hubert wrote on Jul 18^th, 2012 at 1:17pm:


Hubert, man! your slings never cease to impress me.

Props. 

Allright, I've been on here awhile and belive it or not I've only posted two pictures of slings before. They are all a between 24-31in. So here's the post everyone's been waiting for for a very long time. My most used sling pics!  

The one in the lower center of the first pic is my old edc sling. It's still one of my favorites, it's 26in long.

And here are a few pics of 'airborne slinging' or 'Slingrunning' that I've talked about. It really shows how mobile a slinger can be and the versatility of the sling, try doing this with a bow!

Ok here goes.  A picture of my first try at a sling.

Well as long as I got this far, here is the second one I made and have been using today with excellent results.  Many thanks to the people who have posted SO MANY examples of slings because these two are slight mods of two I found on this forum to use as subject material.

These are my slings to date. All except the bottom white nylon split pouch have been made in the last 2 months as thats when ive begun sourcing different materials and trying new techniques. I havnt really made any non braided or woven slings, and I prefer natural materials, maybe im missing out I dont really know!

Top is masons line string 9 strand, small sawed off only slings large biconical rocks
Next is hemp six strand split woven in pouch, good for 2oz lead sinkers or small stones
Third and fourth are 9 strand cotton wool one 30 inches the other 15, only useful for small and heavy ammo, which means lead or concrete.
Fifth is jute rockman six strand, braided so tightly it gave my hands rope burn, which as as ive discovered gives no advantage!
Six is jute also, split woven in pouch, this is an absolute banger and my most used and favourite, a war sling most definitely.
Next is 9 strand jute and wool mix, ive modified it and added leather around the pouch arms, very accurate if a bit rough and ready, was my second sling.
Last is my very first sling, a six strand nylon balearic style, thick cord makes it heavy, great on range and trajectory not on accuracy!

Lugh, your weaving looks great. I resized your pictures for you, so that it would be easier to see them in one screen.

hubert wrote on Jul 18^th, 2012 at 1:15pm:


OMG sling porn!

Seriously though, nice work. Those braids and woven pouches look tight.

Beautiful work Hubert!