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Offline kevinsmith5

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Viscose bowstring?
« on: January 09, 2013, 09:20:24 pm »
Has anyone ever used this too make a string? Apparently it is made from bamboo fibers.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Viscose bowstring?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 10:41:18 pm »
Whenever they make fiber like that they totally break it down and reform it almost like a spider makes silk so it's not really bamboo  "fibers." 
 There is no reason why it won't work if  made up according to finished fiber strength.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Viscose bowstring?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 05:01:29 am »
What does viscose bowstring mean? 


Like that bamboo string on the chief's bow in Hamm and Alleley Northeast and midwest?

Would love to learn how to amke  a bowstring from bamboo.  PatM, do you know how?
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the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
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