Quick reference: Modern bows, fibreglass laminated limbs, compound bows = OK to leave strung. Traditional bows, wooden bows, self-bows, longbows, etc. = UNSTRING WHEN NOT IN USE

@x3roxide

5 жыл бұрын

If I were you, I would try to make a longbow jig and clamp it. Should be able to fix the bow... If you're feeling creative you could even add some reflex/deflex to it.

@leek2serious

5 жыл бұрын

You breezed over the laminated wood bows. So would it be ok to leave it for a month or two? Comparison to the bare wood bow.

@MegaSovietRussian

5 жыл бұрын

@@leek2serious 1:27

@sjankarcher

5 жыл бұрын

No its not okay to leave modern bows strung. You cannot fool physics. The damage will be minor but still.

@Gundolf300

5 жыл бұрын

Actually that's completely untrue. Older traditional bows that have been left strung for years have shown to take absolutely no negative effect by this.

Just saw the title and ran to unstring my bow...

@godlessbastard4162

5 жыл бұрын

same!

@Serious-zs6qy

5 жыл бұрын

Lol same here

@Serious-zs6qy

5 жыл бұрын

it doesn't matter or affect the bow I don't understand this one 🤔and it probably will affect the power of the bow or tension but no worries in my world lol

@davidbeaulieu4815

5 жыл бұрын

@@Serious-zs6qy my girlfriend's bow is handmade all wood by her tribe technically she has several different Native American tribes in her but if I did that to her bow she would literally put an arrow through my eye probably at a hundred paces. Modern materials make it irrelevant but it's a good way to ruin a real bow. Same with real strings you don't let them get wet you use beeswax on them or whatever to keep the water out I think there's something to be said for tradition and frankly I don't want fiberglass anything

@somethingsomethingsomethingdar

5 жыл бұрын

literally did the same thing hahaha

Hi Nu.. long time shooter.. recurve.. those wood bows aren't destroyed.. get a wood 2x4 lay the bow on it and put a thinner book or whatever between the grip and the 2x4 and then tie the ends with string or something like clamps and let that set back to straight over a period.. keep checking for straightness and retieing as needed. The book which should be about 1/2 inch thick.. about 13 mm.. is there so you can bring the wood back just past where it should be to let it set.. when you unclamp it to check after a month.. you may find you need a thicker book. That back room of yours may do to reset it.. but a little steam like in a shower might help to speed it up a bit.. but not too much.. just enough to warm and dampen the wood slightly. I'd like to see you do this and give updates for others who may have the same issue. Cheers Nu.. great channel.. and good luck with bringing back those sticks!

@elevown

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this would work but I was gonna leave a comment asking can't it be undone by sorta reversing it and setting it back to the right shape over months? Though I'd guess after setting and resetting, the wood may have lost a little of its spring still - (a bow is not designed to be forced to bend the other way, I'm not sure what it would do to the woods density in various areas) -and maybe once fixed it would still have a few pounds less on the draw or be more likely to fail in some way?

@SnowblindOtter

5 жыл бұрын

With how strong the curvature is, he would have to re-set it slowly. Something like a home-brew tillering rack and a length of rope would be better, I think, because that way he could control how far they're flexing. General rule of thumb is to take twice as long to re-set the limbs as it took for them to set.

@MakersMuse

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if this was a thing, makes sense!

@amishrobots

5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video of this

@dicktsui1818

5 жыл бұрын

@@MakersMuse Really shocked to see you here as I was originally trying to design a crossbow and drifted here. The heat bending of wood is just like bending PLA , it happens slowly but overtime it brings big effects , adding water and warmth is just like adding solvent.

I don't own a bow, I don't know why KZread suggested this, but I found the material science side of this unintentional test absolutely fascinating.If the bow 'sets' do you think you could apply force in the opposite direction for another few months to correct it?

@NUSensei

5 жыл бұрын

That's certainly a possibility, and not uncommon. This is typically done by clamping the stave down and placing it in a hot room.

