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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4484 Finland	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #30 - Nov 11^th, 2016 at 11:47am So is this one available to buy or is it just to show what's to come?
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Re: One piece leather slings
Reply #31 - Nov 11^th, 2016 at 1:48pm

This one was used today! I slung some quinces( similar to a crab apple) and some stones with it. It is starting to break in quite nicely. I have one that's about a year old that is broken in and supple but still strong.
Since this one has dirt and quince juice on it I can't sell it.
I still have plenty of that leather left and am more than happy to make you one.
You can inbox me with details if you like.

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #32 - Nov 13^th, 2016 at 11:48am shame about the split pouch - but other than that - looks good.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #33 - Nov 13^th, 2016 at 5:39pm Curious Aardvark wrote on Nov 13^th, 2016 at 11:48am: shame about the split pouch - but other than that - looks good. Ahahaha solid pouch is possible CA. It would be something like this sling I made a while back
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #34 - Nov 15^th, 2016 at 6:50am that's better why limit your ammo choice
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #35 - Nov 15^th, 2016 at 11:13am Yes it's doable but not economical to sell. Still, it would be a mint piece
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Re: One piece leather slings
Reply #36 - Nov 18^th, 2016 at 7:37pm

Tomas,

The one piece leather sling really looks beautiful. I like the beveled edges, they give a nice finished look to it. Did you come up with the one-piece idea yourself, or is it based off some existing slings? It's a design I've liked the idea of, ever since I came across some one-piece slings from Siberia, but never actually made myself. I don't know that I could have done it so nicely, so it's fun to see your work.

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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #37 - Nov 20^th, 2016 at 10:00am Thanks Mr. Potter! I have never seen any one piece leather slings before so it is entirely my own creation. Half the work is burnishing the edges so I'm glad you appreciate them. If you have any pictures of these Siberian models I would be interested to see them.
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Re: One piece leather slings
Reply #38 - Nov 20^th, 2016 at 9:38pm

The examples I've come across are in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History: https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=70%20%...

Some of those Siberian slings are one piece and some are not, but they all seem to share a similar leather split pouch.

By the way, there are a lot of other interesting slings in the AMNH collection from other parts of the world, and the online database is a great resource.

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Reply #39 - Dec 25^th, 2016 at 7:58am

Holy Mack! So many slings! I want to make this one
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%
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And this one reminds me of Teg's project from a year or more ago. The pouch construction is what I'm referring to.
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=40%2E1
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And I'm curious as to why so many of the South American slings have such long extended pouches. Is it ceremonial? Does it help stabilize the throw?
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=41%2E2
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #40 - Jan 18^th, 2017 at 7:33am with the south american slings - many of them double as tump lines (think that's the right word) - so the long pouch is to wrap round your forehead. Some of the historical artifacts aren't actually throwing slings at all.
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Morphy past-moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #41 - Jan 18^th, 2017 at 8:28pm What do you mean when you say so many slings Tomas? Must...see...slings...
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2182	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #42 - Jan 23^rd, 2017 at 10:04pm I was referring to the link Mr Potter posted
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Drakolith Funditor Offline Posts: 675 U.S.	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #43 - Dec 14^th, 2017 at 9:54pm Thomas, I really like the look of these slings, I’d really like to make my own, very customized version. So, if you don’t mind could you explain how you make them? If you don’t mind telling me, could even PM me if you’d like. Or do I have to buy one to figure it all out?
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2671 Australia Gender:	Re: One piece leather slings Reply #44 - Dec 14^th, 2017 at 11:06pm Such a pretty sling I rely really like it
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