Bow string material

[jreyna920]

Well I've decided I want to try making some strings, I've been looking at BCY's website and there's just so many different materials, I know some are quieter and some have less stretch, what are the main choices of material for traditional equipment and what are there pros/cons for them. Just looking for a place to start.


Thanks

John

[Deb]

Pm on the way, John. Also, you might want to pm Ol'Man, Bob and Huntinpool.

[Bisch]

I like the D-97.

Bisch

[Deb]

I like fast flight.

[huntinpool]

I am using D97. Making 9-10-12 str strings. I pre-stretch them before serving and have had less than an 1/8 " of Brace Height change over the life of my strings. When I pull it off the jig it is around 2" shorter than what I want. After the streching and waxing they are within a 1/2" of desired length with minimum required twist. D97 is a little cheaper than the others and I bought every color.

[bob sarrels]

I use D 97. Been really happy with it.

[Deb]

Arvin sez B50, B50 If you want it quiet.

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Anybody tried the D10 yet...

[Longstick]

D 97 here for me too.

[Mark G]

D97, TS1+ and B50 They all work great.................

[meangene1969]

D97

[huntinpool]

Arvin sez B50, B50 If you want it quiet.

10 strand D97 (padded to 14) on this new selfbow and it don't need any silencers it's so quite. Gained 6 fps too.

[Ron Meloni]

I just made my first ever flemish string this evening. I purchased a couple spools of B50 string, serving material and jig from 3Rivers. After some trial and error, and a few colorful words, I've got a sting that will be just fine on my recurve. Stretching it now so I can serve it tomorrow. In the end it was really easy, and I'm happy to know it was something I can say I made.

[Deb]

I just made my first ever flemish string this evening. I purchased a couple spools of B50 string, serving material and jig from 3Rivers. After some trial and error, and a few colorful words, I've got a sting that will be just fine on my recurve. Stretching it now so I can serve it tomorrow. In the end it was really easy, and I'm happy to know it was something I can say I made.

I'm glad it was easy for you. It took a couple of hours for us to make our first one. arvin can really whip them out now, but I never got the hang of it. See ya on Satrurday.

[berettadave]

I'm not sure about all of his bows but Dan Toelke said my whip longbow used BCY02. It is an endless loop string instead of flemish twist though.

I don't know the difference between any of them. Wish I did.

Dave