recycled string silencers

[osage outlaw]

I was shooting my James Parker FG bow today and it had a fair amount of a twang sound.  I know the normal material is fur strips and I have plenty of those but I wanted to try something different.   I noticed the holder for a bottle of hand sanitizer was made from thin silicone.  I cut it into strips and gave that a try.  It worked surprisingly well.  It really quieted down the bow.  I'm not crazy about the blue color.  I'm going to try to find some black silicone to replace it. 

[Hawkdancer]

Whatever works!  It is a rather purty blue, though !
Hawkdancer

[Aaron H]

You certainly know how to make use of what you got Clint.

[Pat B]

Those would look good on "Tacky", Clint. 
Anything that will absorb the vibration will quiet the bow.

[JEB]

I will put it this way Clint, that bow looks  bad ass, now the silencers on the other hand.      lol

[osage outlaw]

I got a thin sheet of brown silicone and made a better looking set of silencers.  These will look better in the woods.  That bow is whisper quit now. 

[upstatenybowyer]

Forgive my ignorance, but are the "tassels" necessary for maximum silencing? Would it work to just wrap some silicon around the string?

[osage outlaw]

I'm not sure.   I'm going to experiment with them and see how much is needed to keep the bow quiet.

[upstatenybowyer]