@HidekiShinichi

5 жыл бұрын

What about 3d printed bows? I mean there are carbon fiber materials soooo

@lawlerzwtf

3 жыл бұрын

HEY it's maker's muse! Cool to see one of my favorite 3D printing channels on one of my favorite archery channels, haha.

@rokka7188

2 жыл бұрын

Wooden bow sets can be corrected whilst making a selfbow (Single wood bow while tillering, or even wooden laminate bows, etc.) yourself or if it's very small during use, through either heat bending it or steaming each side of the limb, it's how you also get curved tips/recurve styled single-wood bows to your own preference. But if it's a large set, it can be harder to correct since it can be permanent damage to the structure of the wood and it might return back onto that set position, if you do correct it.

@howdidthisgethere119

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has to deal with things that should be straight but have taken a bend as part of my normal job, the straightening process can be difficult because the object will always want to roll around180° to achieve it's minimum state of energy. steaming and resetting wood has been mentioned here and I know straightening can be done, I just wanted to add from my own experience with straightening.

Loving the facial hair man!

@OLDMANTEA

5 жыл бұрын

ebollinger72 that was my first thought too. Lol

@tarmacbenson9579

3 жыл бұрын

Family guy

I literally just walked in my room and unstrung my 4 recurves 😂😂 better safe than sorry.

@colmivers

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Elastic vs plastic deformation. Simple concept. Excellent video.

But I want to be ready when AI robots terrorists attack my house. Imagine me struggling to string my bow in front of them? Embarrassing.

@linkprettyass3707

4 жыл бұрын

Get a fiberglass bow

@ZSmith-yy4lv

4 жыл бұрын

Get a gun

@garycasper2929

4 жыл бұрын

Get a sword

@ginofoogle6944

4 жыл бұрын

Get a mothership

@adammadi9109

3 жыл бұрын

Get an Ex-Wife Iron Man reference

I got my first bow by mail today, incredibly excited. I'm glad I stumbled across this video.

@devekut2

2 жыл бұрын

One year later, are you still happy with it?

This is Thrand, very good video and great information I ruined a bow as boy because I did not realize this problem if you leave a bow strung for long periods.

Good vid Nu, and the Oliver Queen facial hair adds gravitas!!!!

You have violated article 69 of the Geneva Convention: Thou shall unstring longbows when not in use, no exceptions.

I like that you show your mess ups.

Hey man. Haven't seen your videos in a while and here you are with a brand new, fancy moustache. Very nice.

Thanks for the advise and your honesty .

Great lessons, NUSensei. By the way, the facial hair looks good on you. You still look young, but now you look old enough! Thanks for another excellent and informative video!

Thank you. This is information I am not (yet) passing down to my granddaughter. I want her to fully develop the habit of un-stringing after every use, regardless of the material of the bow.😊

Came across your channel and stayed solely for your humorous demonstrate of beginners.

Great video and a very impressive collection of bows! Now can we have a video in which you introduce everyone one of your bows?

Thabks for this videos man. You are my personal instructor right now.

@stanleyyelnats1313

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree! Love his vids....very concise and informative:)

I just took the strings off my hoyt compound. Phewww I wouldn't want to ruin it. I just bought it!

@gdhyp3rsqu1d59

3 жыл бұрын

You Don't need to unerring compound bows.

Thank you for this lesson.

The beard is legendary

I have that fear of ruining or damaging my bows, I just went and checked them 2 are still stung, but only for a week. Thanks for the info.

Wow im glad this showed up in my reccomended, i thought i only needed to unstring my hickory longbow if i wasnt going to be using it near daily like i have been, havent unstrung it since i bought it back in march. Thank you so much for this video.

@Fatallica

5 жыл бұрын

@@kakarot1234567891234 wut

Great answer and explanation

Thanks for sharing, going to my bow right now and unstring it.

You might be able to recover some of the set by steaming it. A laundry iron+damp rag will work with enough patience. Steam it front and back until the grain starts to swell, then move the rag to next 6 inches, repeat until the whole bow is done. Then store it flat until the wood returns to the ambient humidity (perhaps a month). If you get the chance to try it, I'd love to hear the results! I've used steam to repair a twisted flatbow with success (about 80% of the twist removed, enough to shoot it again), but I havn't had a chance to test this technique on an entire bow. Downside is you'll probably have to refinish the wood in the process.

