string lenght

[dtgiacomini]

How long of a string should I be using on a 58 in bow?

[Golden Hawk]

Recurve or longbow and how old? If it's a longbow 55", older recurves(and some of the newr ones)54". Best way to tell is to measure your existing string from end of loop to end of loop off the bow.

[natureguy]

55in
3in shorter then the bow.

[LBR]

There's no set rule that every bow folows.  AMO specs say 3" shorter, recurve or longbow, but a lot of bows don't go by AMO specs.  Many of the older recurves get a string 4" shorter, but I've seen recurve strings vary from 6" shorter (an old Herters) to 2.5" shorter;  longbows from 1.5" shorter to 4" shorter.

Chad