Hi guys , been a while what the best best bow stringer , yall have tried, beside ur leg :) thanks, Merry Christmas yall marco#78
3Rivers sells one called Flex Pro. If you click on it,there is a guy from the manufacturer that gives a demonstration. I like mine so much I'm ordering one for my longbow that I just got. It has a tent stake type adjustment on the string that I really like,and I like how the cups pull down on the back of the limb there are no cups.
I like the webster for longbows and recurves. A&H sells it as do a number of other bow makers/vendors.
I have never found one...commercial or custom that I like and trust like the Selway Limbsaver...I have one for recurve and also one to use on high R/D longbows...even carry extra in my vehicle for when out hunting...just in case or if someone else needs it.
http://search.3riversarchery.com/nav/cat1/bows/cat2/bows_bowaccessories/cat3/bows_bowaccessories_bowstringers/0
I like the Bateman stringer. leather tips. and easy to use.
After trying a bunch of them I think the Selway is the best over all.
Mike
Webster
selway limbsaver, the recurve version can be used on longbows too
The leg strap stringer Ben Graham of Hummingbird bows sells. No way to twist a limb or poke out an eye and I feel my bow is safer using it than any other. Can be seen on his web site. Cup end stringers can twist a limb in a second if you don't pull exactly straight up with them. Torque the grip while pulling up and you got a twisted limb!
Selway always was and still is.
Thanks guys Ive been away for awhile , my mom as altimerz, I could right a book. So Im trying to get in a little shooting...Merry Christmas yall...and many Thanks!!!! :)
I ended up making my own thanks to the help of another tradganger and my own forgetfulness. They were cheap to make with scrap leather and rope and I now have one in each of my vehicles and in my hunting pack and my hunting jacket so I'm never without it.
Selway
Thunderhorn Super Stringer. Best working, best built, best looking. Trust me, :-)
Another vote for the Selway/Limbsaver
X2 the Thunderhorn. It works for longbows and recurves. I have a cup style stringer too, but it doesn't work for bows with thin tips.
Selway
Black Widow...and no, I don't currently own one of their bows.
QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
The leg strap stringer Ben Graham of Hummingbird bows sells. Can be seen on his web site.
I couldn't find that stringer, and I would like to see what it looks like. Can you direct me to where it is?
My favorite is the Webster.
Allan
Another vote for the Selway. I use on both recurves and longbows.
I use a Selway on my longbows. Simple and works perfectly.
Webster, for me!
Thunderhorn for me as well!
The leather piece on botton constricts on the limb as you apply pressure while stringing.This keeps the string in place.So its always in the grooves and cant slip out.It also helps keep the string alligned for recurves so it strings up with less worry of the string not being in the grooves on the belly side of the limb.It works on any bow and makes me feel very securve when string radical recurves.
I also like the pressure pad personally as I can feel the string on the top limb string knock wise and belly side and make sure everthing is in place.For recurves especially before I release the pressure of the stringer.
I use Selway and love them. I've got both the recurve and longbow version, though as has been stated, you could use the recurve model for both.
I use the selway limbsaver's exclusively.
Another Selway vote here.
QuoteOriginally posted by Steelhead:
Thunderhorn for me as well!
The leather piece on botton constricts on the limb as you apply pressure while stringing.This keeps the string in place.So its always in the grooves and cant slip out.It also helps keep the string alligned for recurves so it strings up with less worry of the string not being in the grooves on the belly side of the limb.It works on any bow and makes me feel very securve when string radical recurves.
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I also like the pressure pad personally as I can feel the string on the top limb string knock wise and belly side and make sure everthing is in place.For recurves especially before I release the pressure of the stringer.
QuoteOriginally posted by amar911:
QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
The leg strap stringer Ben Graham of Hummingbird bows sells. Can be seen on his web site.
I couldn't find that stringer, and I would like to see what it looks like. Can you direct me to where it is?
My favorite is the Webster.
Allan [/b]
amar911, just checked Ben's web site and it appears the stringer video is no longer there. It is the best method I have found. Reasonable price. You just strap it on your leg--I use it on my left leg--there is a loop on the strap on the inside of your leg that you slip the bottom limb tip into, then use the step through method. Since the bow tip is free to move around in the loop there is no danger of twisting a limb like with the old step through method, but you are holding the bow in such a way that the tips of a recurve are pointing away from you, you can't twist a limb, very safe for you and the bows as it avoids the possibility of twisting the limbs if you were to torque the grip as you pull up as you do using the conventional stringer.
I like the Selway for recurves. I perfer the Thunderhorn for longbows. Either one of them can string both style of bows though.
I am loving this one that we just added to our website
http://stjoeriverbows.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=185&zenid=fd1de60b6e55eb095d4f7652fba8a21e
Webster for me, but it won't work on Black Widow or RER recurves.
I've used alot of them over the years and the selway stringer is still the only one hanging on the way. Can't beat them. dino
Many thanks, and merry Christmas!!!!!!!!yall
QuoteOriginally posted by Ghost Dog:
Thunderhorn Super Stringer. Best working, best built, best looking. Trust me, :-)
X3-4
Black Widow and Webster both very good stringers. They work great on recurves and long bows.
Selway. Got one in just about every room in the house!
Selway here as well.
Webster is my favorite...except I use the stringers Sixby makes for his Eagle Wing bows.
Thunderhorn Super Stringer for me as well.
I have a Selway, a Thunderhorn, and a Saunders recurve bow stringer.
They all work pretty well, but if I had to choose one, it would probably be the Saunders. It is small, so it fits in my possibles bag in a zip lock bag. The upper limb gripper is the best of the three. It is three sided, softer material, and absolutely won't slip.
Still, any of the three are safe alternatives to not using a stringer. You can find LOTS of old recurves with twisted limbs from the old step-through stringing method most of us old-timers grew up with. Heck, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a bow stringer when I started shooting back in the '60s!
SELWAY WORKS GREAT FOR ME.
I hate doing this but for my heavy bows I use a stringer with two end pockets that go on the tips to string it, and then use a selway to unstring it. I just have trouble with the selway on heavy bows.
As long as the limb tips fit I like the "Webster". The kind that uses a pad of some sort to flex the limb it's on seems to me to be bending the limb from that point back to the fadeout which isn't the way the limb should be flexed. Maybe it doesn't hurt to flex a limb to brace height using only that section? Any bowyers have any ideas?