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Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Jan 3rd, 2018 at 8:37pm
 
With apologies for messing this up-- here's a baroque painting with David and the sling, realistically shown (netted pouch and thick retention cord and thin release cord)

http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2017/03/david-with-head-of-goliath-tw...

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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #1 - Jan 4th, 2018 at 11:44am
 
Actually look at it again.

The retention cord - with the finger loop is the thin cord and the release cord - with the fluffy end, is the thick one.
Very interesting that he used a netted pouch sling.

He use the same sling in the second picture too.
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #2 - Jan 4th, 2018 at 9:51pm
 
You may very well be right here but I don't think it's a finger loop on the thin strand. It's either the pinch-knot on a release cord, or serves as a retention toggle (which goes in your direction: the pinch-knot should not have that long a "tail" after it).

Why would the release cord be so thick ?
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #3 - Jan 5th, 2018 at 12:33pm
 
Maybe to make sure the pouch opens quickly?  Or uniformly?
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #4 - Jan 5th, 2018 at 8:53pm
 
That's certainly a different take on how we do it today.

Looks like he's wearing the finger loop on the pinky finger in the first picture.
Now if only we knew whether the model for this painting was an actual slinger.
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #5 - Jan 5th, 2018 at 9:28pm
 
If it's a fingerloop on the pinky, does the cord sort of fall down, then up again ? I thought it was a pinch knot on the release. But looking again, it does seem to be the knotted loop on the retention cord. The thing's in New York and I may be able to visit the museum and have a look.

The thickish fluffy end also seems to have a knot in it.
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #6 - Jan 5th, 2018 at 11:40pm
 
Thearos wrote on Jan 5th, 2018 at 9:28pm:
If it's a fingerloop on the pinky, does the cord sort of fall down, then up again ? I thought it was a pinch knot on the release. But looking again, it does seem to be the knotted loop on the retention cord. The thing's in New York and I may be able to visit the museum and have a look.

The thickish fluffy end also seems to have a knot in it.


Just a guess on my part Thearos, but it does seem that way to me. I used to wrap my sling in a couple loose loops very much as in the picture as I would walk the fields and forests years ago. It always felt very natural.
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Re: Guido Cagnacci, David with the head of Goliath (1655)
Reply #7 - Jan 6th, 2018 at 7:15pm
 
Could be that Cagnacci didn't know what he was showing. But the sling with one very thick and one thin cord and a netted pouch looks plausible enough.
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