I will slightly dilute the gallery of modern and high-tech slings with natural and primitive ones))
A sling made from wild plants with properties and looks like agave. When you get the fiber and slowly weave them into a tight pigtail. You can't help but immerse yourself in ancient times.

erricrice wrote on Mar 16^th, 2026 at 6:09pm:

I get the used ones for free from a young farmer nearby. He learned that he should cut the twine of his bales near the knots, so that he gets 4 meter knotless pieces. He even brings them to my door.   
He got a sling from me and he can do figure 8, but I don´t think he keeps his sheep with the sling yet.

I didn't end up liking my twisted dyneema sling much, but I liked the process of making it so much and it was so fast that I had to do another

2 strands of 3mm dyneema twisted into a rope with an eye splice for the finger loop and a backsplice to terminate the release cord. It ended up being too much weight on the end of the release cord so I undid that backsplice and tapered the cord down. It looks much messier now, but doesn't kick back on my finger on release.

You made all of those in a week, all 37? Is that a record? That has to be a record, right? And they all look THAT good? Absolutely insane man!

The slings are beautiful Serg!  Some lucky kids.
I love all the colors.

neat!

Love his work! Always so clean looking.

Very carefully tapered cracker there too, which is a first I've seen, might have to try it!

Looks like waxed paracord unless I'm mistaken. What's it weigh?

RhonanTennenbrook wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2026 at 9:52am:


Yes! I've been seeing this in a couple of places lately, it's a great idea. Shave the leather slightly before you punch your hole for the cord and it'll do a great job protecting the cord. Of course you need thick enough leather for this. His looks like two separate laminated layers right?

I imagine the paracord will hold up great now that the pouch connection is protected. That and the cracker are really the only places you'll see major wear, even for less abrasion-resistant materials like paracord. Maybe a little bit on the unprotected part of the cord near the pouch, but it depends on exactly how it releases - often the shaved leather on the pouch is enough.

The surface wax on the cord will wear off over time, but what absorbed into the cord will stay pretty much forever increasing the weight and roundness of the cord.

Thanks for weighing it! That was right around the weight I figured given the materials. Also helps explain the bonkers crack he gets out of it every throw.