Bowstring Making Starter Kit
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Sale price
$83.48
Regular price $166.96
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A bowstring costs between 15 and 30 euros. The material for one you build yourself costs under three. If you shoot regularly this kit pays for itself after roughly eight strings – and from then on you build strings exactly the way you want them.
Product features at a glance:
Three reasons come up again and again. First, money: material for a Dacron string costs about two to three euros. Second, control – strand count, colour, length and centre serving are yours to decide, instead of taking what a shop happens to stock. Third, independence: if a string goes on the course at the weekend, you build a new one that evening instead of waiting days.
What the kit does and does not do
With this kit you build endless loop strings for recurve and longbows. The jig takes all common bow lengths, and the serving tool keeps thread tension even – the exact point where home-made strings usually fail. For compound strings and cables you also need a bow press, which is not included.
Why beaver puffs are included
A freshly built string is loud. Beaver puffs are the classic answer: two tufts braided in above and below the centre serving, damping the string's vibration. The shot becomes noticeably quieter, and on a 3D course or while hunting that is not a detail but the whole point. Beginners usually do not know they exist – which is why they are in this kit.
Suitable for beginners
The first string takes a good hour, the third takes twenty minutes. It is craft, not magic: set the jig, count strands, serve the loops, lay the centre serving, wax it. Anyone who has built something with their hands before will manage. Guides and videos are linked on the product page.
Bowstring Making Starter Kit
Sale price
$83.48
Regular price $166.96
Product features at a glance:
- 1x String jig for endless loop and Flemish twist strings
- - 1x Deluxe serving tool with adjustable thread tension
- - 1x Traditional Flight (Dacron) string material, 1/4 lbs – colour of your choice
- - 1x Nylon serving thread 400 for centre serving and loops
- - 1x Bearpaw string wax
- - 1x Pair of beaver puffs as string silencers
- - 1x Nocking point pliers
- - 1x Bow square for brace height and nocking point
- - 4x Nocking point locators, size S
Three reasons come up again and again. First, money: material for a Dacron string costs about two to three euros. Second, control – strand count, colour, length and centre serving are yours to decide, instead of taking what a shop happens to stock. Third, independence: if a string goes on the course at the weekend, you build a new one that evening instead of waiting days.
What the kit does and does not do
With this kit you build endless loop strings for recurve and longbows. The jig takes all common bow lengths, and the serving tool keeps thread tension even – the exact point where home-made strings usually fail. For compound strings and cables you also need a bow press, which is not included.
Why beaver puffs are included
A freshly built string is loud. Beaver puffs are the classic answer: two tufts braided in above and below the centre serving, damping the string's vibration. The shot becomes noticeably quieter, and on a 3D course or while hunting that is not a detail but the whole point. Beginners usually do not know they exist – which is why they are in this kit.
Suitable for beginners
The first string takes a good hour, the third takes twenty minutes. It is craft, not magic: set the jig, count strands, serve the loops, lay the centre serving, wax it. Anyone who has built something with their hands before will manage. Guides and videos are linked on the product page.