Bowstring help

[George Tsoukalas]

PatM,
I think we are talking about different things here.
I have tied hundreds of 2 bundle strings. After the initial twisting, to get the loop size, I match the colors and finish twisting the loops.
This is the standard way to tie a Flemish. It lays in nicely. Looks great.
Sam Harper does great videos. Here's one on doing the Flemish twist. Let's do the twist.
http://traditionalarchery101.com/
Jawge

[PatM]

Nope. We are talking about the same thing.  Flemish twists pre-date  multi colored strings. Matching the colors is irrelevant to the way the  tails blend in as far as smoothness and strength.
 Try it.
 

[George Tsoukalas]

OK, PatM, i said I would tie 2 loops...one with the ends swapped and one with the ends matched (the way i was taught). I just tied 2 small 6 strand loops so as not to waste too much material.

There is very definitely a difference in the appearance of the string. When the ends are matched the splice just seems to flow into the body of the string.

Not so when the ends are unmatched. My very first attempt years ago was tied this way so I knew there was a difference. It kind of looks convoluted in appearance with no natural transition.

The unpracticed eye probably won't see a difference.

I don't think there would be difference in strength.

Anyway, tie them the way you want as will I. Whatever pleases you.

Jawge

[PatM]

 That's because there is no difference. The twists pattern is the same, that's what influences the blend, not the color.  If your  splice doesn't look good either way that's a consistency problem,
  I just repeated the test multiple times to minimize bias. The loops are as identical as can be. Especially when I  rinsed the sharpie color out to eliminate  any visual  color bias.
 I'll take some pics if you like and  I defy you to point out a difference.

[George Tsoukalas]

PatM,
I guess we will have to leave it at that.
Jawge