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- From: tang@akofin.enet.dec.com (Gabe Tang)
- Subject: Re: Traditional Archery
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.181837.28802@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: the vms company
- Date: 22 JAN 93 13:13:38 EST
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- re: (Paul Lalonde) ........
- >re: (]ke Eldberg) ........
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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 :-(
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- Paul,
- Yes, you could use linen or silk to be more traditional. But, then,
- I hope you make them using a Flemish braid....... And no nylon or
- monofilament servings. And how do you handle the nocking point? .....
- why, you serve that in too.....don't you? I do. :-)
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