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Okieslinger Tiro Offline Posts: 28 Tulsa, OK US Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3300 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 1:13am Another shotgun sling.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #3301 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 1:28am

My love of slinging began a little over two and a half years ago. I needed something to add to our scout troop's "Zombie Survival" campout (we were already doing archery, blowguns, slingshots w/ paintballs, and tomahawk throwing). Thanks to Slinging.org I found the perfect addition to our campout. I made 45 slings, lined up everyone on a gravel road, and showed all of the scouts and adults how to sling using the underhand method. The pics are of the 2011 Zombie survival sling (pretty crude sling, but it worked), and the 2012 sling. I'll be using the six hole pouch for the 2013 event.

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Okieslinger Tiro Offline Posts: 28 Tulsa, OK US Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3302 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 1:32am Lastly, I had to add one of the slings a boy scout made for me. I had mentioned how cool it would be to make a leather sling pouch with a skin that still had the hair on it. A month later one of the scouts gave me the sling in the picture.
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mymothersmeatloaf Junior Member Offline Posts: 81 saint louis missouri Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3303 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 11:36am I'm thoroughly enjoying these slings Okie, some great craftsmanship you have here.
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Okieslinger Tiro Offline Posts: 28 Tulsa, OK US Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3304 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 10:33pm mymothersmeatloaf wrote on Feb 4^th, 2013 at 11:36am: I'm thoroughly enjoying these slings Okie, some great craftsmanship you have here. Thank you very much.
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3305 - Feb 4^th, 2013 at 11:40pm Very nice work. You've been busy.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3306 - Feb 5^th, 2013 at 10:13am Finally got around to using a non-synthetic material(jute). My living room and I are now covered in fuzziness, looks like I literally took a roll in the hay lol!
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3307 - Feb 5^th, 2013 at 10:14am And Ratman! I did try to resize it, sorry.
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LightSlinger Funditor slingingsport Offline All things in Moderation... Except for Slinging.. Posts: 611 Hanford, California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3308 - Feb 6^th, 2013 at 1:23am Tomas wrote on Feb 5^th, 2013 at 10:13am: Finally got around to using a non-synthetic material(jute). My living room and I are now covered in fuzziness, looks like I literally took a roll in the hay lol! There we go..
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Reply #3309 - Feb 7^th, 2013 at 6:01pm

ya. I dislike re-sizing pics now....
Anyway, nice weaving. I sit in bed and weave for 30 mins each night instead of reading... I use sisal, dampened to make it less harsh.
trust me, it gets pretty hard to sleep sometimes, sisal on the pillow!!!
Jute is much softer, and almost as cheap. you can buy high-qaulity jute fiber online somewhere.....
maybe that place where they sell linen twine. that place has EVERYTHING!!
if only I can remember where it is.
SIsal makes nice slings, Lightslinger can attest that! Ghost will be too!

I use sisal a lot, jute a lot.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3246 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3310 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 12:10pm Can't beat this
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3311 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 5:04pm Lol, that is
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HuntsmanSling Funditor Offline Sling Maker Posts: 687 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #3312 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 5:24pm Some slings I make
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #3313 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 8:20pm

Hi everyone! So I only just started slinging 3 days ago and I made these 2 slings with what I had laying around. The top one is made with paracord and a strip I cut from a military issue sling(lol) that comes in the IFAK. I didn't have any spare leather. It works well enough, but the material was making me nervous so I made up the second one based off the 5-strand pattern by Jeffrey in the Advice and How-To's section.

I just happened to come across CanDo's post on Bladeforums and I decided to check it out. Thanks to everyone who shared their knowledge and helped me find my new hobby!

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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #3314 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 10:32pm

Cavemanzhi wrote on Feb 8^th, 2013 at 8:20pm:

Hi everyone! So I only just started slinging 3 days ago and I made these 2 slings with what I had laying around. The top one is made with paracord and a strip I cut from a military issue sling(lol) that comes in the IFAK. I didn't have any spare leather. It works well enough, but the material was making me nervous so I made up the second one based off the 5-strand pattern by Jeffrey in the Advice and How-To's section.

I just happened to come across CanDo's post on Bladeforums and I decided to check it out. Thanks to everyone who shared their knowledge and helped me find my new hobby!

(Sorry about the picture, I don't know how to resize it. Undecided

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The sling looks good man! man it reminds me of back in the day when I made slings from materials I hate around the house, I used to have to remake them all the time because the materials would always rip.

I used to make them out of an old flees blanket and bed sheet I had laying around.

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