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Title: Recycling
Post by: Talondale on August 17, 2007, 05:11:00 PM
Last night while messing with my bow I accidently cut two strands of my bowstring.  No problem, I have a spare already broke in.  But as I was throwing away the old string I was trying to think of uses for that old string.  Anyone got ideas for recycling old string? or any other archery related item for that matter.
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: possum70 on August 17, 2007, 05:22:00 PM
Use it for sewing handles, wrapping feathers or arrowheads, etc...
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: Killdeer on August 17, 2007, 05:45:00 PM
Yup. You have a mess of very strong string there. Use it to sew up a quiver or a knife sheath, make a lanyard for your minimag flashlight, Carry it along for repairing a loose fletch in the field or tying a branch out of the way of a flight path wherever you may decide to sit in the woods. The color will bleed out of B-50, I found that out when I used it for a neck string on my last medicine bag.

Killdeer  :wavey:
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: Forester on August 17, 2007, 06:22:00 PM
I use a 4" piece of old dacron bowstring for the fob on my pocket watch.
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: BlkDog on August 17, 2007, 10:41:00 PM
I save mine and use strands for for tying nock points, tying on silencers, and friend's peeps, kissers, etc.
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: owlbait on August 17, 2007, 11:19:00 PM
Use it to tie tags on to your game!
Title: Re: Recycling
Post by: vermonster13 on August 17, 2007, 11:20:00 PM
Make a string keeper or six.