@ Rat Man; Thanks. For a Appo sling braided from bark it was not all that bad

@Tomas.  I usually leave 1-2" as tassel in my braided slings.  It don`t seem to have any ill effects.  But much of the tassel is usually worn away while the new sling is "worn in".

The idea behind a braided tail ofter the release knot was for me mostly a question of wear.  In one particularely successful Apache sling first the tassel was worn away, into the end knot.  Then I unbraided half the tail and made a new end knot.  When all that was worn away again and the trigger kno began to unravel it was time to add new cordage and redo the tip of the release cord.  My son still use this sling some times.

For slings made from sinlgle para- or poly cord I think the knot should be the end.  Leave until 1" if you has to, but in no way more than that.

Here's a blue and silver sling read to have the warp tightened. Also, it turns out that some of the nylon I use is UV reactive. Can't imagine when it would come up in real life, but it still looks cool!

My rockman got so much use I wore away a 6" tail... but it scraped the ground each shot.

Cool, Redneck.  But for me the fishing gear looks like weak links in your system, are they strong enough?

Okay, it seems like you and your surroundings are reasonably safe
The slings themselves seems pretty fine, and the chainsaw rope seems to do it`s job very well.

Thanks for the thoughts on tails timman and Walter! Also I think that Balearic looks great in cotton!

Thanks guys!
And considering how low-quality that spool of 99-cent store butcher's twine was, the end result actually surprised me.

Feel free to use it however you like