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Slinging Rocks!
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I have just acquired a flock of navajo churro sheep and one llama. Along with the sheep I got some of the wool from the last sheering. I do some spinning, weaving and crocheting, and I have a deerskin ready to be brain tanned. I really want to make an historically accurate sling from these materials. Any suggestions? I've been assuming that because the apaches raided the navajo routinely and used slings that I could just follow the directions in the article on traditional apache slings using wool and buckskin and end up with something accurate, but thought I'd float this and see if someone could point me towards some additional info. Also, I may have access to yak wool, cashmere (goats), angora (rabbits) and a host of north american plant fibers (nettle, milkweed, flax and others). I have the skills and tools (primitive and historically accurate) to process all of these things, and want to get started soon. I hope to post pics of some reproduction slings here as they are done, but maybe there is a more appropriate thread for that?
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