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- From: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca (Paul Lalonde)
- Newsgroups: alt.archery
- Subject: Re: Traditional Archery
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:54:34 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In <1993Jan22.181837.28802@ryn.mro4.dec.com> tang@akofin.enet.dec.com (Gabe Tang) writes:
- >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. :-)
-
- Yep, I would not trust a single continuous loop of linen - Who knows
- what happens when one strand goes, and notice that the ends are only
- half as strong as the middle....This would generate HUGE linen
- strings...
-
- The servings are silk or linen, and yes I serve in the nocking point.
- I mean, how else?
-
- The most amazing thing doing the flemish twist is that people don't
- reallize how fast it is to do until they see you make one from start to
- finish, with no equipment to speak of. They watch you then go all funny
- when you hold a a bowstring 10 minutes later :-). What's nicest is how
- much nicer they seem to be to the bow. The twists give a bit of give to
- the string, which lets it not snap back with as much kick as the
- continuous loop strings. Makes it much quietter and reduces hand shock
- somewhat. It may also reduce the oomph with which the arrows are
- launched, but with a heavy bow who cares.
-
- Paul
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- Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca
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- "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible aux yeux"
- - Antoine de St.-Exupery
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