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- From: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca (Paul Lalonde)
- Newsgroups: alt.archery
- Subject: Re: Traditional Archery
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 10:40:28 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- References: <1993Jan20.210801.16224@cs.wayne.edu> <VADER.93Jan21003742@meryl.csd.uu.se>
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- In <VADER.93Jan21003742@meryl.csd.uu.se> vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg) writes:
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- >A Fastflite string on a longbow? Sounds very strange to me.
- >I would suggest that the traditional dacron strings are the
- >best for longbows; they are enough elastic not to stop the
- >bow limbs in a destructive manner. FastFlite is so stiff
- >that I suspect it could damage the bow.
-
- Dacron! On a traditional bow? Well yes, I'm willing to admit most
- archers use it, but for the trully traditional archer you just can't
- beat linen or silk. I've made a few linen strings (using 5lbs test
- cobler's thread, although something spun tighter would be better. I had
- (until the post office lost them...) a few spools of a 7 1/2 lbs test
- linen that was thinner than the 5lb cobbler's thread) and find them
- every bit as durable as the dacron. The biggest difficulty is in
- fitting arrow nocks to them - they tend to be about twice as thick as
- dacron. My solution is just to use self-nocks. I've also located a
- supply of relatively cheap single twist silk to try out, but that won't
- be until spring :-(
-
- Paul
-
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