String broke at full draw

[Caughtandhobble]

The serving's job is protect the string material, along with providing a proper nock fit. When the serving becomes loose the nock will wear on the string material to the point where it will break. OP stated that the string broke at the nocking point.

[Stone Knife]

[M60gunner]

Guess I have been lucky. I use super glue, baby channel lock pliers and have shot my servings frayed. BUT I have had a string break (b50) where the bundle ends on a Flemish string.

[3arrows]

Bug spray [deet] will eat through FF strings.

[LBR]

Ok...you meant REALLY separating.  But there should be little to no friction on the string if there is no serving at the nock point, besides the arrow falling off.  That, and if there is THAT much wear it should be obvious well before the string breaks.

Chad

[Caughtandhobble]

No sir, I did not mean REALLY separating. That seems to be the problem,  it is barely detected by the shooter until it is too late.

As far as no friction on the string without serving, we'll try that with your bow and not mine, lol.

I am not a string building expert, nor have ever claimed to be. I have started making strings with the help of a few string builders on this site. Thanks guys!

[LBR]

Well, I have been making strings for near 20 years, and feel like I have a pretty good grasp of what I am doing.  Unless there is a huge separation, the nock cannot contact the string directly, therefore it cannot cause any wear.