That looks really good! There are only so many things one can do to an Aussie style sling but he's managed something that isn't just a Pan Clone 

We tested it… sling vs. knight.. with tennis balls, clay bullets… and.. yes.. rocks.. how do you think about it? It was really scary.

The helmed is 2,5 mm hardened steel

When the guys and I play ancient combat with a sling and tennis balls, shields often break and helmets can hardly withstand the blows of the ball. A stone could easily shatter bones through armor. It's good that everyone is still alive.

Oo yeah that stuff looks real nice!

Do you have a source for bulk nrs webbing, or do you just harvest them from a ratchet strap kit and repurpose the hardware for something else?

erricrice wrote on Apr 7^th, 2026 at 8:48pm:


Thanks!

All of that webbing was taken from a single 20ft strap I had left over from a previous project, which I decided to cut down anyway to repurpose for attaching stuff to my camping backpack. That gave me like 15 or so feet left over, so I started using that for slings. Made at least 10 with it so far, and I still have plenty left! Seems like good pouch material to me. Cups the stone just the same as any other split pouch, but upon release it feels like the added rigidity may help the stone to fly right out of it just a little smoother. I def recommend giving it a shot!

The weave looks perfectly smooth and harmonious! Super!

Stals wrote on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 4:38pm:


Heh, great question! I also had some difficulty finding it.

Here's where I ended up getting it, which was the cheapest option with shipping included. For some reason, there's nobody in the US that stocks this, so shipping is almost always more than the product itself - plus all the tariff fun lately.

https://pacificnetandtwine.com/products/212901ft-ms?variant=34545549115548

The only thing I'd advise is that their online stock is not accurate. I went back and forth with them a few times on different sizes before they finally told me what they had in stock so I could pick

Fortunately the fibers are the same size no matter the final rope size, so you can get shorter lengths of thicker stuff to result in the same amount of fibers(as long as your rope length is at least as long as you'll need for your slings).

Then of course you have to untwist the fibers from the rope(see my thread here for a fast way to do that: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1754151194).