Mention of slingshot believes that for today's children many people do not know, or even have not heard of this name. But for the children who grew up in the countryside after the 70s and 80s, it is a childhood memory that can never be erased, and whenever they hear this name, they will immediately bring their thoughts back to the happy and happy scene of their childhood.
Slingshots of different styles
Aim ready
When I was a child, the rural conditions were not good, and most of the toys were made by myself, and the slingshot was one of them. And is a necessity for most boys, the style of the slingshot can basically be divided into two types, one is to use branches to make handle shelves,
Brought to school with a wooden homemade slingshot
The other is made of No. 8 wire. The main reason for the wide range of wood is to cut a forked branch of the tree, and then use a knife to remove the bark and polish the burrs to prevent injury. Finally, at the upper end of the slingshot frame, a circle of grooves is opened along the circumference of the wooden stick, and the main function of this groove is to tie the rubber band and not fall off easily. Such a wooden slingshot frame is ready.
A slingshot made of wire that is being used
Why are there slingshot racks made of wire? The main thing is that the wood is easy to break, and sometimes the tree is too high to be easy to obtain and unsafe when taking wood from the tree. So later in accordance with the shape of the wood with iron wire to create, the use of wire to create the advantage is easy to form, smooth curves, and rubber band binding strong is not easy to fall off, the key is that the strength of the iron is good will not break. The rubber band uses an elastic rubber strap with a width of about 5 mm, which we have a local name here (cat skin).
Rubber bands from childhood
The place where the small stones are packed is made by the master who finds the shoes using the leftover scraps, which are very durable because they are leather. In this way, a complete slingshot is made.
Wooden slingshot
The slingshot is a childhood toy that brings a lot of fun to childhood friends, after school or vacation, everyone takes their own slingshot to the grove to fight the birds parked on the branches, to the small river to catch fish swimming in the water, secretly run to the neighbor's orchard to beat the fruit of the tree.........
Childhood entertainment
Looking back on this memory of my childhood, it seems like I just passed, but now the 70s and 80s may have been human! I don't know how many other people can evoke this dusty childhood memory and remember their former playmates!
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