INFO GOOD TO KNOW !! Damn It, I left my one still strung >> Thank You !!

I have left my laminated bow strung for about 2 years now (its a cheap 120dlls bow from ebay) I only shoot it like once a week, so far it's working pretty fine, it's still working like when it was new.

I always unstring my Samick Sage when I'm not using it. I spent good money and since I'm a poor college student I don't have a lot of money. So I always respect my things.

Helpfull information , thank you for sharing !

we have a compound how that hasn't been shot in 8 years it shoots perfect

Love your videos!! LOVE THE BEARD!!!

Get to 4:09, oh yeah, forgot to unstring the horse bow that I last used two months ago. Pause vid. Unstring, resume vid.

what happens if you accidentally shoot your laundry in the back? XD

@vcash1112

5 жыл бұрын

malter87 Classic!lol

@propyro85

5 жыл бұрын

Hanging cloth is actually a pretty good arrow stop. When I used to shoot in my basement, I used a cheap carpet hanging of a coat rack as an arrow stop, and it worked great.

@herpderp9774

4 жыл бұрын

You get a damage bonus for shooting it in the back.

@JERRYR708

4 жыл бұрын

@@propyro85 I fill a box with old clothes, spray sticky glue on the back of a target and slap it on the cardboard box. Makes a great arrow stop. Just make sure you remove snaps, zippers and buttons that might damage your arrows.

Can confirm I left two recurves stung since last Summer. Perfectly fine.

Very interesting. I have a lot of bows (in the vicinity of 2-3 dozen). After years of storing them in a mix of strung and unstrung states, I have come to the same conclusion: it matters what the bow is made of and how it's stored. The cheap fiberglass bows have it rough in the AZ summer with the months of heat they're exposed to.

Thanks for your advice, respect for all types of bows, is necessary. Lessons learned! Ha ha. Thanks.

I have an Olympic style recurve with carbon/wood laminate limbs. Even though it might be okay for the limbs, I always unstring it when I'm done shooting to minimize the possibility of the string getting nicked and cut on a sharp edge. During handling, a string that gets nicked while under high tension can easily be damaged and may even cause it to dangerously "explode!"

as a carpenter i would say unstring this bow and keep it straightened in the same area where you kept it, there may be a slight chance that the bow will get back it's natural form

Keep the facial hair just sayin

@s0nycz3kk

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like some kind of sensei now haha!

@kyubeycoobie3568

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like an evil warlord to me. Especially being an Archer

Hello Nu (if I may so call you). Well, based on about 30 years of shooting and making wooden longbows I must say that actually I'm quite surprised that the Greyhawke took so little set being strung for that long. What wood is it, I can't see on the clip? I've had a few that took that much just from a year or two of use. Let me echo your remarks about this, I have always unstrung wooden bows immediately I finished shooting (and while stopped for lunch on all day field shoots), especially in hot weather (less of a problem in the UK than where you are I suppose). As I understand it the set happens because the structure (cells) of the wood on the belly collapse under the compression strain - the same thing happens when a bow is drawn too far or made too stacked for the compression strength of the wood type. So I doubt that clamping it back straight will really cure it, the set would probably come back when it is bent again and shot. I did once try steaming a bow like that back straight and the effect didn't last. The one thing that might work is the real 'malming' (heat treating and resin-applying) that some are doing now to increase the strength of belly wood, there is a good account in vol 4 of Traditional Bowyer's Bible, and a demo here kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWFo07SCkc21fZs.html The beard's coming along nicely, I wish mine was still that colour.

@randomness8819

2 жыл бұрын

You've got a beautiful beard and heart. Assalamu alaykum peace be unto you. Thx for a very informative comment.

@johnminnitt8101

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomness8819 Thank you for a very amiable comment.

Someone better show John this video, he left Arthur's strung for years.

