Arrow strings

[wat53]

I have two old bows that my grandfather and friend have drug out of their closets.  One is a Bear Tigercat.  It is stamped Grayling, MI and below that it says Canada 1953.  52" 50#.  The other bow is a Shakespeare Wonderbow, model "The Necedah" imposed over a deer head. It is 58" 50#  My dad bought this bow at a garage sale in 1972.  The thing is the bows are unstrung exactly the same height.  Anybody know anything about these?  What size strings do I need?

[goblism]

Those bows are no good, send them to me and I can properly dispose of them for you.

Just kidding, congrats on the find, I believe a 48" string and a 54" string should do you fine, you probably will need to get B50 strings though

[joe skipp]

The Bear needs an AMO 52" String and the Necedah needs an AMO 58". Both bows need Dacron strings.

[Bud B.]

Both globalism and joe skip are correct. An AMO 52 is about 48". An AMO 58 is about 54".

Get flemish strings for both and have an adjustable string.

[Fletcher]

I agree that the Necedah is a 58", but I don't remember ever seeing a 52" Tigercat, altho they were made in 58".  Is there any chance the number "2" is buggered up and should be an 8?

[kevin braun]

My guess is that the Tigercat is 62"

[JimB]

The Tigercat should be 62" and need a 58" dacron string.Nice bow.

[wat53]

Fletcher, the Tigercat marking is not buggered up at all, its in beautiful shape.  But that is what I meant when I mentioned they TIgercat and the Shakespeare were the same height unstrung.  Neither bow has strings on them and one is a 52" (Bear) and the Shakespeare is a 58" but when you stand them up next to each other they are almost exactly the same height.

[Night Wing]

I think the Tigercat was mis-marked at the factory.