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Title: Poor man's mug frog.
Post by: Kean the light-fingered on March 10, 2010, 06:12:56 PM
Well, I was bored today, and I have an excess of twine...  So I decided to make a mug frog.  It's not very fancy, and fairly easy to replicate.  The toggle I used was a piece of a wooden dowel cut to size.  Anyways, enjoy!  :P  I tend to make odd things when I'm bored.

(http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac22/undeadmudkip/DSC00593.jpg)

(http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac22/undeadmudkip/DSC00594.jpg)

Title: Re: Poor man's mug frog.
Post by: wildthingjew on March 11, 2010, 07:21:02 AM
beautiful
Title: Re: Poor man's mug frog.
Post by: Barret on March 11, 2010, 10:42:43 AM
I don't have any pictures of mine but I made a very simple one by taking a piece of cord and splicing one end into a loop (take one end a feed back into itself) then putting a monkey's paw at the other end that is just barely small enough to fit through the loop I made. I just leave it looped through a hook on my belt and then open it up, put the handle of my mug in, and push the monkey's paw through the loop. It works pretty well.
Title: Re: Poor man's mug frog.
Post by: Butch on March 11, 2010, 12:32:16 PM
I tied a piece of hemp twine to my handle (bowline, of course), and tied a bowline in the other end.  About 18" of twine.  When I'm drinking, I loop the free bowline back on itself to make a slip knot, which I put onto my wrist.  I never lose my cup, no matter how many I've had.

When I secure it on my belt, I slip the free bowline under my belt, pass some of the twine through the bowline, and then the cup through that loop.  The cup is so light, I can just tuck the excess twine behind my belt and it stays.