How many of you guys make slings that fit your personality and "look"? If you made a sling and posted it anonymously would we be able to pick yours out as yours?

  If you have ever seen that old Disney movie 101 Dalmatians there is a scene where the people walking their dogs look like the dogs they own.

I originally thought of this after seeing the pictures Walter posted. His slings match exactly what I kind of expected when seeing him.

Tomas' leather slings is another good example. And of course Mersa's slings being made from throw line kind of fits perfectly for an Arborist.

Do your slings match you?

JudoP wrote on Mar 29^th, 2018 at 10:31am:



Seeing as how you have taken the time and effort to begin a taxonomy for slings, hopfully you would be interested in the oldest name for any sling. The sling you listed here as seatbelt-esque is (according to Pitt Rivers museum) a Spanish sling. 

This is a very interesting observation. As for me, I don’t think so, I’ve made lots of different slings and I don’t think I’ve made them long enough for people to be able to know I made a sling just by looking at it.

lol - as I'm currently the only person mass producing cap paul sling pouches, and they are exclusively what i use for any real slinging.

Also as I've just ordered an a3 (30cmx40cm) laser engraver, future slings will have elaborate engraved pics and patterns on them.
So definitely easily identified as mine I would think.

The cap paul sling is just the most versatile sling in the world.
It'll take anything from a small pebble to a 3lb irregularly shaped rock, to a handful of stones all at once.
The rivets protect the leather so unless you lose it the pouch should outlast the owner.
The ones i make are specifically sized to perfectly fit a tennis ball - as well as everything mentioned above.

I have 100's of slings in my collection that other people have made.
I guess if I didn't use the cap paul - I'd probably use a shepherd's sling.
The one judop sent me is probably the favourite of the 3 or 4 shepherd slings I've got.
Looks great, not too short and feels good in use.

That said the sling guelu gave me in mallorca this year is also a cracker. Braided - I think - from cheap plastic garden string, it has a large woven cupped pouch and I can hold it my normal way not just balearic stylee.

I like the balearic slings for cracking, just would never trust one in actual use. Seen far too many experienced balearic slingers send stones every which way to see the split pouch as a sensible option    

Dunno what david was using this year, but he had more than one stone go awol.

The fancy sling types are great to play with - but for serious, general purpose use the cap paul is the best there is - and i have tried the rest lol.
Plus you can just scrunch it up and keep it in your back pocket. Something braided slings don't really care for.

So yep fits me quite well i think. I'm practical, versatile and generally no frills

I do have a small following with my shepherd slings.  My designs,  are just about my trademark that I make exclusively.  But I do hope to start braiding more intricate designs and soon,  and branching out on what i make. I like to keep mine simple and practical.

I am mostly a minimalist. Or was until I started doing kumihimo. I'm guessing at some point my slings will be absurdly ornate as function eventually gives way to the desire to push the creative limits. But those simple ones are still my favorite.

I recently received one of Mersa's slings, made by the man himself. It is very much in line with my tastes and I can't wait to use it. I must say as nice as it looks, it "feels" even better.

I associate some of you guys with your slings. Of course the Cap Paul is CA. Tomas with his skill in leather working, and many others with their own peculiarities.

I was thinking we should try this out if you guys are interested? If you want to make a sling, you could send me a pic of it and I will post them all and we can try and guess who made what? Let me know what you guys think.

Pretty good idea, Morphy. Could be fun especially if a few sling makers drop their signatures and borrow a couple from other braiders  

If I ever get around to doing something original, I would likely make Peruvian-Tibetan hybrid slings...

It's for science, of course! Totally not because the combination would be really awesome