i am thinking about trying to put some slings up on ebay in the next few months.  i have not yet tried anything of the sort though.  i noticed that there are no slings on ebay, so perhaps there is no market for them, but perhaps that means the demand is high, and there are simply no supliers(which is good for bussiness, btw)

hmmm maybe we could start a partener ship some body making leather slings some body making braided and or weaved somebody else selling ammo.
we could make it a multi market venture. using direct sales ebay and say craft fairs plus gun and knife shows complete with demostations
remind me that I dont write the copy lol  
it could be muliti state multi countrie marketing plan
  Slinger's unite Inc.

haha, I think it would be a hard enough business to make money in, even if you had a total monopoly. Just as well, count me in

P.S. Speaking of leather... I HIT A HUGE JACKPOT. I found about a 6x5 foot piece of heavy black leather in my basement. It was folded up into the cieling (top levels floor boards). How's that for crazy luck?

i think that instead of giving free lessons, put together a little booklet with the basic styles, a suggestion to use ping pong or tennis balls until you are comfortable with the sling, several referances to this site and forum, and last but not least: an iron clad disclaimer.

perhaps someone could make those concrete ammo as described in one of the articles, and sell buckets of them for something like 2 cents each(each glande, not each bucket), as well as some of lobohunter's specialized ammo.

it could be quite an enterprise.  perhaps we should set up a store-ring on ebay, so when you see a sling, you also see all the other slings and ammo, etc.  wow...i can see it all now.  having this forum flooded with new, inexperianced members, being able to teach them all of the ways of the sling.

ps: i think that it is hard to even get a stone to go forward for alot of people when they first pick up the sling.  i have tried to teach a few people, resulting in people getting whipped in the face with the tail, my hackeysack getting stuck in the gym celing, and a red mark on my collar bone, to highlight the highlights.  a booklet would allow them to see it and think about it before trying, then they could ask the vendor any further questions.

so are we going forth with this?  it would take months of preparation.

anyone go to the gun/renaissance/historical shows/fairs?

if you frequent them, maybe you could get a booth(which can be very expensive) and everyone could ship the stuff to you, and you could set up the booth there.

any takers?

You can put slings and accesories on consignment in local musuems or historical organizations. You could also organize an annual slinging field day.

that sounds far more feasible than my plan.