Mauro Fiorentini wrote on Jan 28
th, 2013 at 10:53am:
Lol what one? If making bow strings is easy and cheap (and I have the strongest respect for any humang being with enough patience to braid something) forging arrowheads is easy for me too, it just takes me ten minutes to make one so expect more than just one!
But 3/8'' should be 9,5 millimeters right? I'll measure my bow this evening but it should be 25 or 30 lbs more or less!
Bow strings makers, post your pictures and share your experiences!!
Greetings,
Mauro.
They're actually twisted, not braided. A braided string would be more likely to fail, as it has many more spots where the strands rub unevenly on one another, and where the stress isn't evenly distributed. For something thin, but very strong, like a bowstring, you need something that is twisted.