Transitioning to traditional archery after 30+ years of shooting compounds, tuning them and getting a degree in "Tinkerism" hasn't been easy. The desire to tinker is still strong, so I've been playing around with different string silencers on my Super Kodiak for no other reason than I MUST tinker.
I've tried beaver fur and while it worked sufficiently I just never really liked the look of fur on my bow, I guess I'm non traditionally, traditional. Next was "String Factors" from X Factor archery. Hard little rubber deals that go in the string. Bow was at least twice as loud with them as it was with beaver fur. They do come with a lifetime guarantee though. SCORE!
This morning, thanks to my insomnia, I've been doing lots of reading on here about silencer materials. I had some yard on hand and was about to make some puffs when I saw a post about using old bowstring material as silencers. Dug out an old compound string, cut up four, 4" pieces, still waxed from when they were in use. I placed two on either end, 10.5"s from the loops. WOW, super quiet on the shot and really took out some twang too.
They're starting to unravel and puff out which may increase their effectiveness, time will tell. Don't look the coolest but seem to be working nicely at what I want them to do. Thanks for putting up with my rambling, time for more coffee...