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Message started by MikeG on May 6th, 2021 at 6:48am

Title: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 6th, 2021 at 6:48am
I would like to know what the best sling you have ever made is. Please send a picture and say what you have used.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 6th, 2021 at 6:51am
Ill start by showing my best sling.
It is a 4 strand braid paracord sling, with 2 finger loops, a whip cracker and a rockman pouch.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Rat Man on May 6th, 2021 at 8:10am
   I've made thousands of slings and many were experimental designs.  My side by side double barrel sling could be one of my best I guess. 
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by JudoP on May 6th, 2021 at 9:02am
The first one is my woolen apache sling. It's probably the best looking sling I've made and feels great too. It's not actually the most difficult or time consuming sling I've made, and is easier than you'd think to make.

Second one is one that I use a lot, It's pretty plain as a balearic compared to others I've made, but something about it is just right. Feels great to throw with, very comfortable, just the right amount of stiffness for me, and will handle a huge range of ammo sizes successfully with about as good accuracy as you will get. It's hemp fibre with synthetic hemp fibre in the tail.

Third up is a recent invention I've made. I used it enough now and I can say it has excellent performance, great pouch safety and ok twist resist with big rocks and very light/clean release on small angular ammo. This is probably my top performing compact sling.

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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Sir Missalot on May 6th, 2021 at 11:29am
This is my best in terms of usability, portability, and durability. It's essentially a modified Peruvian (huaraca) design made of nylon mason line.

In terms of beauty, these others are made of acrylic yarn, colored craft cotton string, and 95# paracord.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 6th, 2021 at 11:51am
I dont have a picture off hand but if we are talking about in terms of usability it would be a simple paracord and leather apache with my patented tab. Works for me!

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Curious Aardvark on May 6th, 2021 at 3:10pm
well slings - to me - are pouches with sets of replaceable cords.

So the best pouch I use and make is the cap paul rivited design.

I can;t narrow it down to an individual sling as I change cord lengths to suit what type of slinging I intend to do.

This pouch gets a lot of use :-)

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 6th, 2021 at 7:33pm
These two are my best so far in functionality and looks. The flat pouch is my favorite for all factors so far though.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Albion Slinger on May 7th, 2021 at 12:09am
My 18" Balearic target sling.
It's difficult to keep the braid thickness completely consistent when working with loose fibre, so I was rather pleased with how it turned out.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Kick on May 7th, 2021 at 2:14am
...and next to these beauties I post my very first sling :D Cheap "paracord" I got from a supermarket and a slingshot pouch. No really a SLINGSHOT pouch. It's one of the ugliest slings in existence, especially nowadays as it's far grimier than this rather nice clean photo. As well as dirt it has some roughed up superglue on it to help protect the release cord which makes it look partly melted.

So how could this possibly be the best? I don't know. Somehow, by absolute sheer luck, I made almost the perfect length sling, with just the right weight and the pouch works surprisingly well for a flat piece of cheap faux leather. It slings well, it'll survive the apocalypse and it's just so darn comfy to use. I need to bust it out again sometime; get back to my humble beginnings and stop faffing with this woven pouch nonsense.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by czechslinger1.0 on May 7th, 2021 at 4:00am
For me that would be my rockman sling and my short 18" balearic. Those two work and feel so nice.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 8th, 2021 at 6:32pm
I think I am working on my new best aling right now. I got it finished enough to do some test throws. Hit my bulls eye every time except my third shot was an inch high. My "bulls eye" is a little paint spot on my house's foundation that is about an inch in diameter. For the record. It is much more accurate than my flat pouch sling pictured above. Made of jute with a 5 strand braid and a rockman style pouch. I'll post pictures after I burn off the fray and add my wax

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 8th, 2021 at 6:34pm

JudoP wrote on May 6th, 2021 at 9:02am:
The first one is my woolen apache sling. It's probably the best looking sling I've made and feels great too. It's not actually the most difficult or time consuming sling I've made, and is easier than you'd think to make.

Second one is one that I use a lot, It's pretty plain as a balearic compared to others I've made, but something about it is just right. Feels great to throw with, very comfortable, just the right amount of stiffness for me, and will handle a huge range of ammo sizes successfully with about as good accuracy as you will get. It's hemp fibre with synthetic hemp fibre in the tail.

Third up is a recent invention I've made. I used it enough now and I can say it has excellent performance, great pouch safety and ok twist resist with big rocks and very light/clean release on small angular ammo. This is probably my top performing compact sling.

I might have to try and convince you into a trade at some point. I love the looks of both of yours, as well as many others in this thread

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Mersa on May 8th, 2021 at 9:44pm
The original and the best
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 9th, 2021 at 6:21am

Mersa wrote on May 8th, 2021 at 9:44pm:
The original and the best


Leather sling ?

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by JudoP on May 9th, 2021 at 11:38am

Duckhands wrote on May 8th, 2021 at 6:34pm:

JudoP wrote on May 6th, 2021 at 9:02am:
The first one is my woolen apache sling. It's probably the best looking sling I've made and feels great too. It's not actually the most difficult or time consuming sling I've made, and is easier than you'd think to make.

