Today, an oddity. I find myself slingless. I exchange slings all the time, trade, sell and occasionally give away my slings, if it's a truly worthy cause...but usually I don't give up my own sling until I have crafted a superior replacement. But today was different. I was spending a delightful afternoon with a friend of mine who is a train conductor. Though not a slinger in practice or name he is clearly a slinger at heart. Then I realized due to his profession, that he often finds himself in open empty country with piles and piles of perfectly weighted rocks. And this was the last straw. Without a word I pulled out my last sling and handed it over, saying (I already said without a word didn't I?) "I think you need this." And, in the spirit of Wesley in the princess bride he gave me no blubbering or bribe attempts to courteously refuse, he simply said, "I think I do." Sling on bro! May the open country on either sides of your track be ever filled with inspiring targets.
2014/12/22
2014/12/10
Not Crochet, Beer Commercial
My brother in law was recently in a beer commercial I loved it, and am doing by bit toward virality, if I may be so bold to coin a word.
2014/12/06
2014/11/27
Double riveting prevents pocket creep
The double tuck pocket design slingmoore unveiled last year had an untended result. The angle of the pocket-folds near the stays would tend to slowly open like an oxford shirt collar. The double riveting fixes that problem, you know, just in case you're sharpened aesthetic senses be too easily bruised whilst chucking large projectiles.
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2014/11/15
Little slinger loads like a Benjamite.
Here's my second-born demonstrating his fast-load sling skills. Of special note are how he slides his hand down the stays to nest the handle and trigger quickly while holding the ball above, and the great distance he slung it. Also he is using slingmoore's very own sling with stays shortened using the modified sheep shank shown a few posts ago. Nothing like a sling to transform a boring morning in a hotel into a slinging paradise. Keep slinging.
2014/10/20
Shortening Your Long Sling
This knot looks like only Gordian himself could tie it, but it's simple and can turn your long range chuck monster into a short range accuracy machine. Here's how to tie this modified sheep shank.
From one side, tie a simple hitch over all the bites of cord.
After tightening from both sides, and a bit of fanagaling, the knot (which is just a modified sheep shank) looks like this on one side,
And of course you need to do the same to the other stay. And just like that it's like you have a different sling. I tested this knot slinging, and it didn't come out, but that doesn't mean it won't, so check it before you sling. And as always make sure you are throwing soft projectiles or that you are totally alone.
First, take a bite of cord, a bite is an open loop.
Repeat until three loops adorn both sides of your warrior fingers trained for battle.
Then do the same from the other side, so that the two hitches are back to back.
Row 1, cell 1 | Row 1, cell 2 | Row 1, cell 3 |
Row 2, cell 1 | Row 2, cell 2 | Row 2, cell 3 |
Row 3, cell 1 | Row 3, cell 2 | Row 3, cell 3 |
Row 4, cell 1 | Row 4, cell 2 | Row 4, cell 3 |
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2014/09/20
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2014/05/30
2014/05/29
rainbow defeat...and victory
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2014/05/25
Slinging at the camera
It's hard to find volunteers for this, but not impossible. The guys running the paragliding in the background told me I could fly with a new pilot for a discount. Discount paragliding...hmm... kind of like amateur dentistry...
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2014/05/24
2014/05/23
2014/05/16
Towards a more comfortable wooden-bead handle knot.
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2014/05/12
2014/05/10
tricolor inspires...
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2014/05/09
2014/05/07
The Rainbow Scrap Projectile
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2014/05/02
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2014/04/16
Slingmoore... Sewn Slings?
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2014/03/31
2014/03/27
string stuffed projectile
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