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Reply #7185 - Nov 13th, 2021 at 5:08pm
 
Sir Missalot wrote on Nov 10th, 2021 at 11:39am:
This is just one bag from the shed, and I still didn't find the one I was looking for.

There's officially something wrong with me.

Great selection of colours there!
A sling to coordinate with every outfit.
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Reply #7186 - Nov 13th, 2021 at 5:14pm
 
V briefly stopped by a beach on are way back to the midlands, but managed to snap these two clips before my memory ran out (a moment of silence for the hits that couldn't be filmed  Sad)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqXDtyFNDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRm4rk1JEf8
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Reply #7187 - Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:08pm
 
New modern take on an old design.

27”
Made from spliced 1/4” vectrus
Double cinching fingerloop
Brumel splice deep bury
Plastic inserts inside the pouch

Quite possibly the worlds strongest sling with a break strain of  3.3 ton.

This design might become commercially available in the future given that my test group likes the design.

With practice I could probably make 3-4 a hour minus the whipping.
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Reply #7188 - Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:11pm
 
Beautiful Mersa. Any idea on the price?
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Reply #7189 - Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:16pm
 
That looks awesome man!  Thumbs Up
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Reply #7190 - Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:53pm
 
Well it’s about 30$ Australian worth of materials for a sling this size.
I’ll probably give out the first round for free to some users. I owe morphy, nooc, Irongoober, kick, vet, crazybrave, j, slingbasket , and channing all a sling and I have another 4 or so people I’d like to test it out. So I need to cough up a few hundred bucks just to get some feedback.
Given the design works and doesn’t change I think I’ll retail them in the 50-100$ range depending on how much time and materials I need to do them.

They might be built to order . It’s only in the early stage of development but it’s a somewhat marketable design given the simplicity of build.
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Reply #7191 - Nov 15th, 2021 at 5:14am
 
Mersa wrote on Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:08pm:
New modern take on an old design.

Very nice Mersa. That double braid is applied really well.
How does it feel to your usual?
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Reply #7192 - Nov 15th, 2021 at 8:39am
 
Well it’s not like my usual slings , and I find it still on the heavier side of my comfort zone.
I’m still experimenting, but so far I think it functions similar to a traditional style sling.
It’s not ultra high performance like the slings I’m used to.  I think there’s somethings with the design that I like and things I don’t. I will make prototype 2 in the next weeks . But concept will be very much same just fine tuning slice positions and tapers. Maybe try a different material, and some other ideas.
I’m not sure if I likethe double fingerloop so I might change that  for next one . Also might try some “leather “ on the pouch and release.

Still my top slings are super efficient designs with thinner lighter designs. But a thicker heavier sling has a nice feeling I just don’t see improvement in accuracy or distance, so  basically I’m still working on it

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Reply #7193 - Nov 16th, 2021 at 4:34am
 
Mersa wrote on Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:53pm:
I’ll probably give out the first round for free to some users. I owe morphy, nooc, Irongoober, kick, vet, crazybrave, j, slingbasket , and channing all a sling and I have another 4 or so people I’d like to test it out.

I feel very lucky to be on that list. Thanks Mersa! It really does look beautiful and a design like that should last forever.
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Reply #7194 - Nov 16th, 2021 at 7:08am
 
Kick wrote on Nov 16th, 2021 at 4:34am:
Mersa wrote on Nov 14th, 2021 at 6:53pm:
I’ll probably give out the first round for free to some users. I owe morphy, nooc, Irongoober, kick, vet, crazybrave, j, slingbasket , and channing all a sling and I have another 4 or so people I’d like to test it out.

I feel very lucky to be on that list. Thanks Mersa! It really does look beautiful and a design like that should last forever.


+1 As do I. He makes some very nice slings.
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Reply #7195 - Nov 16th, 2021 at 10:27am
 
Ein gelungenes Werk.  Shocked Cool
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Reply #7196 - Nov 16th, 2021 at 2:03pm
 
wow! very beautiful sling
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Reply #7197 - Nov 16th, 2021 at 8:09pm
 
Thanks guys.
I’ll keep at it , probably buy a whole roll of material in next weeks.
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Reply #7198 - Nov 18th, 2021 at 2:47pm
 
Here's my prototype of a captive release Y-noodle.  One piece of paracord, just twisted and knotted.  The captive release was an afterthought.  I meant to cut off the excess to just make a Y-noodle, but figured I'd conserve the paracord and try captive release for the first time.  It worked better than I thought it would.  Really well, in fact.  It releases about 30 degrees earlier than I'm used to, but I can adapt.  After I get the hang of making them with 220 paracord, I'll try with 3-strand jute twine.  I think I'll like the feel better, and the knots will hold tighter.

As soon as I figure out how I made it (I was just noodling at the time), and refine my method, I'll post a tutorial.
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Reply #7199 - Nov 18th, 2021 at 2:47pm
 
Here's how I hold it.
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