Second one is one that I use a lot, It's pretty plain as a balearic compared to others I've made, but something about it is just right. Feels great to throw with, very comfortable, just the right amount of stiffness for me, and will handle a huge range of ammo sizes successfully with about as good accuracy as you will get. It's hemp fibre with synthetic hemp fibre in the tail.

Third up is a recent invention I've made. I used it enough now and I can say it has excellent performance, great pouch safety and ok twist resist with big rocks and very light/clean release on small angular ammo. This is probably my top performing compact sling.

I might have to try and convince you into a trade at some point. I love the looks of both of yours, as well as many others in this thread


For sure, drop me a PM. Might be a bit slow getting one made at the mo but I'm up for it.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by walter on May 10th, 2021 at 12:25am
I made a couple Balearics I really like. The pouch on this one is covered with a thin hemp braid instead of leather.
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Kick on May 10th, 2021 at 4:03am
Wow! That's so pretty! Interesting to see how the braid holds up compared to leather.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 10th, 2021 at 4:05am

Kick wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 4:03am:
Wow! That's so pretty! Interesting to see how the braid holds up compared to leather.


Leater slings are easy to make, but braided slings are much better in my opinion.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by SerKraus on May 10th, 2021 at 9:22am
Damn! That's a cool pouch!

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by walter on May 10th, 2021 at 7:42pm
@ Kick

The hemp braid won't last near as long, but easy to replace  ;)

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by walter on May 10th, 2021 at 7:43pm
@ SerKraus

Thanks!

Title: My new best.
Post by Duckhands on May 10th, 2021 at 8:04pm
I decided to try an all jute sling. With the exception of my leather wrapped finger loop. This is my first time using the 5 strand flat "sling braid" and I gotta say I see why you guys love it. When I weaved my pouch I put more cord strands on the outer most weft for each side, then the mid weft is a strand narrower, and the inner most weft is only one strand thick. How well it made the pouch overlap, and cradle the ammo made me skip my leather wrap on the pouch. The pouch contors are perfect IMO. I also went more basic on the release knot end. Typically I make it easy to grip from multiple points, to accomodate different hands/grips, but I made this one only for me and my grip. It is also one of my shortest slings at only 26" so the accuracy is on point. I hit my bulls eye three times in a row on my first test throws. Which for me is an accomplishment. I also added the little red whipping knots near the pouch to make it easy to see the pouch alignment. This one gives me about 3 new sling ideas to try too. So we will see haha. I also realized that for my grip I need my release end to be about half an inch longer from the edge of the pouch to the knot than from the edge of the pouch to the bottom of my finger loop. It makes everything center perfect when held ready.
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Title: Re: My new best.
Post by MikeG on May 11th, 2021 at 2:11am

Duckhands wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 8:04pm:
I decided to try an all jute sling. With the exception of my leather wrapped finger loop. This is my first time using the 5 strand flat "sling braid" and I gotta say I see why you guys love it. When I weaved my pouch I put more cord strands on the outer most weft for each side, then the mid weft is a strand narrower, and the inner most weft is only one strand thick. How well it made the pouch overlap, and cradle the ammo made me skip my leather wrap on the pouch. The pouch contors are perfect IMO. I also went more basic on the release knot end. Typically I make it easy to grip from multiple points, to accomodate different hands/grips, but I made this one only for me and my grip. It is also one of my shortest slings at only 22" so the accuracy is on point. I hit my bulls eye three times in a row on my first test throws. Which for me is an accomplishment. I also added the little red whipping knots near the pouch to make it easy to see the pouch alignment. This one gives me about 3 new sling ideas to try too. So we will see haha.


looks great

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Mersa on May 11th, 2021 at 3:12am
Yeah duck you do make a pretty sling

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 11th, 2021 at 6:58am
Im not a big fan of jute but that sure is pretty.  :)

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 11th, 2021 at 7:45am

Morphy wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 6:58am:
Im not a big fan of jute but that sure is pretty.  :)



Why not ?

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 11th, 2021 at 7:48am

MikeG wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 7:45am:

Morphy wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 6:58am:
Im not a big fan of jute but that sure is pretty.  :)



Why not ?


Ive had experiences where its broken easily. But my jute looked very dry and weak compared to his. His actually looks quite good.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 11th, 2021 at 9:21am

Morphy wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 7:48am:

MikeG wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 7:45am:

Morphy wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 6:58am:
Im not a big fan of jute but that sure is pretty.  :)



Why not ?


Ive had experiences where its broken easily. But my jute looked very dry and weak compared to his. His actually looks quite good.

