[Archers] questionable string

[Jay Nardone]

Thank you Lorelei too! COG I don’t think it is fair to assume all of the marshals in Atlantia have seen a string like this. I have been in archery since I was 9 and I honestly can’t say I have until I was sent the picture. Even our new loaner bows we purchased did not have a string like this. So this is why I posted this topic for discussion and to hopefully get the word out. I would hope most of our marshal’s also understand what a bowyers knot is and what it is used for and not fail those! The knots I was referring too were the actual strands of the string tied into knots repairing damage. We have a lot of new marshals this year and I would rather them feel comfortable asking questions and discussing items than not and possibly make the wrong choices. 

 

In Service,

 

Janyn

 

 

From: loreleielkins at aol.com [mailto:loreleielkins at aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 6:09 AM
To: jaynardone at comcast.net; archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] questionable string

 

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



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From: Jay Nardone <jaynardone at comcast.net <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net> >
To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <mailto: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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