@funnyguy5746

5 жыл бұрын

Well, we all know that the Marston's box under a bed method is the best way to keep a bow

Japanese traditional bows (Yumi) made of bamboo are so vulnerable to being strung, that you don't even want to use only one. Since they will start to set during the short durations that you are using them, many Kyudoka will have at least 2 bows and alternate between every couple weeks or months. This only applies to fully natural Yumi of course.

Great video. Was wondering whether this would be the case with modern bows not really being affected by keeping them strung. Personally I would always unstring anyways. Takes like 20 seconds, even with a bow stringer.

Nice look, man!

I never leave any of my bows strung anyway. I don't wanna take the chance

@Chief2Moon

4 жыл бұрын

Legolas E I'm the same with mine

Can you do a video on your bow collection?

Have you ever thought of using some kind of steam lightly to bring back the straightness of your bow , I mean I don’t know if it could even be done or if it will work but I,ll bet it’s worth a try , it might bring the bow back into shape & if you let it sit & completely dry out afterwards it might shrink the wood back to its original form , try stringing it backwards when or if you do this maybe it could help also .

I wonder what your thoughts regarding restringing the bow backwards? Could it possibly correct the problem? Just a thought. Like your videos!

I forgot a couple bows strung up in my garage for a couple weeks and both of them developed a twist in the limbs. Every time I drew them back, the string would twist around the string notch and pop real loud. The limb end would actually be inside the string loop on one side. The bows would shoot straight, but I knew it was a matter of time before I got that one unlucky shot where the bow would eventually unstring itself mid draw. It was a Redwing recurve and a PSE Impala Recurve. The Impala wasn't that bad. It shot fine and the string didn't try to jump off. If it was unstrung, and laid on its side, you could how twisted it became. After each shot, the string was not centered on the limbs and did not sit in the resting groove.

Can you reset the bow by adding weights on the curve to give it back the straightness? Also I'm pretty sure modern bows will suffer from this too. It's just how physics work, although it might be minor. OR the string might get stretched instead of the limbs bending. Which I assume would affect performance at least slightly.

Topoint Unison returns!

I always unstring my bow, it takes 4 seconds

@mistakenmeme

5 жыл бұрын

NoortjeXx I know! It’s not that hard!

@ginofoogle6944

4 жыл бұрын

je bent een schatje

Hey NuSensei! I'm pretty curious about wood laminated carbon fiber/fiberglass bows with an extreme recurve - Korean, Turkish, etc. all with a pretty extreme reflex in that unstrung, they point away from the archer. Example: Kaya bows Can these also be left strung?

I left my Bob Lee recurve bow strung for over a year and the bow was fine. However, the string stretched and when I strung the bow I didn’t pay attention to the brace height. When I shot the first several arrows I kept whacking my forearm and wrist. I assumed I was rusty and blamed myself for the poor shooting and arm slaps. However, then it dawned on me, the string stretched over time and it needed to be twisted a bit. It was a bit of a painful lesson. Mark

Excellent your explanations, subscribed.. your info is very important greetings from colombia 🇨🇴

Thank you for video!!! Actually I have seen it few years ago and came back to it now, because I bought new limbs for my bow and got a question. HARD ROCK MAPLE WITH CARBON AND GLASS limbs should be unstring or not? I have some doubts about "HARD ROCK MAPLE', if it is wood, bow should be unstring, right?

As a rule of thumb if the bow has reinforced tips for fast flite string. It has modern enough resin and glass as to not take a set. If the limb tips are not reinforced and/ or can only use dacron bow strings the limbs may take a set. Steel would be an exception, they probably wont have the reinforced tips and still could remain strung. My older bows i leave unstrung. My newer bows, varies i usually have at least one strung in case i need it now.

Thank you. Im so new my bow is on order n i had no idea. Os sensei 😜

Great video! A recommend the awesome book Shooting the Stick Bow. The author agrees with your perspective.

Incidentally.. the same straightening technique can be used to take out limb twist and misalignment, however, the set up is a little bit more involved and it may take more time and care.. but wood is a malleable structure that will conform to any reasonable shape it's asked nicely/persuaded to be in and keep it's original strength. Examples of this strength retention are more obvious in things like wicker furniture and steam bent cedar boxes as well as canoes that indigenous people of the North West coast of North America made.

