Can you serve a string with B50?

[DuBois]

Just wondering if it is a bad idea to serve a string with B50 and also if there any alternatives you have used for serving materials.
Probably a dumb question but that has never stopped me before 

[JackCrafty]

Yep, it can be done but it gets "fuzzy" quick.  I use Spectra-type braided fishing line if there's going to be a lot of shooting.  Same stuff as fast-flight.  Practically indestructible.

[osage outlaw]

I've used super heavy duty coat thread for serving before.  It worked OK.  I use the same stuff for all of my arrow wraps. 

[JW_Halverson]

I have used braided fishing line, Dacron B50, linen shoe thread, and even artificial sinew.  I think I like the artificial sinew best.

[JoJoDapyro]

JW, did you have issues with it getting fuzzy?

[Weylin]

I use nylon serving thread. It's cheap, tough and easy to use.

[JW_Halverson]

I am assuming you are asking about the artificial sinew?

I pull it pretty dang tight, so it really doesn't fuzz too bad.  If it does, it's an indication to re-wax the string.  Nice thing about the arti-sinew is that it will form fit to the nock after a few dozen arrows.  That way it creates a nock point on the string for me.

[DuBois]

So JW, I assume you must put the art sinew on by hand instead of with a serving jig? Is it the 70#?

[JW_Halverson]

Yeah, I didn't own a serving jig until I bought one this year down at the Tennessee Classic. 

[DuBois]

Cool, thanks man 

[Pat B]

All the serving does is protect from abrasion. You could use almost any thin string material, some will be more durable than others. 

[JW_Halverson]

Easier and quicker to sacrifice the serving and save the string.  Anything works, even dental floss.

[Pat B]

All dental floss is is medical grade artificial sinew. I keep a box or waxed and unwaxed dental floss in my bow box for whatever.

[lebhuntfish]

I Tried something new the other day.  I used 15 pound monofilament fishing line to serve a bow string with. It clicks the nock right on nicely. And it slides right off my fingers nicely too. I have shot about 50 arrows with it so far. Plus my tie on nicking point stays put nicely because it's kinda ribbed. Patrick

[dbb]

I Tried something new the other day.  I used 15 pound monofilament fishing line to serve a bow string with. It clicks the nock right on nicely. And it slides right off my fingers nicely too. I have shot about 50 arrows with it so far. Plus my tie on nicking point stays put nicely because it's kinda ribbed. Patrick

Mono works fine,but it tends to get "flat! at the nockingpoint if you shoot much.
Perhaps it was the cheap mono i used that was the culprit,it was the only thing suitable in the cabin at the time