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yucca fiber string ??

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Boots:
anyone have any experience making or using bow strings out of yucca  fiber? thanks

Archer156:
Yes they are very strong and make a good bowstring and you don't have to worry about the weather! You have to strip the fibers out of the leaves of the plant. Read it in the book that Jim Hamm put out about native american bows and arrows! Kenny

Pat B:
Alan(Woodland Roamer) just posted a great locust woodland style bow with a yucca string. Check it out in the "BOWS" section.

mullet:
yucca is very strong and makes a good string. When I'm doing pump test at work which is very boring, I twist them up. The neck knife I made for Pappy is hanging from a yucca string.

Pat B:
How do you prepare the yucca to make cordage. Do you use it green or do you have to wret(sp) it first.

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