First came here hunting muzzle loader stuff, and that's what brought me back around. Seems like at that time there was fella Marc maybe, up Northeast way, spent a lot of time on the trad archery board. Seems like that was during Mike Fedora Jr hay-day, before the dust up.

Well I expect you realize better than most my post kinda simplies things a little. I know a I paid a lot more for 450+ than FF, for example, and not sure how much material per spool. And since the expertise required to make a good string is obviously what we pay for, the cost of the material is not really as relevant. But I also like to be true to the details. And I never considered the cost of the string, even a ready made one for $20 or $25, to be sufficient justification to leave all the benefits of HMPE stuff on the table.

It's funny. Based upon my experiences as a half-assed hobby bowyer/selfbowyer, were that same "few fps," and shot feel for that matter, decided by the bow design and crafting itself, versus the string, then the price difference would not be $4, or even $40. Imho one could argue more tlike $400. Kinda ironic.

No surprise "professional" bowyers frequently hire out having their strings made.

Alright, I've come as close as I care to anymore, to being belligerent about this issue.