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hi morphy, i have used almost everything. i like most of all of them. my least fav. is what is called a 'tut' sling, and feel it is more for decoration than anything else. as far as the best sling, imo, is a byzantine sling, but no one but like two people know anything at all about how to make them and one is very old. the person who knew the most about them died in the 70's. it is taught that a person has to make five to completion while under instruction, before knowing how to make one by heart all the way through. it is bloody work to make. requires some superstition practices of blood and essence. but all i use and my fav sling is just a piece of string, like 550 paracord, with two knots tied to make a socket. that is all i usually carry and use. i gave away most of my woven sockets and split cords...some i threw away because all i really use is a cord or string nowadays, with said knots in it, which around here in my lil circle is called a 'noodle'. though slings were at one time commonly referred to as noodles, or so i was taught years ago. but we just call the single string knotted types noodles around here. they are easy to make, and easy to use with anything from pebbles to objects the size of my fist. i use all throwing styles and really have no favorite, as what one uses as far as styles should depend on the immediate situation most of the time. though i do use the 'turkey hunter overhand'(is what it is called in the appalachian hills) a lot. it was developed for hunting turkeys obviously and starts out by holding the sling behind ur back. once mastered, it is an extremely accurate quickly performed throw..but when practicing, i sling with one style until tired then switch hands and use that same style until tired then go back to the other hand with another style so forth and so on. i use a figure eight that winds up behind the back, the greek, turkey hunter overhand, helicopter, byzantine and a whole lot of backhand.
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