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Marlin:
Hello, Friends
All the bows in my past have never pulled more than 65# or so. I am new to war bows and it's another dimension for me. This Osage stave is reflexed and has attitude 1" thick 1.25" wide about 70" long. I have a 21 strand string that just seams to keep stretching. Do I need more strands or do I need to shorten my string?
I am hoping for a bow that's in the 110# range. Marlin

heavybow:
You can used a 22 strand fastflight if you got horn nocks or pad the loops. cheers Marlon

Ian.:
You should get away with 14 strands of FF, you really cant use dacron on a bow more than 70 as it will have you have noticed stretch, I wouldn't make the string shorter that's a false economy.

Good to have you back on the forum Marlon

Marlin:
Allright then I have another question. What did they use in days of old when Knights were bold and those bows as effective as they were to pin a man to his horse? I guess I may have to buy some fancy new fast flight string.
Marlin

bow-toxo:
When Knights were bold, or bald, the strings were of linen, hemp, or silk {the strongest}for anyone that could get it. I got a big hank of raw silk in Thailand and have made strings of it, you can also get thin Chinese hemp 20# cord. Three strands {medieval strings were 3 strands] of three or four cords each. You do the math. For linen you used to be able to get Belfast linen thread but I don't know if that is still available.

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