original 50's and 60's string ?

[kuch]

What were the 50's,60' and 70's strings made from for the major bow manufacturers at that time? thanks.

[brinkwolf]

Mostly Dacron. The lower stretch types(FF style) came out later. Some hard core traditionalist still used silk and Flax but for the most part the industry used Dacron on production bows.

[kuch]

about when did dacron hit the scene?

[brinkwolf]

Can't remember the exact date but sure some of the members older than me on here would probably know. Maybe early 30's or late 20's? I know Howard Hill used dacron bowstrings through out most his career.

[reddogge]

Most bows I saw during that era seemed to have endless loop strings in black with black serving from the factory.  Some target bows had white strings with different color servings.  It all was pretty vanilla back in those days.

[kuch]

i didn't realize dacron was that old??

[Blackhawk]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe strings of the 30's and 40's were primarily linen, silk, flax, cotton...and not dacron.  Dacron is a relatively new material, coming on the scene in the early 50's.

[Archery_Collector]

Originally posted by Blackhawk:
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe strings of the 30's and 40's were primarily linen, silk, flax, cotton...and not dacron.  Dacron is a relatively new material, coming on the scene in the early 50's.

This was my understanding also. I have quite a few old stings that were flemish/linen, all white.

[69RECURVE]

Doing a little research I just found it appears that Dacron was develpoed in 1950. String material most likely came a short time later.

[kuch]

50's to 60's would have been my GUESS...i have no real  knowledge of archery in that period but synthetics weren't very mainstream in the WWII era.