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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #8055 - Sep 7^th, 2025 at 1:58pm

I just made my first (synthetic) wool sling with a woven pouch and twisted cords. The cords are exchangable and I twisted the release cord and the retention cord in different directions to minimize the twist of the sling when under load. Although the twisting against the twist of the wool is not the best thing to do, it came out ok.

The pouch is not woven like an egyptian one but "turned 90°". To the sides of the pouch I pulled a little more on the weaving wool and I layed some of the strings together (see picture).
I think that a nice split pouch could be made that way also.
The sling came out 35 inches (folded) and 9.9 grams (lighter than I thought). It is a little stretchy, but it works just fine.
What I found most surprising is how silent this sling is. Almost no sound at all.

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... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1974 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8056 - Sep 7^th, 2025 at 6:52pm Oh, wow! The twist with 2 colors looks really cool! It's like my go-to sling but without the split in the pouch.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3900 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8057 - Sep 7^th, 2025 at 10:20pm Beautiful job!
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 350	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8058 - Sep 12^th, 2025 at 8:42pm Two new slings: a cotton Rockman and a jute, cotton, and hemp peruvian sling. The peruvian sling makes me think of mint toothpaste or St. Patrick's day. Both are about 20 inches and throw nicely.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #8059 - Sep 24^th, 2025 at 11:53am

It was raining the last few days so it was not slinging time but sling building time. I tried this design for the first time. It is a 4 strand round braid with 425 paracord. The split pouch part is woven with 2 mm polyamide. The knots at the finger loop and the retention cord are simple overhand knots, so there is room for improvement there. The cracker is cevlar. The finger loops can be used on one finger or can be seperated.

The sling is 30 inches and weighs 49 grams. I think next time I will use 275 paracord to make it slimmer and lighter.

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... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1974 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8060 - Sep 28^th, 2025 at 10:58am Looks very clean. I have a few braided paracord slings. They are heavier the release cord than I like. 275 would be better. Does polyamide have better abrasion resistance than other polymers?
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #8061 - Sep 28^th, 2025 at 2:28pm

IronGoober wrote on Sep 28^th, 2025 at 10:58am:

Does polyamide have better abrasion resistance than other polymers?

I am not sure about that. The simple reason why I used it is because I wanted a black pouch and that string was what I had at hand. My understanding is, that it is the same material as paracord (Nylon/Polyamide).

... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #8062 - Sep 29^th, 2025 at 5:33am

Eino wrote on Sep 12^th, 2025 at 8:42pm:

Two new slings: a cotton Rockman and a jute, cotton, and hemp peruvian sling. The peruvian sling makes me think of mint toothpaste or St. Patrick's day. Both are about 20 inches and throw nicely.

Nice Peruvian sling. Wasn't sure how to make one of those before, but looking at your pic I can guess how it can be done. Might try my hand at one soon.

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Giantslayer916 Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8063 - Oct 2^nd, 2025 at 12:14am Pictures of my new sling on the Market called "The Giant Slayer" https://www.etsy.com/listing/4379152040/giant-slayer-leather-and-paracord
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3900 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8064 - Oct 2^nd, 2025 at 8:08pm Looks likes some inspiration from Pan for a couple aspects. I like that pouch design. Looks good!
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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	What was old, is new again... Reply #8065 - Oct 3^rd, 2025 at 4:30pm Recent video of police using a sling. Not sure what country.
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FloatingFlint Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 115 Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8066 - Oct 12^th, 2025 at 2:00pm Here are two slings where I replaced the inner cords of the paracord with two thicker (2 mm) ones. So the two cords run through the whole sling. I was throwing a few tennis balls with those slings and it seems to work.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3900 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8067 - Oct 13^th, 2025 at 10:36pm Cool idea. That makes for a nice transition into the pouch.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #8068 - Oct 25^th, 2025 at 7:34am

I made a 24 inch sling out of loose hemp fibers. It looks a bit rough because it was kind of a speed build. I want to use it for heavy rocks and I connected the two sides of the pouch with a bridge. It shoots really smoothly. I think I got the taper on the release cord just right this time. I have lighter slings that rip more on my finger than this one.

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... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1974 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #8069 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 12:54am It looks like a boulder launcher! Good work.
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