Nylon strings?

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MikeOrick
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Nylon strings?

Post by MikeOrick » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:19 pm

My modern Chinese bows came w "Nylon", not Dacron, strings.

Anybody know anything about this string material? How the strength per strand, stretch, creep compares to Dacron and the other newer stuff?

18 strands is about as thick as 12 strands of Dacron. Feels more like the newer stuff; doesn't have the "give" of Dacron, first hundred shots w new string and no stretch.

BTW, how do/did traditional materials (tendon, linen, silk, hemp?) compare to Dacron as far as stretch and creep?
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Pat Menzies
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Post by Pat Menzies » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:50 pm

It seems unlikely to actually be nylon. Maybe something is being lost in translation if the bow and components was actually labelled in China?
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Post by KenH » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:52 pm

My thoughts exactly. Real nylon stretches like taffy. Almost as bad as polypropalene!
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