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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6930 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 3:46am My new sling. The pouch is made with leather of sheep. The ropes are made with nettle. It's a replica of viking sling founded in York. It's very small. Who are tested this sling before ?
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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6931 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 6:02am I like that sling design, very nice. Although I personally would attach the cords the Chumash way, to prevent tearing at the at cord attachment points. I do that on all my slings now and haven't had a single tear yet.
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6932 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 11:45am Tomorrow will be the last time i see my history teacher and i made this 24 strand balearic sling for him
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6933 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 11:45am the camera is as still very bad and i wish it could be better
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6934 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 11:59am Nice! That's an excellent gift.
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Reply #6935 - Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 2:06pm

TOMBELAINE wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 3:46am:

My new sling. The pouch is made with leather of sheep. The ropes are made with nettle.
It's a replica of viking sling founded in York.
It's very small.
Who are tested this sling before ?

Very cool man! So is it an exact replica? Was the original sheep leather and nettle?

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Reply #6936 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 1:55am

Morphy, you are right. It's not an exact replica.
These slings are so small they ask question. Are they toys, or designed to throw small pebbles ?
Cow leather is too thick. So there's calf leather, sheep leather, goat leather, rabbit leather, mole leather, etc... And I like nettle for ropes.
two pouches look doubled.
Big questions !
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SerKraus Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 266 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6937 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 12:33pm MikeG wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 11:45am: Tomorrow will be the last time i see my history teacher and i made this 24 strand balearic sling for him That’s so nice of you! Tell us how he reacts.
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Reply #6938 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 12:53pm

MikeG wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2021 at 11:45am:

Tomorrow will be the last time i see my history teacher and i made this 24 strand balearic sling for him

Slings make such good gifts! So cheap yet they show that you appreciate that person, because you spent that time to make it, it is so much fun to use and you are opening him to a whole new hobby!

I gave my physics teacher a jute balearic sling and showed him how to use it. He said he loves it after trying it out with tennis balls and pine cones(which are pretty good training ammo). We also spent some time after classes calculating the energy of throws with slings.

I am also interested in how your history teacher reacts/reacted. My guess it must have at least put a smile on his face! Grin

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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6939 - Jul 24^th, 2021 at 6:40am He was very happy, and started to practice on the same day. After school was over, we talked about the history of slinging for almost 1 hour and i showed him how to use the sling properly.
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6940 - Jul 29^th, 2021 at 9:22am My first sling that is made with fibers
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6941 - Jul 29^th, 2021 at 9:23am normally i use string, but i found a nice rope with very long fibers and tried using that
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6942 - Jul 30^th, 2021 at 5:08am Nice man! I really like working with fibres. I still want to make a nettle sling with cleaned fibres, but it's a lot of extra work so would take a bit of investment.
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #6943 - Jul 31^st, 2021 at 2:14pm After a session slinging my usual ammo (say golfball sized stones or slightly bigger), I threw a "hand-filling stone". I find that throwing with heavy ammo needs special care not to strain the elbow, and concentration on good form to let the sling to the work (as Morningstar once said). Got a good, strong flight.
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Reply #6944 - Jul 31^st, 2021 at 4:07pm

Standard ''paracord'' model, new EDC
Made from 1 long strand of ''cheap'' 4mm cordage, but it has less stretch than the real thing. I like this cheaper cord more than real paracord for slings. This cord is quite firm.
Length - arm to mid chest. Large netted pouch can cradle and sling baseball sized projectiles comfortably

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