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Message started by J on Mar 13th, 2021 at 10:17am

Title: All kinds of historical slings
Post by J on Mar 13th, 2021 at 10:17am
Choose your favorite, be sure to watch both pages
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x9128

click ''related objects''.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by joe_meadmaker on Mar 13th, 2021 at 1:51pm
Nice find.

That's a really tough choice, but I would go with this one: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1937-0213-86.  I like the red a lot.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Albion Slinger on Mar 13th, 2021 at 2:00pm
The are a few very intriguing ones on there. Same place I found the Hawaiian sling made from Olona. I think they deserve their own threads.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Teg on Mar 13th, 2021 at 2:08pm
Thanks for sharing!
Obviously it is: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_As-1961 for me  :D

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by IronGoober on Mar 13th, 2021 at 2:27pm
@Teg. That was my fav as well!

@AlbionSlinger Also, did you see there was one with a sling similar to your multi-braid pouch?  I thought that was pretty cool.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Morphy on Mar 13th, 2021 at 3:19pm
Good find.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1986-Q-333

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by J on Mar 14th, 2021 at 12:53pm
I like the All leather sling the best in this list. It is just like mine.
Not the most efficiënt sling, or most accurate, but it looks and
feels cool,  and super durable.

I actually think such An All leather sling is good for
Practice, because it really forces you to learn
To use the wrist and pouch orientation
To get a somewhat clean release. Because if you
Dont oriëntate properly with such a sling,. You Will
Feel and see it ;) it is not a forgiving design.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by NooneOfConsequence on Mar 25th, 2021 at 10:54am
This is clearly the best one:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1984-14-133

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Kick on Mar 25th, 2021 at 11:00am

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Mar 25th, 2021 at 10:54am:
This is clearly the best one:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1984-14-133

That's the first time I've ever seen the opposite of what we usually see, a sling called a slingshot.

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Jaegoor on Mar 27th, 2021 at 12:07pm
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Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Jaegoor on Mar 27th, 2021 at 12:11pm
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Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by TOMBELAINE on Mar 27th, 2021 at 12:29pm
Thank you Jaegoor for the photo of Cortaillod. The details are very clear.
What is the other sling ?

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Jaegoor on Mar 27th, 2021 at 2:23pm
The Cordaillot Sling has more secrets than you might think.  But there will be a publication this year.  The other sling probably originally came from Guam and was given to the Spanish museeum.  I asked for the original but it hasn't been answered yet.  It is a braid technique and macrame.  I am recreating them.  But I'm still missing details

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by Jaegoor on Mar 28th, 2021 at 8:58am
Schleswig
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Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by TOMBELAINE on Mar 28th, 2021 at 12:52pm
Hi, Jaegoor,
If you showed a photo of Cortaillod, is that there's something going on.
I think I found the weaving method because a fabric found in France during the neolithic looks like.
And I will read your publication with a great pleasure.
:)

Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by J on May 1st, 2021 at 7:38am
This long sling looks like quite a performer.
Looks like a round braid for the cords and a flat braid for the long split pouch
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am-4073


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Title: Re: All kinds of historical slings
Post by J on May 3rd, 2021 at 12:29pm
I made a flat braid split pouch sling, out of 3 gutted paracord strands, folded in halve to make 6, with the split pouch long like above and flat and equally wide as the sling straps, like my previous designs, but now simply with a longer split, like above.
I gutted the paracord to reduce weight and stiffness of the end result. Leaving the innards in makes it too bulky. 

The versatility of it is amazing, the sling now has the ability to sling any rock 50-500g reliably. No need to swap slings.

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