String material preference?

[Rob DiStefano]

i spin and use dyneema'02 6 and 8 strand skinny padded loop strings.  dyneema'02 is the low wax version of dynaflight'97.  

low wax hmpe is best for endless strings - less wax weight.  flemish requires a fair amount of wax to help the twists stay put.  dunno of any other modern low wax fiber other than d'02, and that's the main reason i use it.  as long as the strand count is around 100# any hmpe fiber is fine with me.  skinny strings don't make much noise.          

[LC]

I've only tried B50, D97 and finally UltrCam all in endless loop. I'm loving this ultra cam and don't see me changing for a good while, atleast till this spool runs out which appears to be a long time!

[SS Snuffer]

TS1+ Just put it on last week and it seems much quiter and has not streched at all yet.

[artifaker1]

8125

[MSwickard]

Currently using D97 on my La Clair Grayling Spirit Recurve.  12 Strand padded loops

And B50 on the Wapiti TD and Strunk Spirit LB.

[Gottabow]

Have any of you tried the D75 thin.  I came into a spool of it and was wondering how it compared with the other..Thanks for all the info by the way..

[foamkiller]

Ultra Cam

[vermonster13]

Ultra Cam for me.

[Burnsie]

A lot of fine string makers in our ranks. Who works with Ultra Cam??  I'd like to give it a try.

[Burnsie]

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[Jim Curlee]

Been using B-50 forever, still works. Imagine that. Always figured the few feet per second you pick up is not worth the life of a bow, when you dry fire it. Haven't dry fired your bow yet, you don't shoot enough.
Jim

[Pierre Lucas]

Don't know how it is all going to compare just yet but I need to thank Bob Morrison for giving us a heads up on the NEW D-10 material from BCY.  

   

We are currently building some strings for Bob and us to test as I type.  The big, big, big, advantage here, after just getting off the phone with Ray from BCY over D-97 is creep.  This stuff does not move.  It is made with 100% "SK78" Dyneema.  I will be receiving some preliminary test results from them on how it preformed in tests against D-97 and some other similiar materials.

We are especially interested in this material for our new SBD "Ultra" HP 6strand strings for bows of less than 53#s  

If it is better that D-97 I'm sure we will have a winner. As always we are trying to learn and improve upon what we do everyday.  


Thanks and God Bless,   Pierre and Jean-Pierre

[BowZen]

8125 for me

[artifaker1]

Pierre, have you heard if they are going to use that SK78 in 8125? Right now I like the smaller strand. Dang I just bought a spool of 8125.
I just don't see creep being a problem on a trad bow. So what if you have to spin the string up a little after about 500 shots. It really is no trouble to me, in order to have the smaller faster strand. Of course I use a flemish, which is adjustable. I guess after further thinking, if you are using an endless loop, creep might be more of a problem.

[vermonster13]

Endless loop creeps much less and can be adjusted the same way as flemish.

[artifaker1]

I don't know V, I have had a couple of bows with those endless loops on them and I don't think spinning them too much was the hot set up. Just learn to ti a Flemish.

[Pierre Lucas]

Larry,

Didn't really discuss 8125 as our focus was more on the D-10.  

Creep really isn't a problem but it would great not to have to even think about it.

God Bless,  Pierre

[cbelcher]

Fastflight on longbows.  Dacron on recurves.  THe dacron is quieter on the recurves.

[Grant Young]

B500 or B50 is all I use even though I know fastflight and its equivalents would give me a few feet per second. I'm shooting bows over forty years old and they are still going strong. To me, its not worth the risk to my bows to go low-stretch. If I was shooting light weight bows- 55# or under I might give it a whirl but I hope I'm around to see how many contemporary bows in hunting weights are around forty years from now. I doubt I make it, but I doubt the bows do either.  Grant

[archeryelk*]

I like 450+ on my longbows.