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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #15 - Dec 10^th, 2023 at 10:31am I finally finished the sling!
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3272 PA, USA	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #16 - Dec 10^th, 2023 at 4:06pm That looks fantastic! I can't wait to see the full image with everything you're putting together.
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 836 france Gender:	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #17 - Dec 11^th, 2023 at 1:47am joe_meadmaker wrote on Dec 10^th, 2023 at 4:06pm: That looks fantastic! +1
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #18 - Dec 11^th, 2023 at 12:09pm Thank you!
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Online ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1715 California Gender:	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #19 - Dec 11^th, 2023 at 1:16pm That looks like it took a long time, how many strands is that braid? Looks really good.
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #20 - Dec 11^th, 2023 at 2:21pm It definitely did take a while, and it is probably the sling that's taken me the longest time to make. The cords are an 8 strand square braid, and the fingerloop is a wide 8 strand flat braid. Thanks
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Reply #21 - Apr 10^th, 2024 at 11:02pm

After many months of procrastination, the shield is done. I ended up using modified carriage bolts and homemade copper washers for riveting on the boss.

I tried slinging a bit with it the other day using the method here: https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showthread.php?tid=6508&page=2 (post #21), and it seemed to work pretty well, but will take a bit of practice to get used to it and become faster at reloading.

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Once, Toivo and Eino were out hunting, and before setting out, Toivo told Eino to fire three shots in the air if he got lost, and Toivo would find him. Soon enough, Eino got lost, aimed his weapon up and prayed: "God, please let Toivo see my arrows!"

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xud9a - call me zud 👍 Funditor Offline Ringing Slocks ! Posts: 796 Nottinghamshire, England Gender:	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #22 - Apr 11^th, 2024 at 5:17am If I needed a sheild, that is the one I want. 😁👍👍
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3272 PA, USA	Re: Sling on Trajan's column Reply #23 - Apr 11^th, 2024 at 10:40pm Looks fantastic Eino! I totally get what you mean about the procrastination. I can't even count how many projects I've started and then take forever (sometimes literally years) to finish. It always seems to be worth it at the end.
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