AncientCraftwork
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I am starting to gain more and more respect for plied cords. Especially 3 ply, it seems to give a really nice smooth round and efficient cord that rotates well. Probably a decent choice for natural slings, since it has very little stretch. The biggest downside would be that with quick reloading under stress, you might accidentally reload the sling but now with an extra unwanted twist into it. But it should easily be noticed as the cords want to coil up if there is an extra twist. The same thing can happen with any braid but it's less easily noticed with round cords I guess. But the remedy would be to simply after every shot let the sling hang and let any unwanted twists turn out so it becomes the cords become neutral again and then reload. Thicker cords naturally remedy it a little bit.
And its true, plied cords want to twist under load, but I don't think this can be noticed with slings if the ply is tight enough, I think thise effect is too small to cause any problems with pouch orientation.
I have a few plied jute shepherd slings and they are very supple, it does feel more efficient than a tight square braid, although pound for pound probably offers less oscillation resistance.
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