well generally we're against buying slings.
Apart from the cultural items like the south america slings - the quality of slings advertised on the internet tends to be a lot lower than one you could make yourself in a few minutes.

Given that all you need are 2 bits of string and some strong fabric (or a plastic bag lol) the commercial selling of slings is usually a major rip off.

If you would like to start a thread in the general section - go ahead. there are quite a few that deal with slings for sale - and generally we're quite derisive of the quality and price.
But again people have posted sites where you can buy some decent cultural slings.

HOWEVER. The best way to get a quality sling at a good price is simply to ask a forum member who makes them and either swap something (in the trading section) or make a deal with them via Private Messages.  

If you see a sling design you like simply ask the person who made it what they would like to make you one.
I know this works as all my braided and fancy slings were acquired this way

But we're not going to set up a seperate section for people selling slings. Hopefully the above will solve that problem for you anyway

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, but not new to making slings. We, as Amdocraft, are selling Tibetan Slings already for a number of years. Our company is based in Qinghai (western China) and we started marketing the Tibetan Slings as part of an income generating project in 2001. We do not have a factory, all our producers work at home. The Tibetan nomads have made these slings for many years, but never for commercial purposes. They make them, so that they can herd their yaks, goats and sheep with them.  The ones that we now have posted on our website and that we are selling in our two AmdoCafes (Xining and LangMusi) are all made by Tibetan nomads themselves.  Some Tibetans will make the Slings with colored yarn, but we have chosen to only buy and sell the ones out of natural yak and sheep wool.   We have about 20 nomads that made slings for us.  See also our website:  www.amdocraft.com  The slings posted at our webshop are 6US$,  incl. worldwide shipping.

Hello Lycurgus,

I know about your order and I have emailed you saying that due to Chinese NewYear holliday the delivery would be delayed, unless your order is urgent.  I mailed your order 5 days ago, so you don't have to wait too long anymore.  Let me know when you get it,
www.amdocraft.com ;   
Klaas

The Tibetan slings are really quite nice and you can't beat the price.

Hi, curious_aardvark (and fellow slingers).  Since we started this thread, I have made up a bunch of slings - even two Balearic types.  I am so proud of myself I could....  You are right - takes nothing to make a nice sling - from paracord and a piece of suede, or leather laces and a piece of suede.  But the Balearics took me hours!!!  The first was okay but far too short - a meter sling is really too short in my humble opinion.  But the second one kicks butt - a 4-inch finger loop, 24 inches on the down side, 4 more for pouch, and 28 on the upside.  I started with 6 strands of about 15 feet of hemp cord and found I had a lot left over.  Most of my time was spent untangling my knots!  If you just roll up the excess into neat little spools while you're working, it goes very quickly.  Lessons learned!  Using clothes pins to hold things is great, too - better than wire ties, but those work okay, too.  The sling is perfect for tennis balls.  I also learned that a sling that works well with rocks may not work so well with tennis balls and vice versa - has to do with wind resistance, weight, and momentum.  Incidentally, I have a couple Tibetans on order and will post some feedback after I give them a whirl (so to speak).  

This site is TOPS.  Only problem is that there is so much info, it's hard for a newby like me to navigate, so I am surely prattling on about things that are already well covered.  Sorry for that.  Best to all y'all.

Great to hear that your sling has arrived.  The Tibetan nomads that make our slings usually make them out of yak wool.  They use a combination of the yak hair and the soft wool of the yak (mao niu rong in Chinese).  The slings can also be made out of sheep wool. Although most of our products are being made by woman, the job of making slings is done by the man.

After having done the first few orders through our webshop I know that I will not be able to keep this price (6US$, incl shipping) very long, so see it as an introduction price.

Klaas
www.amdocraft.com

just put in an order for two tibetan slings, they look great in the pics i hope to get them soon