{"id":2298,"date":"2010-06-18T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2010-06-18T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T16:27:08","slug":"old-time-sling-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/2298","title":{"rendered":"Old Time Sling Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img title=\"Old Time Sling Shot\" alt=\"Old Time Sling Shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0610\/slingshot1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK&#8230; so I am old enough to know better but this classic old time sling shot really brings out the naughty little blighter in me.<\/p>\n<p><img title=\"Old Time Sling Shot\" alt=\"Old Time Sling Shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0610\/slingshot2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hand made from branches of the Buckthorn  bush, a European hedge plant commonly found in suburban neighborhoods in  Minnesota, and now considered an invasive species, Buckthorn&#8217;s hard &#8220;Y&#8221;  branches are perfect for sling shots and harvesting Buckthorn wood  helps with efforts to control the species.<\/p>\n<p>Natural latex tubing and a leather projectile pouch are attached to the  sling shot using sinew. A light coat of hand rubbed mineral oil brings  out the natural beauty of the wood.<\/p>\n<p>Available from <a title=\"Hickoree's Hard Goods\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hickorees.com\/\">Hickoree&#8217;s Hard Goods<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK&#8230; so I am old enough to know better but this classic old time sling shot really brings out the naughty little blighter in me. Hand made from branches of the Buckthorn bush, a European hedge plant commonly found in suburban neighborhoods in Minnesota, and now considered an invasive species, Buckthorn&#8217;s hard &#8220;Y&#8221; branches are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,47,14],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}