I still haven't made a successful woven pouch I would say at least this style. The Egyptian twining over sticks method has worked out pretty well but a straight weave has always turned out weird for me. Good job!

Not a bad idea!

Nice work on the weaving

It's surprising that your leather pouches are breaking- Correct me if I am wrong but I expect they are tearing at the cord attachment bit?

There are some good templates in: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1344443925
which double or triple up the leather at the attachment point and form a slight cup, I've not had these break even with quite thin leather. An alternative is to use eyelets which will reinforce the holes a lot.

Weaving works well too, but takes much much longer and more technical ability, it's also usually heavier unless working with very fine cord.

JudoP wrote on Dec 21^st, 2020 at 1:10pm:



Essentially there are 4 main issues, most of which I've almost fixed or fixed:

1. My slings were being made too long for my style of throwing and the pouches were hitting the ground or rocks a lot
2. The leather I'm using is scrap leather, some of it is very brittle
3. My early designs right up to my last two were using single layer leather with holes I'd punched through with a hammer and sharp object, I have started to use folding leather techniques and that seems to be working much better.
4. the way I've been cutting leather has not been very precise and I suspect there have been small tears that have opened up more and more over daily use.

Also... get a decent pair of medical shears. They are great for cutting leather and don’t cost a lot of money. You can also buy a leather hole punch (the kind you hit with a hammer) on Ebay or Etsy for a few dollars.

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 21^st, 2020 at 8:36pm:



I seen this dude weaving paracord the other day who had a few choice tools as well, will be looking those up at the next chance I get

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2020 at 1:49am:


Thanks a lot mate! I'll give it a go!