I have had a similar experience with jute, yet it was a jute hemp mix, so I figured maybe the differences in strength and stiffness made the jute wear faster. This type of braid seems likely to make the rub wear happen slower. I gave it a healthy dose of my sling wax too. I will keep posted as to how it holds up. As far as how it feels in use, and accuracy, it is my best yet.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 11th, 2021 at 9:30am
If you look close at the loose ends of the release cord in the first picture, you can see one strand is blackend at the tio. I was showing my brother how my wax not only conditions the rope but makes a smoke free slow burning wick out of the ends. Works great for starting my charcoal lol

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 11th, 2021 at 11:10am
Ahh a hemp/jute mix. Thats very interesting. Where did you find that?

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Jaegoor on May 11th, 2021 at 3:17pm
A sling that I like.  It is a replica of a historical sling.  It comes from the Bronze Age.  And it still holds many secrets
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 12th, 2021 at 3:04am

Jaegoor wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 3:17pm:
A sling that I like.  It is a replica of a historical sling.  It comes from the Bronze Age.  And it still holds many secrets


Cortaillod ? It looks cool, but the cords seem very thin and look like they wont be able to  shoot a stone that is bigger than a golf ball. But it still looks great, like almost everything you do.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Jaegoor on May 12th, 2021 at 6:02am
https://youtu.be/i5Xz_oNvu2k

Yes that surprised me too.  But stones up to a maximum of 100g are possible.  Amazing too.  The small sling now has 10,000 wefts on the linen fiber.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on May 12th, 2021 at 7:50am

Jaegoor wrote on May 12th, 2021 at 6:02am:
https://youtu.be/i5Xz_oNvu2k

Yes that surprised me too.  But stones up to a maximum of 100g are possible.  Amazing too.  The small sling now has 10,000 wefts on the linen fiber.


That is surprising. I'll have to make one, to test it myself.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Duckhands on May 12th, 2021 at 2:26pm

Morphy wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 11:10am:
Ahh a hemp/jute mix. Thats very interesting. Where did you find that?

It was actually hemp and jute cords braided together. I wish I could find hemp jute string. I wonder if it exists

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 12th, 2021 at 2:39pm
Oh ok makes sense. I wont hold my breath on a hemp/jute mix. Shoot, I still cant find a source for very high quality hemp cordage.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Albion Slinger on May 12th, 2021 at 3:16pm

Morphy wrote on May 12th, 2021 at 2:39pm:
Shoot, I still cant find a source for very high quality hemp cordage.

I found this to be very good.
https://www.hempbasics.com/shop/Category/hemp-yarn-spool

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 12th, 2021 at 7:23pm
Wow!! Hell of a price too. No thick spots or random pieces of dried organic matter in it?

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by joe_meadmaker on May 12th, 2021 at 9:10pm
I'm not sure.  As of this point I would probably say this one.  There is a caveat though.  I'm not really sure how it threw.  I used it for literally just two ice balls to make sure it didn't fall apart, then it got packaged up and went to hubert.

It was made of hemp and waxed linen.






Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 13th, 2021 at 6:07pm
Beautiful Joe. I like both hemp and waxed linen for cordage when I can find the good stuff. Damn everyone wants that quality hemp these days. If not always for the same reasons. 

The color combo is great as is the pouch. Ever think about making one for yourself?

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by joe_meadmaker on May 13th, 2021 at 9:29pm
Thanks man!

Ha!  Some day I'll hang on to one.  The last two I made went out.  The one I'm working on right now (and taking way too long, sorry Duckhands :whistle:) will be going out too.  It's all good though.  I like making slings to give away.

Most of the cordage I get I just pick up on Etsy.  Sometimes there are deals, sometimes not.  But there's usually a big selection.  Especially if you're looking for colored cordage.

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by J on May 14th, 2021 at 6:15am
This is my favorite design layout at the moment.
It's nothing spectacular in terms of skill to build or in beauty
This one happens to be made from gutted paracord. It's not as heavy as it looks, about 38 grams.
It's as long as my arm,  symmetrical in nature, flat, with smooth release cord and a synching wrist loop
I utilize the full fist grip, with both cords pinched together. This provides a very good grip and allows me
to use such a long split securely, thus I can use small and very big stones.
It's silent, due to the lack of a whip, no high pitch swishing sound either
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by Morphy on May 14th, 2021 at 7:07am

joe_meadmaker wrote on May 13th, 2021 at 9:29pm:
Thanks man!

Ha!  Some day I'll hang on to one.  The last two I made went out.  The one I'm working on right now (and taking way too long, sorry Duckhands :whistle:) will be going out too.  It's all good though.  I like making slings to give away.

Most of the cordage I get I just pick up on Etsy.  Sometimes there are deals, sometimes not.  But there's usually a big selection.  Especially if you're looking for colored cordage.


Duck can feel better knowing I am still working on NOOCs SITH sling.   ::)

Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on Jun 2nd, 2021 at 2:13pm
My new best sling
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Title: Re: What is the best sling you have ever made?
Post by MikeG on Jun 2nd, 2021 at 2:17pm
I am currently working in a 16 strand round braid split pouch sling. You will have to wait for a long time, because i have to learn how to do the right braiding method and i need to get more string.

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