String Building

By Stephen P Anderson Learning to serve your own bow string is a simple and valuable skill to learn. Really, it’s as easy as learning how to start the serving, how to tie the serving off at the end, and acquiring a feel for maintaining good tension in between. Of course, we need to select… Read More

Archery FACT of the Day: B-50 String Material Of the Brownell B-50 string material colors, you can make 286 combinations of 3-color bow strings OR 78 combos of 2-color bow strings.

By Stephen P. Anderson Flemish twist bow strings have been made from hemp, flax, or linen likely for centuries, and were widely used until the recurve production boom in the 1960s and 70s when machine-made endless loop bow strings became popular for production bows. Modern bow string materials came along after the second Word War,… Read More