Making a temporary/permanent finger sling.

[Thunk]

Try a well-stocked Arts & Crafts store. They generally have a range of some of the brightest, snazziest coloured ropes in different styles and sizes. That's where I get my crazy coloured ropes like the one in the photos.

For the laces, try Millets, or any good camping store - they sell them for walking boots.

For 'string' go to a yacht chandlers - miles of the stuff in every colour you can imagine (plus a few you wish you hadn't!)

[radsbow]

Here's a wrist finger sling that I like to use and very easy to make with a couple of slip knots and bit of string...

The sling


On the hand


In action

[cecile]

I use the same type of sling as you, Radsbow !

Here it is : http://ceciletoxo.free.fr/drag.jpg

That sort of sling have the advantages of both the common types of sling and not the drawbacks : finger slings tend to make fingers and hand contract unwillingly ; wrist slings do not contract fingers but the bow may be uncomfortably hanging at the end of the shoot. With the hybrid sling, no problem at all, but it need to be adjusted to each archer.

I highly recommend the use of such slings either for advanced ot biginning archers !

[Mufti]

Maybe I have odd shaped bones/fingers/thumbs, but I find that no matter how I try to loop the darned things over my thumb I get my blood circulation being cut off

Now using dog clip type sling - no cut off blood supply

[sood]

Wow!! Neat sling idea Christopher! Where do you buy the air tubing from?

[edited by Murray - no need to repost the whole thing...]

[Gerry]

Iv'e seen archers with shoelaces wraped around there fingers with some form of fancy knots anyone know how they do it. ?

[archer]

I too make finger slings like Christopher Lee but use climbing rope from outdoor shops and tubing from from B @ Q hardware shops i like the fact i can make them longer to suit your needs

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Gerry

Iv'e seen archers with shoelaces wraped around there fingers with some form of fancy knots anyone know how they do it. ?

Er, you mean the first set of pictures in this thread...?

[clickerati]

Made a kumihimo (japanese braid) last night and am going to try it out tonight as a wrist finger sling at practise tonight.

[Gerry]

Originally Posted by Rik

Er, you mean the first set of pictures in this thread...?

No Rik not the first set of pictures in this thread i have seen people at a shoot wrap and secure a large boot lace around there hand and secure it very easily and wondered how they do it.Maybe it's the same with the tails dangling under neath but i reckon not.