HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[fmscan]

Well my NM Ramer arrived and Ive had a chance to play with it some, still need to work on it some more. Very pleased with the workmanship and I was surprised at the quietness and arrow flight, did I say it is very smooth also. Its 66 in. 43#, flame birch veneers, antler tip and locator grip. The grip fits my hand perfectly, in fact I sit with it on my lap when reading or watching the tube. My wife asked me if I wanted her to sleep in the quest bedroom so I could spend the night alone with my new bow. After a few minutes to consider, I felt it best to not take her up on the offer.
Question, Steve makes his own strings and they are 9 strand and quite thin so all my arrow nocks are very loose, I know I can steam them and then pinch them but was wondering what strings (#of strands, material) you NM guys use?

[neargeezer]

Congrats on a great looking bow. I use Ten Ring Strings and tell him what nock I’m using and he determines the number of strands and the serving thickness to fit my nocks.

[FITTER]

Yes Sir that Ramer is a real looker 

[Gordon Jabben]

Nice looking bow.  I usually put a thicker string on Steve's bows to help fit my arrow nocks and I just am hard headed about switching to a skinny string.  I know I could use a heavier serving.  I use 16 or 18 B-50 with .021 serving for my Mercury speed nocks.  This string does slow the bow down some. 

[Tim Reese]

Great looking bow!! I use Black Widow strings on all my bows 66” and under. They don’t make any 68” strings so. They are always in stock ready to ship. And have never been let down by them. I know there not the best but very good strings for my needs. And there very consistent. Jmo of course.

[stik&string]

I just fattened up the serving on my American as I had the same issue. I do once in a while like to shoot my back-up bow, so for me changing the string serving vs. changing the arrow made more sense.

[Steelhead]

Frank the serving could be built up in the nock area about an inch or a tad more.I use 15# braided fishing line or nylon upholstry thread.I dab a very light thin layer of super glue on it after I wrap it with my finger.

you could have a string builder or NM build it up or redue it with thicker serving as well.

[fmscan]

Thank you all for the suggestions on what you guys use as strings. Really appreciate the detailed info on building up the serving, I have never done that but in this case it makes sense. Keep the skinny string which NM Steve put on the Ramer for a reason, and just built up the serving. Steelhead, thank you for the suggestion on the fishing line and a touch of glue.

[Baylee]

If you don’t have the serving tool or a thicker serving dental floss works pretty good. The flat kind works better than the round. You can over serve just the nock part of the arrow which doesn’t add weight to the string like extra padding. The floss lasts awile and doesn’t move. Cheap an easy way to fix a string without a reserve.

[Sam McMichael]

fmscan, that Ramer really looks nice. I would really like order one that matches up to my Shelton. It has a brown back and a clear belly. The limbs are yew with a Brazilian Rosewood riser. Forward handle bows never grabbed me until I shot a Ramer 2 or 3 years ago. Now I really want one. I hope to see more pictures of your bow, preferably draped over a deer.

[fmscan]

Sam, I will do my best to get that Ramer on top of a nice deer. When I first saw the forward thought it looked strange, but you get used to it very quickly and my shooting is better with it. Hope you can see your way to ordering a Ramer, it takes a while with Steves backlog of orders.
Baylee, I will try the dental floss tomorrow, should do the trick.
Thank you all for your input...

[Michael Guran]

I’ve done the dental floss thing as Baylee suggests and it worked well. Another quick and easy fix is pipe thread tape. The 1/2” wide version...just wrap it until you get the desired thickness, cut it, and it sticks to itself. Gives a very clean arrow release.  The only downside I’ve found with it is that it isn’t super durable so you may have to add a couple wraps later on depending how much you shoot.

[meatCKR]

Baylee nailed it.  I just picked a Sprague that has that skinny 9 strand string on it.  I cut off the serving and re-served it with .024 Halo.  Then took about a 10 inch piece of Dental Floss, made a loop on one end and then laid that loop over the knock point and wrapped the main line of the floss around that loop (leaving part of the loop exposed) down about 1/4 inch and then wrapped back up towards the exposed portion of the loop.  Then passed the main line of the floss through the loop and then pulled the tag end of the loop to pull the main line underneath the wraps tight.  Snipped the ends close and then a dab of super glue to hold it all in place.  Perfect nock fit for my Bohning classic nocks.  They snap on good with a nice click and then come off easy with a two finger tap.
The Srague is blowing my mind.  Absolutely the most stable and powerful longbow I've ever had.   Best of Luck with your NM.

[fmscan]

You guys are a great resource, did the dental floss and touch of glue and worked perfectly! So I feel I could keep Steves skinny string and now it works with the knocks I have...

[FITTER]

Have a new Northern Mist Classic that arrived as well as a set of beautiful arrows from Ted at Raptor Archery....... unfortunately I took a spill on the ice and my backs painful in about three places.....looking forward to shooting it.

[fmscan]

Fitter, sorry about the back, they can be tricky. Must be frustrating to look at the new Classic and new arrows and not be able to give it a try, but being safe now will ensure no lasting problems in the future hopefully. When you are up to it pictures of bow with arrows would be nice.

[bsv]

Dental Floss been using it for years, waxed and STRONGGGGG

[evgb127]

OK, I admit it, the bug bit me pretty hard.

[Tim Reese]

Looks great!! Very nice bow

[Rob DiStefano]

It's all personally subjective stuff.  Over the decades I've gone from HDPE low strand count strings to what I've been using the last 5 years or so - 14 strands of B55 and .016" Halo serving that will accommodate my reinforced woodie self nocks with 1/8" throats.  These strings are either endless served or Flemish twist.  Nock points are always multi knotted string fiber with wicked-in CA glue.