I have been making my own B50 flemish strings for 30+ year's . Shooting high performance bows , I have been buying , or getting with bows high tech strings . Now playing with ILF bows I would like to make my own high tech strings .What material is every one using ? Thank you Rick
For my ILF recurve I use an endless string with 22 strands of 8190. End serving is 0.018" BCY 62xs . Center serving it 0.014" halo to fit a small groove "G" nock.
I have been playing around with the reasonable new BCY "X" material for both endless loop and flemish twist strings. I have been padding the loops with B50 or B55 and like the results, so far.
D97 is a decent material and I also have been using 8190 with good results. So far the "X" is on most of my bows, but still testing, durability, etc.
I use 12 strands of D97 and serve with cheap Brownells #4.I tie on 2 nock points.This fits my supernocks the way I like. Making 3 bundle strings has proven to make a nice round string easier for me.
I've used D97 with happiness, yet recently started using Astro Flight with similar happiness.
Astro Flight has a bit thinner strand than D97. I use Brownell #4 for serving over 16 strands of Astro Flight to get about the same nock fit as I do with #4 over 12-14 strands of D97.
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