Forget months, my recurve bow has been strung and not used for years. I would guess about 4 years but it could be longer. It recently got it back out again and it looks and seems okay apart from being a tad dusty. The brace height has reduced but tbh I can't remember if this was ever set correctly to begin with. I might unstring the bow and see if I can get some twists into the string to fix the brace height.

Very good tip. Just made a yew warbow.. Shoots perfect so I don't want to ruin it with leaving the string on.. so i instantly went to my bow to unstring it😃

@jplifts3008

3 жыл бұрын

Nice sounds like a cool bow

Hey Sensei, had a question for you. What do you think about using a pin sight thats usually designed for a Compound bow? Id it doable?

Arigato, Sensei: After forty years as a serious archer a bad case of arthritis grounded me four years ago, forcing me to put my Merlin SuperNova compound bow in its case, where it's been for about four years now -- unstrung. So I'm wondering how that will affect a compound bow. I can't shoot it anymore and I have no intention of selling it or giving it away, so I have no real concern. I'm just curious.

Beard looking good sensei.

Moral of the story😱Don't own too many bows😫 Love your video bro👌

Few years late but diggin the content. Can you string the self bow backwards and leave it set to make it straight again?

With the long bow and I maybe corrected , but I was once told to string a bow in reverse, it may bring back the shape .

I seem to recall an article I read several years ago that wooden bows could be reshaped using steam - one end at a time.

Everybody knows wood will set, but you CAN restress a wood stick or self bow using counter stringing and/or steam. But fiberglas? I have left one strung for 9 months, and it had the SAME draw weight, AND the same arrow velocity as ever, measured electronically. I'm sure carbon is also immune.

@MrJdsenior

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried it with bows, and it likely is as you say, but I know a fiberglass boat hull left on a hooked trailer (a misadjusted high roller, say) WILL take a hook that is VERY hard to remove. Likely the bow, with more beef and much less local loading, especially just string bent and not long term FULL DRAW bent, so you are really stressing it near it's design limits reacts to a much lesser degree, but I'm surprised it is zero. On the other hand, the matrix in most boat hulls is NOT epoxy, like I suspect it is in a bow, and THAT might be the difference. Would be interesting to see if the bow would take a set at full draw over months, if someone has a beat up junk fiberglass bow they care nothing about. Actually, I still have one of those ancient green fiberglass recurves with the black plastic handle I could try it with I've had since I was a kid, and never shoot. Also, I think straightening a wood bow with any kind of cellulose de-strengthener, even steam, is a bad idea. I think just stringing it backwards over time might yield a better outcome. I know when I've steam bent wood for projects, it NEVER has the same strength afterward.

If it has a wood layer laminated with carbon or fiberglass, it’s actually better to unstring it but the difference is minor. For limbs that are pure carbon like uukha or carbon foam(which is the case of many many high end competition and hunting limbs, it actually makes zero impact even if you sting them forever.) The other factor is that the sting will creep(extended in length) under constant tension, so the limbs is not the only problem.

Fix the bows by laying them flat under some boards for a season or two and they can 'reset'

My bows are truly "primitive" made from bamboo/sinew, wood/sinew, and a traditional English Longbow (D shape) made from Lemon Wood. All three take down at the hand grip. I never leave them strung. I do have a Korean style Horse Bow made from carbon fiber backed Hickory. That too takes down at the hand grip. None of my bows have an arrow shelf. I have been shooting off my knuckle since early childhood. 60 years of slinging arrows with either hand has taught me intricate body control. My favorite bow is my Sinew backed Bamboo Horse Bow. After shooting it gets unstrung and taken apart then each half is slid into it's own wool flannel sock. All of my bows are works of the bowyers art and are treated that way.

I've had a Samick Sage for maybe 5 years. I've left it strung. Seems fine. If there was a problem I'd just buy new limbs. I think I've heard that you can distort limbs by stringing/unstringing improperly. I think the Sage is a great bow for the money. I shoot well with it.

