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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	My first Slings Sep 6^th, 2011 at 10:34am So this weekend I worked on a sling.... my first attempt was a failure, I way underestimated the required materials, it looks nice I think, but a 1 foot sling doesn't get alot of oomph....
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #1 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 10:34am This is the pouch
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #2 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 10:35am And this is the baby sling holding some ammo
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #3 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 10:36am This is the second one I made this weekend, twice the size, much more effective... need alot of practice though I need to study up on throwing techniques I could barely get any to launch
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #4 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 10:37am This is the detail on the pouch... btw lighting sucks the colours of threads is Yellow, Blue, and Black, stands out nicely.
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Mauro Fiorentini past-moderator Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3442 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #5 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:24pm Those are GREAT! Keep practicing!!! Greetings, Mauro.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #6 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:27pm Thanks Mauro... I'll definately keep practicing and I'll be examining some vids to see the best method for throwing. So far I'm lucking if the ammo stays in the pouch until release.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: My first Slings Reply #7 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:33pm That's a cool idea for pouch Cuallaidh. Much better than my first slings. Like the ammo pouch as well.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #8 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:41pm Morphy wrote on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:33pm: That's a cool idea for pouch Cuallaidh. Much better than my first slings. Like the ammo pouch as well. The ammo pouch was a gift for teaching a class on Medieval ball making at an SCA event a few months back. It seemed like a great bag to use for ammo
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Yurek Funditor Past Moderator Offline The best thing, is a good sling. Posts: 942 Poland Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #9 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:43pm Really beautiful slings. I wonder why they are so short
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Re: My first Slings
Reply #10 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:52pm

Yurek wrote on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:43pm:

Really beautiful slings. I wonder why they are so short

Thanks.... really underestimated how much shrinkage happens when I braid, The longer of the two has five strands that started out at 14 feet long (course the fold over after doing the finger loop, so I guess that's 7 feet usable) shrunk to just two...

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Mauro Fiorentini past-moderator Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3442 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #11 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 2:32pm I've got a Medieval looking ammo pouch too Greetings, Mauro.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #12 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 4:49pm Mauro Fiorentini wrote on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 2:32pm: I've got a Medieval looking ammo pouch too Greetings, Mauro. Ya I really like the one I have, large enough to handle ammo for either my staff sling or my hand slings... gets a little heavy fully loaded though LOL.
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Mauro Fiorentini past-moderator Offline Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3442 Ancona, Italy. Gender:	Re: My first Slings Reply #13 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 5:20pm Yeah, but wearing something Medieval does just feel... cool Greetings, Mauro.
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Re: My first Slings
Reply #14 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 8:38pm

Use the first sling to get the form for throwing down, it is usually easier to learn with a short sling. Then switch to the longer sling and then go to a longer one until you reach the length you feel comfortable with. I still have my first sling, it is about a foot long, it works great when you are teaching 4th graders to sling. Bill

PS, Your slings look great, my first is a 3 strand sheepshank as described by Malik Lund.

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