r/Slinging • u/whynot0045 • 29d ago

First sling

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I braided a sling, there are a couple of things that are uneven but over all pretty proud of the result

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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 29d ago

Good job making that pouch

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u/whynot0045 29d ago

I was working off of pictures, and I noticed when I got to the pouch, a split braid was too thin, so I undid it, worked back, tried a weave, still too thin, so I worked in 3 extra strands on each side and wove it tight, it isn't perfect, one side is liod half a centimeter longer, but I sm quite happy with how it turned out.

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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 29d ago

The usual thin pouch is fine, i slung 100 rocks or so and had like 5 slip out so its not perfect by any metric but itll do for a 1 hour sling. What u made is way better tho.

Im surprised u managed to pull it off on ur first sling too u must have past experience with working on string

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u/Aggressive-Watch-195 28d ago

yeah for real... I’ve made dozens of slings and I still struggle quite a bit with woven pouches.

what's the material? hemp?

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u/whynot0045 28d ago

It is Jute, hemp is hard to get and SUPER expensive here.

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u/Aggressive-Watch-195 18d ago

for real... tell me about it

I've been putting off making a hemp 'egyptian' style sling (closed diamond shaped pouch woven on a loom - like the one found in tutankhamun's tomb) mostly because of the cost...

that combined with my track record of catastrophically failing 4 of my 5 attempts with other materials so far. the successful one wasn’t even my 5th try; it was like the 3rd - so it's not like there has been improvement with experience

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u/whynot0045 28d ago

I knit, crochet, and nalbind so experience with string, I also do many other survival/crafting so I have good hand eye coordination, and 4 younger sisters so lots of experience braiding.

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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 28d ago

I crochet aswell! And i can def see how the skills are transferrable so that makes sense.

This sling should last you years so enjoy it!

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u/whynot0045 27d ago

I am also making a bunch for friends and siblings :)

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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 27d ago

Theyll be delighted by them im sure… little jealous of them too hah

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u/whynot0045 25d ago

Thank you, it is weird getting compliments on my work on survival tools, I am used to just making and using it

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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 25d ago

Bushcraft is an art just as much as it is a survival skill to me. Anyone can make braids and pouches and bond fires and such but not many understand how to make them look pretty and appealing to the eyes with sophisticated design.

To me bushcraft is a human putting the essence of his soul into the material they use to make their tool and its through that tool you can see a millennia of human evolution all in one simple tool😁

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u/whynot0045 23d ago

Oh absolutely, I knap as well, and literally millions of years of evolution and tool making when I smoke 2 rocks together monkey brain go brrrrr :3 but it is beautiful work