that we are in the spotlight?"
"C'mon Amun, relax! Why do you always have to be such a pyramidal-headed fellow?"

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5099 - Oct 8^th, 2017 at 4:56pm Now those are some good woven pouches
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