what type of string for older longbow

[cnorth]

I have a friend who has an older longbow that was made by somebody else. However, he is wanting me to get him two new strings. I have one of his old strings to get length from. So what type of string material would be safe for the bow?

[jsweka]

Without seeing the limb tips and what they are made of, he'd definitely be safe with B-50.

[Reaper TN]

Try the new B-55. Its Dacron so its safe to use on older bows but it doesn't have all the B-50's creep.

[cnorth]

Who can I get to make a string out of B 50

[LostNation_Larry]

There are three safe options, B-50, B-55, and B-500.  B-50 and B-500 are the same stuff from two different vendors. B-55 is the newest form and it is slightly better.

There should be LOTS of places you can get the string made or even find one in stock.  We have quite a few in stock at Lost Nation Archery and we can make anything in 2 days, provided we are not too busy to get to it.  Currently we are saying 2-3 days.  You will find other vendors who are sponsors here.

[Brianlocal3]

How old a bow??
Is it a deep cored longbow? Im shooting 18-26 year old JD Berry bows with 14strand ff+ and they handle them well , but these are deep cored bows