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Reply #75 - Oct 8th, 2021 at 10:13am
 
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #76 - Oct 8th, 2021 at 12:51pm
 
So that's what yarn made with goat hair looks like ?
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #77 - Oct 11th, 2021 at 3:35pm
 
Apparently so.
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #78 - Mar 7th, 2022 at 10:56am
 
I found goat hair, the long outer hairs.
Hard to work by hand. The result is solid but easily undone.
I think we should use all the hair, the wool too.
My incompetence can also explain the result.
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #79 - Mar 8th, 2022 at 7:17am
 
Yesterday, I showed you my first twist. With the second twist, the rope holds better.
In front of is nettle. This makes it possible  to compare with the same manufacturing process.
I think that I must try to twist the goat hair with a fusaiole.

https://fr.timesofisrael.com/une-collection-de-mode-decouverte-ou-salomon-exploi
tait-des-mines/
A link in french with a photo of a rope made with goat.
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #80 - Mar 19th, 2022 at 9:07am
 

I'm dropping in a link to this post, since it is on the same topic:

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1640892005
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Re: Vegetius (and Virgil) on sling material: linen or wool (wool best)
Reply #81 - May 12th, 2022 at 2:24am
 
Here are my two attempts. Strong but difficult to keep tight.
I think all the hair is necessary to make a rope.
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