[Archers] questionable string

[loreleielkins at aol.com]

I understood these crimped on strings to fall under the category of "youth bow exceptions".  I too have several in my loaner gear kit which are very light weight, maybe 10 to 15 pound pull.  I did once see one of these on a higher pound bow and I too failed it.  Perhaps this one was of a higher poundage.


Thanks Jay,


Lorelei



-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Nardone <jaynardone at comcast.net>
To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Sun, Nov 17, 2013 1:42 pm
Subject: [Archers] questionable string



Good afternoon everyone, I love when our marshal’s communicate with me and more so each other. Manus sent me a question and this picture of a bow with a string they questioned and ultimately failed. I wanted to share this with everyone because it is a good learning opportunity. Our rules don’t have any verbiage about this type of crimp so I thought it would be a good chance to discuss this here. 
 
In talking with Manus, I agreed they made the right decision by failing the bow. Those crimps are iffy and can slip easily. Also if you look closer that is not even a correct bow string. It looks like the nylon that bow stringers are made from and those materials are nowhere near as strong as B50 or Fast flight materials and should never be allowed. We rejected a few bows this year at Pennsic that had these same type of strings. None of us will ever be able to predict how long a sting of nylon would last? I realize this is obviously not a high poundage bow, but it was the correct choice to make.
 
In Service,
 
Janyn
 


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