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canteskuyaOMD Junior Member Offline Slinging Clay Posts: 63 Riverside, CA Gender:	Re: Sinew sling Reply #15 - Jun 13^th, 2012 at 7:50pm great sling, really dig the color, you said its more of novelty for you... have you had the chance of using it yet? Also jlasud how do you go about applying wax to a sling? do you warm and soften it then apply, or do you apply directly at room temperature?
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Masiakasaurus past-moderator Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Sinew sling Reply #16 - Jun 13^th, 2012 at 8:37pm When I wax my raincoat I just rub a block of paraffin on it at room temperature and use a hairdryer to melt the wax. After that that cloth soaks it up. I don't wax my slings, but I imagine the process would still work.
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canteskuyaOMD Junior Member Offline Slinging Clay Posts: 63 Riverside, CA Gender:	Re: Sinew sling Reply #17 - Jun 13^th, 2012 at 9:55pm What do you need a blow dryer for... doesn't that hair dry itself?! J/K..... I want to try that out but don't got a blow dryer.... i wonder if i could use your same method and just leave it out in the sun on a very hot day... today it was over 90 degrees out here
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Reply #18 - Jun 15^th, 2012 at 11:00am

canteskuyaOMD wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 7:50pm:

great sling, really dig the color, you said its more of novelty for you... have you had the chance of using it yet? Also jlasud how do you go about applying wax to a sling? do you warm and soften it then apply, or do you apply directly at room temperature?

Sure,i've used it for 2 slinging sessions and it works great! It seems that abrasion of crappy stones still grinds on it,but so far it looks more durable than hemp.
I usually melt beeswax with linen oil to make a paste 50-50 or more wax,less oil,and use that.It's like a cream so it's easy to apply to fibers,weatherproofing leather shoes,polishing wood etc.

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Reply #19 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 8:29am

So here's the composite sinew sling,it has been beeswax-olive oiled.It's as long as my general long slings,they're standard length:110cm (44")
After 4 shortish sling sessions with rough stones it's in excellent shape not even the 2mm thick cracker,after the realease knot blow off,very little wear on it Cheesy

.With hemp,it goes away in 3 bangs Wink

Nuff said
I've named it Inas (In=sinew ;Inas="sinewy" as attributive but it usually means valet Cheesy

so it's my sinewy valet,my removable bio arm extender,for stone relocation Wink

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Reply #20 - Jun 28^th, 2012 at 7:59am

canteskuyaOMD wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 9:55pm:

What do you need a blow dryer for... doesn't that hair dry itself?! Grin

J/K.....
I want to try that out but don't got a blow dryer.... i wonder if i could use your same method and just leave it out in the sun on a very hot day... today it was over 90 degrees out here

Yes, that works very well. It's best to put it out in the sun for a while first, prewarming the material, then rubbing the wax on and putting it back out in the sun. I've done this with leather several times.

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Reply #21 - Oct 31^st, 2012 at 2:30am

After slinging hundreds of angular stones with this thin corded sinew sling,I can tell you,it's damn durable.
It beats any natural material by far.
Not long ago the knot blew off. but it still holds pretty well. With the stones around here it was a torture test and i'll have to give it 10+
As far as durability..it's as durable or more durable than paracord,or any poly stuff.

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Reply #22 - Oct 31^st, 2012 at 10:10am

Masiakasaurus wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 8:37pm:

When I wax my raincoat I just rub a block of paraffin on it at room temperature and use a hairdryer to melt the wax. After that that cloth soaks it up. I don't wax my slings, but I imagine the process would still work.

Hairdryers and heat guns are just a faster process. That being said, some materials will burn or melt if you hold the heat to them for more than a couple seconds. I also bet there's some instances where a slow saturation would be better. But I will probably always use a dryer/heatgun myself.

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Reply #23 - Oct 31^st, 2012 at 3:30pm

well, on wax, its called a hot water bath after you use a hairdryer or heat gun on it. it removes the excess so it dont crack. as for sinew, i dont like the stuff. it is expensive, hard to get in quantity, and as far as durabitiltity goes, it probably will not do too well with the broken tv glass i sling. i have to wear gloves to pick up the stuff, and only 3 fibres can take abrasion that much- sisal, steel cable, and copper wire. i have slings made from all 3, although the steel i substituted in chainmail for the pouch instead of weaving it. and sinew smells impressively bad!!! Grin

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Bill Skinner past-moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Sinew sling Reply #24 - Oct 31^st, 2012 at 8:42pm If your sinew smells bad, you didn't prep it right. You didn't remove all the muscle fibers, they start to rot and your sinew smells, it can also give you food poisioning if you chew it.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Sinew sling Reply #25 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 1:35am The butcher did it .Also it's not very smelly.I have to stick it under my nose to smell it. I didn't chew it,i tasted it,didn't like it much,so i used water.Damn vegetarian
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Reply #26 - Jan 19^th, 2021 at 9:13am

This thread is very interesting. I love Jlasuds sling he posted. I've been wanting to try sinew. I think if the ancients used thin slings (which I believe was more common among the Greeks than the Balearics) they would have used sinew. I've always had problems with thin plant fibre slings and their durability. Even hemp has its limits. Sinew and possibly combining horsehair seems to be the way if you want a traditional sling that acts similar to a thin modern paracord one. I doubt whether ancient peoples used thin slings made from pure plant fibres a lot, thicker braided slings seem to be preferred when only plant fibre is used, because Jaegoor who is one who slings alot, can attest to how much a cracker has to be replaced on a plant fibre sling.

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Reply #27 - Jan 20^th, 2021 at 5:41pm

It's interesting to read that the Balearics used sinew for their slings. Whether they made slings purely from sinew or just for some parts of them, I instantly think of it being braided into the end of the release cord because I imagine it would last so much longer than any other natural material. We know their slings cracked, so we can assume they used something that didn't require constant repair.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sinew sling Reply #28 - Jan 21^st, 2021 at 5:37am That would make sense. Sinew and rawhide are both tough as nails. The only issue would be if it got wet and then dried, I can't imagine it would work well as a cracker.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Sinew sling Reply #29 - Jan 21^st, 2021 at 6:41am Many years ago I made a sling completely out of artificial sinew. It was very lightweight for it's size. The casts I did threw the stones a scary distance. It was one of the moments when I realized just how strong the sling could be.
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