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Author Topic: Primitive bow string?  (Read 537 times)

Offline SirRobin77

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Primitive bow string?
« on: October 25, 2008, 07:09:00 PM »
Ok im making a longbow and i want to know what to use for a string. This will be for my primitive setup so i want somthing that looks the part but strong. Does anyone use artificial sinew? If so how mant strands for a 50# bow?
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2008, 08:09:00 PM »
Dunno how it compares to Dacron B50, but thats 2 threads per 10lbs of pull
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Offline zilla

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2008, 08:18:00 PM »
Depends on how primitive ya wanna go.. I read that the English made strings of Good hemp, Flax or sylk.
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2008, 10:57:00 PM »
Youd be better off and happier with B-50.Most AS will stretch on ya too much.You could always use flax sinew or rawhide,if you wanted to go hard primitive.Many use linnen,if you can find a source,but i have seen linnen go without warning.
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2008, 11:06:00 PM »
Squirrel hide or better yet groundhog.

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Offline SirRobin77

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2008, 11:44:00 PM »
What is B50?
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Offline Danny Rowan

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2008, 12:04:00 AM »
B50 is the material used to make the string on older bows, made by Brownell if I remember correctly. It was the standard string material until ff and other nonstreach material became available and bowyers began making bows to handle the new material.

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Offline SirRobin77

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2008, 06:25:00 AM »
Ok  where can i get one?
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2008, 07:28:00 AM »
how long of a string do ya need Matt? What length is your bow?

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2008, 09:12:00 AM »
www.pyrosupplies.com
  They sell linen thread and thats what ya wanna use to " look the part"
 You are gonna need to test break lengths of the cord timber hitched to a scale to get your average tensile strength then make the string with enough strands for 4 times the weight. Linen strings sre the quietest I've ever used. They don't like snap on nocks though.
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2008, 10:15:00 AM »
Some of us still use B-50 on our newer bows. I use it with every bow I make. For a more "primitive" look I use the light brown B-50 and just a single color.   Linen seems to be a preferred string material for the more traditional archers but there are other plant fibers as well as rawhide for true primitive strings.   Pat
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Offline SirRobin77

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2008, 10:51:00 AM »
The bow im making is 72" unstrung.
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Offline Traxx

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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2008, 01:18:00 PM »
Measure from string nock to string nock.
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Re: Primitive bow string?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2008, 01:31:00 PM »
B-50 is $8.25 for a 1/4lb spool at 3Riversarchery.com
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