Yes it takes a long time.  And you need a lot of strength in your fingers.  You have to have done it a few times.  It's a little faster with routine.  The material is hemp.  At the end, the entire sling is soaked in liquid beeswax.  Before and after each shooting I use bow string wax for the letter.  Over the years the sling looks like leather.  I shoot a lot.  Therefore the whip is interchangeable.  I do this two or three times in the monath

When I train, it's always two hours.  That's about 250 rounds.  100 shots are documented.  I've created an automatic table.  It automatically adds up all the points.  Even the mistakes.  The program then creates a performance curve.  I've been doing this for ten years.  Since I used to do competitive sports, this is normal.  I am often in the forest.  I have a small course there.  Old trees, branches or small rocks.  The whip already has contact with the ground.  This increases the wear and tear.  The exchange takes about five minutes.

The length of the letter is 14cm from the knee.  With the belly the length is 19cm.  Wax makes sling a little heavier.  Not much.

That’s a nice looking noodle there J
How does it throw?

Have just tested it with about a bucket full of rocks. Works very good, it really sends them far and fast. Optimal rock weight feels to be somewhere around a 80-100 grams, but it will sling heavier rocks too, even though the pouch is not very wide, it is quite stable.

it slings very nostalgic as it reminds me of my early slings I made when I was 13

The fingerloop solution also works flawlessly. Now it'll find a place in one of my pockets and be my new edc sling

If more are interested I will see if I can make a tutorial but I do not want it named after me

It can also be made without the weft on the cords, and instead just solely a pouch. This reduces the weight a little, and requires less cordage. It looks very similar to a woven 3 strand sheepshank pouch, or a PJ pouch, but it does not make use of a sheepshank knot, nor is the pouch woven in with a seperate cord. Instead, it is made from just a single piece of paracord. I prefer this method over the peaceful jeffery design.

A 3 strand paracord woven pouch is quite narrow, but remember a sling pouch does not have to be wider than the projectile it is throwing. Such pouch width is workable for rocks up to 150 grams, but that is stretching it. Ideally around a 100 grams is right for this cord size, in my opinion. Then the sling and pouch react very responsive to the wrist.


Why this design? I was looking to come up with a no-nonsense, maintenance-free and generally tough sling that I can put in my pocket, that I can also unweave very quickly if I need cord and reweave if I need a sling. The KISS-method, or keep-it-simple, stupid! method, is the approach I wanted to take. I see it as a ''survival sling'' because in my ''survival kit'' I always have paracord and because they last a long time without the ''hassle of the tassle'' that comes with natural fibre slings. The pouch size is perfect, because I do not want to throw heavy bombard rocks with a paracord sling anyway.

Nice work with the finger loop design J!!!
I have been using the same concept on my slings to spread the tension between multiple(I settled on 2 fingers worth) fingers and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way.
Take it to the next level and create a separation in the cordage to keep it all locked in place.
Cool pouch too my man