[Ansteorra-archery] Bow String Material

[David Ruff]

If you are not trying to go complete period, use the
modern archery string to make your strings. 

I have seen hemp and linen used as strings but i
question how safe it is. Not to mention the weather
plays HAVOC with it.

Not sure if you have ever seen a bow string break but
its usually a shocking experiance and not one i wanna
be next to. 



Ulrich



--- Sluggy! <slugmusk at linuxlegend.com> wrote:
> Talan wrote:
> 
> >I have recently started to make my own bow strings,
> and i have ran into
> >a huge problem obtaining suitable string to make
> them with.  Currently i
> >have been using linen string, although i am only
> able to find short
> >lengths (just enough for 1 string no more) and i
> cant seem to find it on
> >the internet anywhere :(.
> >
> I'm not sure where you live, but a leather supply
> store is likely to 
> have waxed linen and some are likely to have unwaxed
> as well. A boot and 
> shoe repair shop might part with some, but they'd be
> more likely to 
> point you the right place to get your own. Of
> course, The Leather 
> Factory in Fort Worth only has 25 yard spools of
> waxed linen cord 
> anymore, though they have it in three or four
> colors...
> 
> >I did however manage to find this on ebay, "FLY
> LINE BACKING BRAIDED DACRON 15lb Test 300Yd " 
> >does anybody know if the dacron used in fly
> fishing, is the same dacron
> >we use for bow strings?
> >
> If it's braided, it's unlikely to be the same stuff
> generally used for 
> bowstrings. The stuff you're looking for is B50
> Dacron. It's available 
> at many archery shops, most online archery stores,
> etc. That's not to 
> say that it wouldn't make a serviceable bowstring. I
> think that may be 
> your research assignment :):):)
> 
> Three Rivers Archery sells it in 8 colors and in 1/4
> pound and 1 pound 
> spools. 1/4 pound is nearly 1200 feet and 1 pound is
> nearly 4800 feet, 
> so you might get sick of making them before running
> out ;)
> 
>
http://www.bowsite2.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Product_ID=2886&CATID=70
> 
> I didn't find any raw material on eBay, but
> searching google for "b50 
> dacron" returned 130 hits, 99% of which had to do
> with bowstrings. Some 
> were how-to sites, some were selling B50, a few were
> not in English.
> 
> BTW, if you don't have it already, one volume of 
> "The Traditional 
> Bowyer's Bible" dedicates a large portion of the
> book to stringmaking. 
> My set isn't handy, so I can't tell you which
> volume. They cover as much 
> detail as combing and spinning your own flax into
> linen, so there is 
> much to be learned there. :)
> 
> Sluggy!
> 
> (who bought a skein of flax fiber at Gulf Wars and
> hasn't seen it since...)
> 
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