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Simple fabric pouch sling
Feb 15th, 2021 at 6:59am
 
I was looking for a simple denim pouch sling. Something that you can make without stitching, eyelets or takes long to make.
I came up with this quick and simple design, inspired by the Chumash sling.
I find this way of tying the cords to the pouch produces a very secure and good spread of the load, doesn't seem like its likely to tear off very quickly, considering the many layers of folded fabric used and the way the cords are attached.
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Reply #1 - Feb 15th, 2021 at 7:02am
 
edit: double overhand knot should be the simple overhand loop knot, seems that a double overhand is a different knot
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Reply #2 - Feb 15th, 2021 at 9:47am
 
I would call that a double overhand knot, or maybe a double overhand noose.
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Reply #3 - Feb 15th, 2021 at 3:00pm
 
   Fast and simple to make and functional.  Why not?  Good job.
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Reply #4 - Feb 16th, 2021 at 5:31am
 
It is a common man sling that should cost nothing, a survival sling pouch, that can be made from some of the most readily available fabric everywhere in the world, in the dumps. I made the design a little better by making the piece of fabric a little wider, and folding the top and bottom inward one time as well. Now there is not a single frayed side exposed to the outside of the pouch, except the two holes.
I haven't found any other way to make a more durable sling pouch as quick and as easy from cotton fabric compared to this method. You could use shoelaces for the cords.

So far it is holding up strong. I love this method of tying down a pouch, because the load is distributed not exclusively on the two holes, but on the complete ends of the fabric. It can also be used on thin leather, like the Chumash originally did. It means I am not required to use metal eyelets to get reasonable durability from thin leather or thin fabric. Cotton fabric is so easily accessible everywhere. Leather is harder to come by than cotton fabric in my experience. The release is clean when I use the non cupped side of the pouch. It acts like a very finely woven solid pouch, because thats what it is, more finely woven than we could do by hands. The width of the pouch is easily adjusted to fit varying sizes of projectiles.
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Reply #5 - Feb 16th, 2021 at 11:53am
 
So if that doesnt cup i bet it would release very cleanly. Thats awesome man
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Reply #6 - Feb 16th, 2021 at 12:36pm
 
I like it. Very simple to make and requires minimal materials.

You could get it added to tutorials thread maybe? It seems a pretty novel way of making a solid pouch sling.
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Reply #7 - Feb 17th, 2021 at 1:46am
 
https://youtu.be/MR_e0YL56xU

This is a pretty good solution as well. Posted fairly recently.
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Reply #8 - Feb 17th, 2021 at 11:31pm
 
Nice tutorial J. We should definitely put it with the other tutorials.
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Reply #9 - Feb 20th, 2021 at 8:32pm
 
Love it  Thumbs Up
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Reply #10 - Feb 21st, 2021 at 11:01am
 
I see this as Jaukes greatest strength here on the forum. Thinking up and making weird designs that are actually really fascinating. I see a lot of designs made that I like but never use. Shoot I love the Egyptian and have still not made one. This design though is something Ive looked for for years. A very strong solid pouch that can be made in seconds that looks great and judging by it probably works great too.

Thanks man.
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Reply #11 - Feb 21st, 2021 at 12:08pm
 
Thanks. Last week I proved to myself you can hunt with it. In fact the last few weeks I've only used these slings, and slings of the same design but with thin couch leather. All my recent slings are all below 20 grams. The only style I still use is Greek sidearm/overhand hybrid.

I've tried many hunting styles and I think it is by far the best for my situation. Using multiple rotations I have absolutely no use for when hunting. And I can use a far greater range of ammo weights with this style without having the cordsi twist. This week I learned a lot of real life sling hunting. Around 150 grams for the stones and clay seems to be the ideal for me. I moved away from the sub 100 g stones.

The denim pouches are holding up better than I expected.  None of them seem to have gotten any worse, yet it's still expendible.

its not primitive, its not traditional, but it just makes sense and I bet if ancient man had this material in this great abundance they probably would have used it for slings.

The denim pouches do have a tendency to cup if you don't place the stone correctly. But as long as the sides of the pouch do not stick out beyond the stone, so the stone is not surrounded by the pouch, I haven't run into real issues.
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Reply #12 - Feb 21st, 2021 at 2:52pm
 
Awesome image there J.  Beautiful action shot with the birds in the sky. Thumbs Up
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Reply #13 - Oct 19th, 2021 at 12:31pm
 
standard butterfly pouch with my loop attachment method works really well.
because the cord grips the sides of the pouch, very little strain is put on the holes.
So even works well with single ply denim.
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