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Eric Krewson:
I don't like skinny strings either, I look for the best nock fit when I make a string. For my Bohning Classic nocks 12 strands of D-97 and .026 zebra serving give the perfect nock fit, not too tight and not too lose.

Muskyman:
Was noticing that a lot of serving material is spectra just like musky fishing line. Anyone ever used braided fishing line for the center serving on their strings. You don’t have a great choice of colors but 300 yards for about 30-40 bucks of 100-150 lb test. I think it’s around.020   Seems like it’s the same stuff, maybe. About half as much or less.

Mo_coon-catcher:
Plenty of guys used braided fishing line for the bow strings themselves and it works great. So I bet it would work just fine for the serving. On wheely bows a monofilament serving is commonly used as well.

Kyle

bassman211:
I tie 8 ,and 10 strands of D97.

bjrogg:
I don’t like making strings. The arthritis in my thumb really makes it an unpleasant job.

I do have a system that seems to work for me though.

I hold both ends and twist both ends the same. If you twist one the opposite direction it will make the other one unwind.

The way I do it I don’t pre wind

When I m done if string is to long I give it a few twists from end to end

Bjrogg

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