![]() I've never made a true modern continuous string though. The disadvantage is how annoying it was for me to deal with the loose ends of the main string, the knot is kind of tricky and the knot slips at the beginning. But you can probably twist a modern style continuous string quite a bit before the loops want to twist significantly when the bow's drawn. ![]() *from what I've just seen these few days*, the advantage of this string is the loops are softer, you can twist it more and there's no tendency for the loops to twist, and since the string is so twisted it may absorb more shock. I think if I had a jig for it, it'd be faster to make a modern style continuous string. Now you can serve starting from the center of the string towards the loop going on the top limb. The loops will slip a bit after some shooting, ideally the knots should be in the part of the bridges closest to the tip I think. Again, the twist of the loops and string should be in the same direction and they should look about as twisted so there is no tendency for the loops to twist when the bow is drawn. if the loops want to twist when you string or draw the bow, twist the string more. make the tied on loop so that, once you've tightened it by hand, the knot would rest just short of the edge of the string bridge closest to the tip. If anyone wants to translate anything important that he says, I would really appreciate it! I'll have to expand on this knot later from my experimenting. put an awl on the end of the 'loop' of that 24" "string" that doesn't have the loose ends (both loose ends should be on the other side), and twist in the SAME direction as the main string (I did clockwise) get 14 strands of D10 wrapped continuously, about 24" long. clockwise may be best if you shoot thumb draw with your draw hand as right hand, correct me if i'm wrong (I did clockwise) rub it a lot, I used synthetic bowstring wax pull from one side with an awl or something with a tied-to-table nail on the other hard until all the strands get the same tension. removing one nail, put one end of the string on the table and tie loose ends (**tag ends of the continuous string**) with zeppelin bend, allowing for some slack (square knot broke on my first string.) (I did not allow the zeppelin knot to be right at one of the loop knots, but close to it. wrapping 12 strands of D10 (or D97) around them Of course you could just have two nails and hammer them to a board. they should be around 2-3 cm more distance than the length recorded in the previous step. tying two duplex nails or something similar to table legs with a slipped surgeon's knot of sorts (good for tightening). note length of string to knots or start of loops (that is, excluding loops) that you need. Quote How I made a Korean traditional style string that's been satisfactory for 15-20 shots today. The handle wrap is just a piece of suede leather with hemp cord wrapped over it, no glue. So maybe the no-twist thing wasn't really justified.Įither way i'll update on what happens. but Korean archers, even with their finicky hornbows, seem to twist their strings quite a bit. ![]() Instead, to prevent ballooning, they wrapped short sections of serving along the string. Interestingly, it seems like Turkish archers avoided any twist in their continuous strings, thinking it'd twist the bows. ![]() Would 1 full twist per 2 inches of string excluding loops be okay? Though I noticed the loops were kinda twisted to the side from the string twist when drawing. If I made a thicker D-10 string, would it be quieter? How can I tell if noise is the string or the arrow hitting the bow? There didn't seem to be too much damage in the arrow pass. I shoot with thumb ring on the right, so I can try to apply torque to try to avoid the arrow hitting the bow. they did use silk traditionally after all. Maybe a somewhat thick, shorter B-55 string would be very quiet? Maybe 6" brace height. It had something like 6 1/4" brace height, now it's 5 3/4" or so. It shoots louder with this 11 strand D-10 knotted string (the traditional korean separate loop string knot) than it did with the original fast-flight thicker string. It's a 53" korean style bow - short static recurves. ![]() The bow in question is made out of carbon/fiberglass/wood, so I'm posting it here. ![]()
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