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Eino Descens Offline Projecting stones with a rope-based device! Posts: 181	Sling on Trajan's column Sep 13^th, 2023 at 9:21pm Hello, I am planning on recreating the armament of the slinger on Trajan's column, and I was wondering if anyone knew what sling design is pictured. So far, I've seen one interpretation using an egyptian sling. (https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1588317387).
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Re: Sling on Trajan's column
Reply #1 - Sep 19^th, 2023 at 8:09am

He's in the middle of the battlefield. So he has very little room to move. Its sling is therefore very small.
Just my idea but I think his style looks like this post : Greek style Lecuyer. Only the position of the feet changes.
No rotation, straight ahead. It's an ideal style when there is no space and short range.
But it's just my idea.
It seems that one sees a rope at the junction pouch/strap.

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Re: Sling on Trajan's column
Reply #2 - Sep 20^th, 2023 at 3:18pm

TOMBELAINE wrote on Sep 19^th, 2023 at 8:09am:

Just my idea but I think his style looks like this post : Greek style Lecuyer. Only the position of the feet changes.
No rotation, straight ahead. It's an ideal style when there is no space and short range.

That would make sense. I've been meaning to learn that style for a while, so I might as well do it now.

TOMBELAINE wrote on Sep 19^th, 2023 at 8:09am:

It seems that one sees a rope at the junction pouch/strap.

Thank you for pointing that out! That would probably rule out slings with a large split pouch such as the balearic sling. I'll most likely go with a woven-pouch or egyptian sling design.

Once, Toivo and Eino were building a house, but as Toivo worked, he would occasionally throw a nail over his shoulder. When Eino asked why he was being so wasteful, he said, “The heads are on the wrong side!” Eino looked at him and said, “You dummy, those are for the other side of the house!”

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