Anyone Ever Use Human Hair For String Silencer?

CRM_95 · April 17, 2016, 02:57:00 PM

If it works I won't knock it, but I gotta admit I'm still laughing at the Hannibal comment!!

Mike Mecredy · April 17, 2016, 03:43:00 PM

When I had a beard, once some hair got pinched in the nock/string, and on release it was yanked out. I'm not sure if the string was silenced much, I know I personally was a lot noisier.

atatarpm · April 17, 2016, 04:30:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Mecredy:
When I had a beard, once some hair got pinched in the nock/string, and on release it was yanked out. I'm not sure if the string was silenced much, I know I personally was a lot noisier.

Red Beastmaster · April 17, 2016, 04:33:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Mecredy:
When I had a beard, once some hair got pinched in the nock/string, and on release it was yanked out. I'm not sure if the string was silenced much, I know I personally was a lot noisier.

Don't you hate when that happens?!

Especially when there's a chunk of whisker with meat on it stuck in your brass nock! I swear I think I even saw a wisp of smoke coming off it.

April 17, 2016, 04:52:00 PM

I read this and decided that my hair is the wrong color, then I saw a cute freckle faced redhead with a pony tail walking by with a little brown fluffy dog. Ah, that will work. She was sweet and friendly and so was her little dog. I could not bring myself to ask for a generous lock of her hair.

Bowwild · April 17, 2016, 05:14:00 PM

2Fletch,
Please don't take offense, some of us are just joshing with you. Lot's of ways to skin a cat....in this case let's shave it first (sorry, I can't help myself.)

Shadowhnter · April 17, 2016, 05:24:00 PM

Too much! Lol!!!

SELFBOW19953 · April 17, 2016, 09:16:00 PM

I'm right there with you, Mike!!! I have lost beard hair quite a few times to a bowstring. My "short" beard.

Steelhead · April 18, 2016, 12:34:00 AM

I think the guys are just having some fun and getting some mileage out of the idea of human hair silencers.

I have used a lot of nontraditional materials to silence bowstrings through experimentation and a lot of things will work well.Thick polar fleece works very well

I don't think using human hair is a far fetched idea at all.Heck we use beaverfur,muskox hair, otter fur etc.Even wool puffs are sheeps hair.

Michael Arnette · April 18, 2016, 12:48:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
We used to collect hair from the beauty salons when we were in high school and we spread it around tree stands of a couple of older guys who picked on us it works great for running deer off

Now that's funny right there!

Michael Arnette · April 18, 2016, 12:50:00 AM

...so many ways this could go if this wasn't a family friendly environment lol

Thumper Dunker · April 18, 2016, 02:32:00 AM

Some of us are so far out of the box we are lost. I'm going to try it on one of my self bows.

Cool idea.

Orion · April 18, 2016, 09:50:00 AM

Tie just about any material on a string, and it will help silence it. Lots better and better looking options than human hair, I think. But whatever floats your boat.

2fletch · April 18, 2016, 02:00:00 PM

There are plenty of other materials, but my point is what is wrong with human hair. Beautiful red, blond, brown, or black hair could look good on a target bow. I have already determined that it is effective. You also have the option of using different length hair for variation.

I have read somewhere about archers using human hair for bow string, but I'll probably not go there.

tomsm44 · April 18, 2016, 05:09:00 PM

It puts the lotion on its skin.........

Kelly · April 18, 2016, 05:32:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by 2fletch:
I had tried a number of furs, rubber bands, feathers, etc. as bowstring silencers, when it occurred to me that human hair might work well. I had ask my barber if she would save some for me. She either forgot or thought that I was crazy, but when I went for a haircut a couple of weeks ago I noticed a young lady with nice hair getting her hair cut at the same time I was. The color was nice blondish and was being cut off at about 4-5". I got permission from the shop and the lady who owned the hair, and told them what I was going to do with it.

After putting two groups on the top and bottom of the string it was ready for the test. I had put it on an old Shakespeare Custer bow that had a bare string and was fairly noisy. The hair really did a nice job of quietening the bow. Now I am on a quest for different hair colors. My next goal is red hair, or maybe red, white and black together. That would look good on my widow.

NO, not if you are going to hunt with it. Human hair is the part of us that alarms deer the most. Many have acquired human hair to hang in open containers around Apple orchards and gardens to keep deer away.

I use store bought yarn or uncleaned wool from sheep.

stillhunter · April 18, 2016, 07:41:00 PM

Magenta! with cocobolo O yea!

Terry Green · April 18, 2016, 07:43:00 PM

Nothing wrong with the idea of human hair lots of other fur and hair have been mentioned that were not predators however the human is a predator there for it smells evil to the herbavor omnivores and carnivores and other Predators we hunt

I'm not knocking it just stating facts we even used to go as far as to collecting girls hairs from brushes in class to spread around tree stands not just salons because it works so well we would string it along fence lines where deer crossed near those guys stands to change the route of deer patterns that's how well it worked just stating the facts not meaning any harm just something to think about

2fletch · April 19, 2016, 08:26:00 AM

Terry, I agree that human hair is a great deterrent to deer. The human scent along with the chemicals that we use on our hair is enough to scare the heck out of a deer. However, it is very interesting on a target bow, especially in red or blond..., and it works well to silence a bow. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with it after washing in something to descent the hair. Lastly, it's available..., most of us either have hair, or know someone with hair.

non-typical · April 19, 2016, 09:22:00 AM

With or without head attached?