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Old 03-21-2011 | 06:43 PM
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LBR
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Default Out of Curiosity......("FF" strings)

Has anyone ever seen, or heard of, or even had it explained to you, how a "FF" string can cause a bow to delaminate?

I asked for some facts on a different board, but evidently none can be offered.

I honestly don't know. The majority of bows I've seen fail, and the ones that failed with personal friends, either did it with a dacron string or on the first pull.

When a bow has a FF type string on it and it fails, the "knee jerk" reaction is to blame the string. I dare say that at least as many, and probably a lot more, bows have failed with non FF strings on them--so what gets the blame for those?

On the other hand, lots of bows have been shot for years and years with FF strings on them. Some folks are using FF strings on old bows (I don't suggest doing this) with no apparant ill effects. What makes one go and the other blow?

Another thing--one way to "tame" a bow with a lot of hand shock is with a FF type string. How can less shock be harder on the bow? Seems to me the opposite would be true, but I'm no bowyer so maybe I'm missing something here.

Hoping I can get some information on this here, or at least not get attacked over it. Took about 10 seconds on the other board before I got accused of saying things I didn't. Oh well....
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