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Title: String Material
Post by: Chris Shelton on February 01, 2010, 10:15:00 AM

Hey guys I make my own flemish strings, but am fairly new at it, on my one recurve I like to use a fast flight string, but aint forkin out money for those big rolls of fast flight material.  Is there a string material similar to fast flight?  Right now all I have is b-50.

Thanks

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: NoCams on February 01, 2010, 10:28:00 AM

Heh, " Cuz ",
Don't they offer the 1/4lb spools of 8125, D97, 450, etc, etc ? I think they have them in 3 River's catalog don't they ? If not there I know I have seen 1/4 lb spools somewhere ?

nocams

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: LBR on February 01, 2010, 10:33:00 AM

BCY offers 1/4# spools--you can buy it through different retailers or straight from BCY (www.bcyfibers.com).

Chad

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: Chris Shelton on February 01, 2010, 10:36:00 AM

they do offer 1/4 spools, but which one is similar to fast flight?  Thanks

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: JRY309 on February 01, 2010, 10:38:00 AM

Chris I find D97 the least expensive of the low stretch materials.And you can get it in 375' rolls,1/8# spools and 1/4# spools.The 375'ft rolls run around $12-13 and I have made 6-8 strings from 2 rolls.The 1/8# spools run $17-18 and you can get quite a few strings from a couple of them.They are a good buy for someone making some strings for themselves.The 1/4# spools usally run around $28-30.

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: LBR on February 01, 2010, 10:50:00 AM

Dynaflight '97 is the most similar to Fast Flight-both are 100% Dyneema.  I think Dynaflight is better than FF.

Chad

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: Butch Speer on February 01, 2010, 11:05:00 AM

Kustom King sells D97 1/8 lb. spools $16.95

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: Running Buck on February 01, 2010, 11:16:00 AM

Lancaster Archery sells the small spools (1/8 lb)of 8125 and D-97 for around 27 bucks for the 8125 and 17 bucks for the D-97. If you are making strings just for yourself a couple of these will last a while.
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Denis

Title: Re: String Material
Post by: Chris Shelton on February 01, 2010, 11:44:00 AM

thanks guys, I found some spools of D97 on **** pretty cheap.  So I will go with it!  thanks again