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Title: string material
Post by: aklongbow on January 26, 2009, 12:21:00 AM

Question, just made my second osage longbow, 62" 64# @ 28" I am learning by trial and error and tons of reading. But what I am unsure of is what is the best string material for a selfbow is?

"Thank God Alaska winters are long, gives me time to enjoy the art of making selfbows"

Title: Re: string material
Post by: Bjorn on January 26, 2009, 01:29:00 AM

We only use D97 on the selfbows we make-other strands work too I'm sure, just have not used anything else.

Title: Re: string material
Post by: aklongbow on January 26, 2009, 01:15:00 PM

Thanks

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