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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Bowyer's knot and fast flight string
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2014, 01:04:22 am »
Thanks for the advice fellows.  This stuff I am using is D97 and I am really liking it.  I added 6 strands of B-50 to the last ten inches of the string and my three wrap bowyer's knot is holding like I want it to.  That said, I think I like the endless loop string better with this material.  It really shoots differently.  I think it is some quieter, but it is a different sound than B-50.  It really benefited from my homemade yarn silencers.   ;)   
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Offline fiddler49

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Re: Bowyer's knot and fast flight string
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2014, 02:23:21 am »
I use fast flight but double the last 8 inches for the loop and the timber hitch plus tuck the timber hitch three times. I also make my strings using 16 strands so the doubled section is 32 strands. This works very well on my 80 lb hickory molly even with the tips being thinned to 1/4 inch. 1/6 strands with a serving of waxed heavy linen
sewing thread gives a thick enough dia. for my self nocks. cheers fiddler49

Offline ssgtchad

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Re: Bowyer's knot and fast flight string
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2014, 09:25:49 am »
I tie a knot after the timber hitch,, so it cant pull past that :)
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Offline DC

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Re: Bowyer's knot and fast flight string
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2014, 01:23:35 pm »
I tie a knot after the timber hitch,, so it cant pull past that :)
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Doesn't that make it tough to undo when you want to adjust the length?

Offline missilemaster

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Re: Bowyer's knot and fast flight string
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2014, 06:50:52 pm »
Instead of putting it through the loop twice, put it through tree times. I have never had a slip that way.
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