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erricrice Senior Member Offline reformed spaghetti enthusiast Posts: 330 Clearwater, FL	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7950 - Dec 7^th, 2024 at 7:31pm Very cool looking! I would love to see a build guide for that one.
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Al Paca Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 50 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7951 - Dec 7^th, 2024 at 8:14pm Here is a braid I’ve been working on ready for the summer break here in Australia.
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Reply #7952 - Dec 8^th, 2024 at 7:46am

Eagul wrote on Dec 7^th, 2024 at 6:15pm:

That looks SWEEEET! What kind of knots did you use on the finger padding and pouch?

Thanks Im using cobra knots for the padding.

xud9a - call me zud 👍 wrote on Dec 7^th, 2024 at 7:26pm:

Looks like an insane amount of work

And,

I seriously like your aerodynamic egg ..... is it 3d printed ?

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Takes about 3-4 hours to make, a lot of high tension braiding and splicing, my hands are pretty sore after making these. But these slings come out very dense, and last a very long time.
The foil projectile is a hand shaped river rock, I'll probably never shoot that one Cheesy

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Reply #7953 - Dec 8^th, 2024 at 8:23am

erricrice wrote on Dec 7^th, 2024 at 7:31pm:

Very cool looking! I would love to see a build guide for that one.

Its the same concept as your "NK" nearly knoless sling, except that instead of joining 2 dyneema lines at the pouch, its one single line going through itself entirely. The inner core of the release side is tapered, and the cobra weaves are for finger comfort, pouch grip/resistance, and locks the brummel splices in place. Every splice and knot is made under high tension. Then dipped and soaked in beeswax.

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GT Junior Member Offline Having fun slingin' Posts: 55 Illinois Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7954 - Dec 11^th, 2024 at 9:20pm New snowball sling
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Al Paca Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 50 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7955 - Dec 16^th, 2024 at 11:21pm My daughter who is 10 asked me to make her a sling. There were some stipulations. 1. It had to be pink. 2. It had to be good enough for a superhero to use (Slingirl) 3. It had to have a pouch. The letter M is her initial. See attached Happy holidays to all Cheers Al
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Stals Descens Offline Have fun! Posts: 181 Olympia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7956 - Dec 17^th, 2024 at 2:38am That's adorable! Looks like you're familiar with kumihimo?
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Al Paca Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 50 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7957 - Dec 17^th, 2024 at 5:49am Thanks; All the braid patterns are out of Rod Owen And Terry Flynn’s book “Andean Sling Braids”. Great book. (Cover photo attached)
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Reply #7958 - Dec 17^th, 2024 at 9:30pm

Hi Al Paca. I resized your images. If you can, please shrink down images so they fit on the screen before attaching them. We have Windows and Mac instructions here: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1676672557. If you're working from a smartphone or other device, a quick Google search on resizing images will usually get you to the right think pretty quick.

Really nice looking slings by the way! Thumbs Up

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Al Paca Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 50 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7959 - Dec 17^th, 2024 at 9:32pm Thanks Joe. Yup working from my phone. Sorry about that. Thanks Al
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erricrice Senior Member Offline reformed spaghetti enthusiast Posts: 330 Clearwater, FL	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7960 - Feb 18^th, 2025 at 4:10pm My latest behemoth. I love how it looks, but it's so heavy I don't know if I'll ever actually use it: 113g!
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Stals Descens Offline Have fun! Posts: 181 Olympia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7961 - Feb 18^th, 2025 at 8:22pm You gotta try it at least once!
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Reply #7962 - Feb 18^th, 2025 at 9:58pm

Oh yeah I definitely tried it! It's stiff on the perpendicular axis and unrolls very smoothly, but really tough to make adjustments because of the weight. But maybe I'll use it for a while for some weight training to be able to throw at lightning speed when I go back to a reasonable weight Grin

Also...I definitely have a problem. But fortunately I've run out of material and my fingers are all covered in blisters so I think I have no choice but to be done for a while.

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Reply #7963 - Feb 27^th, 2025 at 4:46pm

The show House of David came out today on Amazon. I got the opportunity to make the slings for the show.

And I just wanted to share my new favorite sling.

This is my version of the sling. For the show, they added wool to the retention and release cords. But mine is just Hemp. I like the feel, and I only have bright wool spools around. So that felt weird to add.

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Reply #7964 - Feb 28^th, 2025 at 5:21am

That is a good looking sling.

I am sure you are aware both your slings and the film have been the subject of quite a bit of discussion.

Congratulations, I hope you have a HUGE stock in to keep up with the demand and I look forward to you sharing the complaints about their innaccuracy or other attributed failings !!

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