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Rhinegold:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 02, 2009, 03:30:46 pm ---In the late Middle Ages hemp strings were replacing the linen ones. I recently made up a hemp string lile those I described in my post on the subject. It is of three bundles if five ten pound hemp strings, served with green silk at loop and middle and fits a nock on one of the Mary Rose arrows. I gave it to the MR museum and they said they would include it in the diaplays. That would be nice..
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Wow...what did you use as a binder?
Hide glue...Wax???
How much does hemp stretch under all that tension?
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: Rhinegold on November 02, 2009, 06:49:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 02, 2009, 03:30:46 pm ---In the late Middle Ages hemp strings were replacing the linen ones. I recently made up a hemp string lile those I described in my post on the subject. It is of three bundles if five ten pound hemp strings, served with green silk at loop and middle and fits a nock on one of the Mary Rose arrows. I gave it to the MR museum and they said they would include it in the diaplays. That would be nice..
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Wow...what did you use as a binder?
Hide glue...Wax???
How much does hemp stretch under all that tension?
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I waxed the threads and the final string. I didn't measure the stretch which I only have a problem with in silk strings. What tension do you mean ?
Rhinegold:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 03, 2009, 09:12:05 pm ---I waxed the threads and the final string. I didn't measure the stretch which I only have a problem with in silk strings. What tension do you mean ?
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Just the braced tension.
Another curious blurb in the book is the mention of using human bones in the forging of bodkin points....to make them harder???
Sounds like something the author just made up for shock value.
Yewboy:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 03, 2009, 09:12:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Rhinegold on November 02, 2009, 06:49:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 02, 2009, 03:30:46 pm ---In the late Middle Ages hemp strings were replacing the linen ones. I recently made up a hemp string lile those I described in my post on the subject. It is of three bundles if five ten pound hemp strings, served with green silk at loop and middle and fits a nock on one of the Mary Rose arrows. I gave it to the MR museum and they said they would include it in the diaplays. That would be nice..
--- End quote ---
Wow...what did you use as a binder?
Hide glue...Wax???
How much does hemp stretch under all that tension?
--- End quote ---
I waxed the threads and the final string. I didn't measure the stretch which I only have a problem with in silk strings. What tension do you mean ?
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I have tried many times to creat a hemp string strong enough to take a bow of 120lb+ but without success, I know these were used and I am sure it is down to the quality of hemp, I would be fascinated to see one of your hemp strings, would you be able to make one for me that will stand a bow of this weight and send it to me. obviously I would pay for it and the postage.
many thanbks.
Yewboy:
--- Quote from: Rhinegold on November 03, 2009, 11:52:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on November 03, 2009, 09:12:05 pm ---I waxed the threads and the final string. I didn't measure the stretch which I only have a problem with in silk strings. What tension do you mean ?
--- End quote ---
Just the braced tension.
Another curious blurb in the book is the mention of using human bones in the forging of bodkin points....to make them harder???
Sounds like something the author just made up for shock value.
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Bones were most definately used in the forging of arrow heads, you can use them to transfer the carbon to the arrow heads by heating them in a box with the arrow head.
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