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Strand Count for 100# ?
JW_Halverson:
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Don't get points for bull on this site ;D
Del
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Oh contraire!
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on October 19, 2013, 12:23:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Del the cat on October 19, 2013, 04:11:58 am ---
Don't get points for bull on this site ;D
Del
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Oh contraire!
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They are right about getting fewer flutterings... I think it's just my age ::)
Del
meanewood:
I'm sorry to say but this debate is starting to sound like a bunch of compound guys describing their pulleys!
I still feel guilty using modern string materials and wouldn't be able to sleep at night unless I used 18-22 strands of Fast Flight just for the look. Some of the arrows I'm making would look like broom handles if I shot them from a puny string!
I've only made one linen string so far and it's bulky so that's the look I want for all my bows and bugger performance.
WillS:
That doesn't make any sense :o :o
You'd purposely negate performance from a bow, just so that it looked like the first linen string that you made? What if you used the wrong linen, and made it badly?
You should look at the actual hemp string that was found on board the Mary Rose. It's tiny. There's a reason Pip whatsisface doesn't believe that any of the MR bows were over 100# in draw weight (which has clearly been disproven), and he's basing his information on the fact that the string and nocks were so small that no string that thin could withstand bows of 150# but of course we have no idea how the original strings were made.
The arrow nocks are tiny as well, so bulky 18 - 22 strand strings are totally untraditional AND will retard your cast. Doesn't seem logical to me ;) All the effort you put into tillering a bow is to make it as fast, powerful and effective as possible, so why suddenly decide not to use string that can help?
adb:
Pish posh! Like I said earlier, I've tested this 'theory.' I tried a 14 strand FF, and a 20 strand FF, and I found ZERO difference in cast, all else being equal. With the 20 strand string, I didn't step back and go "holy shit, my arrows are falling 20 yards short." And, the 20 strand string is a lot nicer on my fingers!! The difference in weight between a 14 strand and a 20 strand string is NEGLIGIBLE. I've weighed them on a sensitive grain scale, and it's such a small amount as to not make a difference IMHO.
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