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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Leon.R on March 14, 2008, 04:27:00 AM
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I've done a search but probably not right...
Can someone explain string follow to me and how it will effect a bow or shooting?
But then sometimes ignorance is bliss... :confused:
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A bow with string follow will shoot much sweeter, ...all in all shooting caratteristics improve with a bit of sring follow
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Sting follow means that the limbs remain a little bent even when the string is removed.
String follow can be designed into a bow. Or it can be a result of poor design, poor wood, poor construction and is a result of wood damage.
If it is designed, it can be an attribute, within reason.
If it the result of excessive wood damage, it can be a detriment to peformance.
Anything up to 2" of string follow does not bother me. More than that and the bow seems sluggish and slow.
A bow with some follow seems to be a sweeter shooter and is significantly easier to string.
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Mostly applied to selfbows.
A modern string follow bow is made that way, because it supposedly is a more forgiving or accurate design, according to Howard Hill. I havn't found that to be true, given the skill and innovative design work of modern bowyers.