Sunday, February 12, 2012

Back home from Sheffield

Just returned from an exciting three-day visit to Peter Hogan, the owner of hogancastings and milbroproshot.com!

It was fantastic. We spent many hours in Peter's foundry, and we got to film every step of the process. The guys had done a perfect preparation job, so we could really focus on the filming with almost no idle time.

Nothing was held back, and Peter took the time to explain everything in person. Now I am convinced that his products are way too cheap, given the amount of time, material and - last not least - deeply red heartblood that goes into every cast frame.

The video is finished, which was a monster job. My longest so far! More a documentary than a slingshot video really. Runtime is 17 minutes total. The video should be online in a few hours (almost 2 Gigabytes of data, a lot for my small countryside DSL connection).

The slingshots I took back home are stunning, shining little masterpieces. Photos don't do them justice, as always with super shining surfaces. But here are some pics anyway!




Posted by The Slingshot Channel at 6:03 PM

10 comments:

  1. TobseFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:28 PM

    Very nice!
    I looking forward on this Video, 17 min. sounds like many steps to get a cast slingshot.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    do ´t you also love the smell of your hand after shooting with a brass slingshot jörg? ;)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    Amazing job by pete hogan, Thanks for that Youtube vid :)

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  4. joshturierFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    They look great, I want one so badly :)

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  5. TorbenFebruary 17, 2012 at 9:59 PM

    With the effort that goes into making one, these slingshots would feel very personal to own. There is nothing like metal that conforms to your hand. Nice job on the product and video. They look like they would shoot great.

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  6. AndrewFebruary 18, 2012 at 1:46 AM

    Now where can i buy one of these?

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  7. slingshotmaniacFebruary 21, 2012 at 8:40 PM

    Jörg,this one in your hand,that's my favorite!!

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  8. cartsFebruary 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM

    That was an incredible video!
    It was so interesting.

    Also really great designs-thanks

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  9. DarrickFebruary 26, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    Your work is impressive. I just discovered your forum and blog today and watched a dozen of your videos...after rediscovering them from first seeing the machete launcher a while back.
    inspired me to try cutting up a branch from my backyard soon, after getting a panther..hah. Your designs for simple metal slingshots are works of art.

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  10. GeorgioApril 21, 2012 at 6:17 AM

    Great. I just ordered one online. Looks expensive first but actually cheap after viewing the video. And that will last forever !

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