linen strings

[DarkSoul]

Badger maybe my error is in the use of the nomenclature.  I am not sure about a strand versus a bundle versus a ply.  I figured I had a 45 # breaking strength of a single "bundle" (the bundle being the 8 strand twine wound directly off the roll), which would require 7-8 of those bundles to meet a 6 times 65# draw weight bowstring.   

What comes off a roll, is called a strand. If you calculate you need twelve strands to make a safe string, you can take either two bundles of six strands, and twist those into a two ply string. Or you can take three bundles and twist those into a string with three plies.

[Carson (CMB)]

Thanks for Shedding some light on the discussion DarkSoul.  Obviously, I was confused about what a bundle vs a strand was.

[toomanyknots]

If you use the double flemish loop they will normally break below the area where the loop is woven in, right in the middle of the string some place. I have never had one break at the nock on the double flemish loops.

I have never once had a loop break on me of any string material. I think I might make my loops differently than other people, but the end result is the same I would think.