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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: kevinsmith5 on January 09, 2013, 09:20:24 pm

Title: Viscose bowstring?
Post by: kevinsmith5 on January 09, 2013, 09:20:24 pm

Has anyone ever used this too make a string? Apparently it is made from bamboo fibers.

Title: Re: Viscose bowstring?
Post by: PatM 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.

Title: Re: Viscose bowstring?
Post by: Carson (CMB) 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?