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    • richard roop
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        So there I was …………… all ready to order a video & a Flemish string jig when my long suffering wife asked “Why?”

        I told her that the Flemish Twist strings look really cool. She wanted to know if they’re any better than the endless loop strings that I make & use. I told her that I didn’t know if they were better or not but they look really cool and cool is important. She said that my cool days are long behind me.  I hate it when she uses logic on me.

        So …………… question; …………….. Any advantage one way or the other, endless or twist ?????

      • Raymond Coffman
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          Richard

          Personal preference again –

          Flemish- more adjustable/ more quiet ( a lot of people prefer the look of them on trad bows).

          Endless loop – settle faster / more stable,  tournament archers preference

          Scout aka Ray

        • Ralph
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            You don’t have to buy or build a jig if’n you don’t wanna….

            https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/paleoplanet69529/making-a-flemish-twist-bowstring-t6234.html#.VL78JS4fWSo

             

            Look this up.

            This how I make my strings.. They work great, look good.

            I’ve never had a complaint from anyone that I have given one to.

            I’ve made a couple of jigs but they all seem to be oriented for the 4″ shorter string length that is basic for a recurve bow rather than the 3″ shorter for a longbow.

            All the instructions that I’ve read always relate to an even numbered length string.

            I could use some education perhaps??????????

            Probably a way to figure it out but I’m happy with my method.

            We already had a ‘my math ability’ discussion on another thread….  :-))

             

          • richard roop
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              Ok ………………. I think that I want to learn how to do this.

              One thing I need to check on, though is the equipment rules at shoots; would the cool looking two color string be considered ‘string markings’ and get me disqualified ????

            • Ralph
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                I’ve never been to a trad shoot where a multicolored sting was even a thought about being a problem. Everyone has them.

                 

              • Raymond Coffman
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                  Clay Hayes has a video on it also ( no jig, flemish ). He does excellent videos on a multitude of tradbow subjects – imho

                   

                  I’d call the tournament officials for string rules , don’t have any idea what’s allowed these days

                  Scout aka Ray

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