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Offline osage outlaw

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recycled string silencers
« on: September 12, 2018, 08:53:12 pm »
I was shooting my James Parker FG bow today and it had a fair amount of a twang sound.  I know the normal material is fur strips and I have plenty of those but I wanted to try something different.   I noticed the holder for a bottle of hand sanitizer was made from thin silicone.  I cut it into strips and gave that a try.  It worked surprisingly well.  It really quieted down the bow.  I'm not crazy about the blue color.  I'm going to try to find some black silicone to replace it. 



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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2018, 11:26:18 pm »
Whatever works!  It is a rather purty blue, though >:D!
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2018, 05:31:00 am »
You certainly know how to make use of what you got Clint.

Offline Pat B

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2018, 08:09:41 am »
Those would look good on "Tacky", Clint.  ;D
Anything that will absorb the vibration will quiet the bow.
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Offline JEB

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2018, 10:17:22 am »
I will put it this way Clint, that bow looks  bad ass, now the silencers on the other hand.      lol

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2018, 07:07:50 pm »
I got a thin sheet of brown silicone and made a better looking set of silencers.  These will look better in the woods.  That bow is whisper quit now. 

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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2018, 06:36:32 pm »
Forgive my ignorance, but are the "tassels" necessary for maximum silencing? Would it work to just wrap some silicon around the string?
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2018, 07:42:54 pm »
I'm not sure.   I'm going to experiment with them and see how much is needed to keep the bow quiet.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: recycled string silencers
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2018, 05:36:02 am »
 (-P
"Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."

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