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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #7485 - Jul 5^th, 2023 at 7:59am

Jaegoor -- Another beauty! Kudos!

Mersa -- Another beauty and that one's even in my zone!
My sling-making ability plateaued at the paracord+seat belt material+zip tie level a decade ago. All the hand-braided slings are beautiful and a lot of them are IMO genuine works of art, but seeing a seat belt material sling here makes me feel good. Now I know even serious slingers sometimes make and use my low-brow kind of slings.

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I used to think this was going to be simple.

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blargslap Descens Offline Amicia Approves! Posts: 116 New Zealand Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7486 - Jul 6^th, 2023 at 8:22am I can find it hard to find time to leave the house to sling, so the hallway becomes my gallery and giant marshmallows become the ammunition. Hackeysacks work great too! My 5 year old has picked it up too, sometimes she’s actually better than me
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3805 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7487 - Jul 6^th, 2023 at 8:07pm Nice! If you roll a sock up into a ball, that also makes great indoor ammunition. If your daughter is slinging too (which is super awesome!) the two of you can have a sock ball battle.
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 350	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7488 - Jul 6^th, 2023 at 11:09pm That would be a great way to do the laundry Nice sling!
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Reply #7489 - Jul 7^th, 2023 at 3:27am

Hey, good idea!! Laundry sucks, makes me wonder if you can get a front loader that has a door thats 20" round with 4 ft x 4ft body .... Grin

P.S thanks Eino, its my fave, cant wait to make another.

P.S.S Yea Joe, she started soon after I took to slinging. She thought it was really cool that I could chuck tennis balls so far when we go to the park. She also finds the craft very impressive; braids are quite beautiful!

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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 350	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7490 - Jul 18^th, 2023 at 3:42pm Polypropylene sling with the fingerloop covered in medical tape for comfort. It should be practically indestructible
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Reply #7491 - Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 10:22am

Just got finished with my latest sling.

Building these things is seriously addictive.

30” Balearic style sling, constructed in sisal which was soaked, dried then waxed with beeswax. Dyneema cracker spliced in at the end. I used kangaroo leather for the finger loop and made a covering for the pouch.

This is my first go doing any leather covering and oh lord the finger loop is so damn comfortable!! Should make up for the horrendous blisters I acquired braiding this thing Grin

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1909 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7492 - Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 7:40pm Bro! That is beautiful! You won't regret the dyneema cracker, that stuff just holds up forever.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3805 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7493 - Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 10:04pm Nice looking slings guys!
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 350	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7494 - Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 10:16pm Beautiful sling, blargslap! The leather adds a nice touch.
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blargslap Descens Offline Amicia Approves! Posts: 116 New Zealand Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7495 - Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 11:01pm Cheers guys! The Dyneema isn’t too bad to work with if you wax it. Still yet to shoot the thing, I’ve been crook for about a week now! I have a lot of thanks for Archaic Arms for his tutorial on how to make these. His are infinitely better but it’s been great learning how to make them!
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Scorpion Vin Descens Offline Still slinging better than archery! Posts: 249 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7496 - Jul 25^th, 2023 at 4:43pm My new 14 inches sling with double finger loop
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #7497 - Jul 25^th, 2023 at 4:49pm

blargslap wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2023 at 10:22am:

Just got finished with my latest sling.

Building these things is seriously addictive.

30” Balearic style sling, constructed in sisal which was soaked, dried then waxed with beeswax. Dyneema cracker spliced in at the end. I used kangaroo leather for the finger loop and made a covering for the pouch.

This is my first go doing any leather covering and oh lord the finger loop is so damn comfortable!! Should make up for the horrendous blisters I acquired braiding this thing Grin

Looking well Cool

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blargslap Descens Offline Amicia Approves! Posts: 116 New Zealand Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7498 - Jul 25^th, 2023 at 7:13pm Nice looking sling SV, love the double loop. Been wanting to try one for ages but haven’t gotten around to making one !
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 350	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7499 - Jul 25^th, 2023 at 9:24pm Great sling, scorpion vin!
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