Originally Posted by
underdawg
Great idea, and timely. I just got into the traditional thing and was looking at some silencers for my recurve. Do you just tie them to the string once they're in place to keep them from falling out when unstrung?
I also read about wrapping yarn around the string where it hits the limbs. Have you done this, and if so do you do it like your whipping a rope?
Your going to want to tie them in place. I use serving or D97 waxed string material.
The yarn wrapping gig works on recurves ok. But each thing you add slows down your bow and may change a tune.