Sunday, September 25, 2011

Afraid of hitting your hand?

"You will hit your hand" is one of the most common statements I get as comments on my videos. It actually happened a few times. A band snapped at the wrong moment, at release, and the ball went slightly off, for example.  

Just for fun, I designed a cuff that protects your hand. This model is for hammer grip style shooting, but of course it can be adapted for the finger support style as well.

The leather is 6mm cowhide, bought a ton of it on ebay. It is very tough, no slingshot ball can penetrate it. Can't make a full glove from it, it is not flexible enough.

I can and will optimze this further. Velcro comes to mind, or rubber. 



Posted by The Slingshot Channel at 11:21 AM

13 comments:

  1. Kylie Sven O'possumSeptember 25, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I like it. Does it have a buckle? It looks kinda medieval. Your schleuder Gauntlet. I wonder if you could attach a sight to the gauntlet? Maybe a set of pin sights like a bow. If the leather is real stiff and touched the frame of the slingshot it might work. A gauntlet of long range accuracy?

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  2. HorstelSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Nice idea, Jörg! I hit my hand 2 times while experimenting with new projectiles( a lighter and a few coins), which could be avoided with this glove. It hurt like hell but was a good lesson for me. But for normal shooting I think this is unnecessary.

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  3. NigelSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    good idea for uncommon ammo.

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  4. PHIL-ROKSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Good idea i need to make one of those

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  5. Tosh TogoSeptember 25, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Nigel says it best, and I also agree with Horstel's thought of 'unnecessary for normal shooting'. Yet it does look cool and adds to the allure of sling-shooting.

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  6. As8MaNSeptember 25, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    Nice idea, but alot of leather :D.

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  7. Tobin KalkmanSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Sweet design, but I think you could make a slingshot strong enough to penetrate it.

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  8. CamilloNSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    ??protects your hand??....??no slingshotball can penetrate it???....I don't think so...if somebody can build a slingshot that destroyes this cuff i have absolutly no doubt you will finde a solution :)

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  9. ryanslumanSeptember 26, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    yeah i never had a problem. does this protect against handslap? cause the fingers are still exposed , and thats where i get handslapped :P

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  10. Travis NgSeptember 26, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    This is a very smart idea. Even if you hit your hand, it does look fashionable with the sling shot. It's like a pair now.

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  11. never that coolSeptember 28, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    This would have been nice to have on our camping trip in June. My friend kept hitting his hand while learning how to shoot.

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  12. ArasOctober 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    That might come in handy for wing shooting with pfs

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  13. Dane BjerklieOctober 4, 2011 at 1:28 AM

    i need to get me one of these! i already have 2 scars from not being careful!

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