@MrCedricPeterson

Жыл бұрын

still leave it strung? I got a sammick sage and the guy told me i had to unstring it after use. Not to leave it strung longer than about 3 weeks. But my uncle leaves his recurve strung. But i’m interested sense i have the same bow as you

I only started recurve a couple of months ago and I just unstring when I'm done shooting. Good to know the modern bows aren't too afffected but I'm in that habit now :D

Even though I shoot a modern limb bow (Samick DeerMaster), I always unstring my bow after shooting. Unstringing and stringing each session gives me the chance to check both the bow and the string for any wear or unusual changes. Also, transporting a strung bow is both awkward and the chances of the string taking damage from rubbing against surfaces in a vehicle are increased. I do wonder what happens to a string on a strung bow that is left to sit for a month or months in variable weather? Not something I personally want to try though. Thanks for the video! I do enjoy your exploration of things archery!

i have a very old all wood long bow that belonged to my grandfather. it's been stored unstrung for as long as i can remember but it has significant curve with no string. if you ran an unloaded strong from end to end the brace height would be 3 inches. strung it's 9 inches which seems high. length is 65 inches. it takes a LOT of force to string it despite the pre-curve. should i try to flatten it out by storing it in reverse tension? do you think the string is too short? thanks.

Does this advice apply to a recurve crossbow? I've got a Barnett Vengeance crossbow that I have not used in about 3 years. It's strung but obviously not cocked. Is it still ok for use?

Hello again, a couple of further thoughts on this. As I said I'm sceptical about how well steaming would work. I've only tried it once for undoing set (effect didn't last long), but many times to change the shape of undamaged wood (eg to straighten a new stave), which works well (usually). It will correct the shape, but I doubt it would repair the compression damage to the belly. Having said that, a bit of set is not a bad thing, can make a bow sweeter to shoot, anything under about 2" is no great problem, and a self-hickory bow would probably have developed some through use anyway. It also depends on what you'd do with it - for York Rounds up to 100yds the loss of speed might matter, but at shorter ranges? I did many field shoots (up to about 60yds) with an old boughstave yew longbow that, due to the set from years of use, was known as 'the banana'. I got some medals using it so it wasn't a great problem.

@ShiningDarknes

5 жыл бұрын

steaming works, but only if you remove the finish so the steam can get in.

The longbow, reverse string it for a few months. Um, I mean, sell me those wood bows for cheap..... :-)

I left one strung up in my truck one day in the summer while i was working and when i left work i discovered that one limb had delaminated and came apart. Heat maybe? Im not sure. Sucked though.

Is it ok to leave a take down recurve assembled and unstrung and leave the slack string on the limbs? Will the string dry out? Or should the string be taken off and put in a sealed container? I would assume that the assembled bow should be laid flat on it's side?

Thank you.

Can you bend them backwards on a jig and leave them to set straight again? Just wondering,

I keep my compound bow strung all the time.

@drsnooker1776

4 жыл бұрын

Same but I wonder how the hell do you unstrung one of those

@kaizen5023

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@CitizenKate

4 жыл бұрын

@@drsnooker1776 You take it to the archery shop. It takes a bow press to unstring a compound bow, and that's something most of us can't afford.

Great video, as others have said. It can be reversed with some time and a little effort.

Will slow heating and bending restore those 2 bows?

I have the Southwest Scorpion. When I asked about unstringing the bow, the store I got it from said not to bother. They even said I can hang it by the string, it's how they have all their bows on display. It doesn't help that the way they were talking, it's too difficult to unstring a bow even with a bow stringer. Even if I did manage to unstring the bow, I have no idea what the twists they put in the string do. I have no training at all. I tried once doing the old push/pull method but I'm afraid of breaking the bow so I stopped before I could unstring it. From what you're saying, this bow will also get damaged from staying strung. That worries me. Mine's been hanging on the wall for 6 months now. Wind took down my target and I haven't bothered fixing it.

My girlfriend just have me a 1971 Shakespeare model x 18 recurve that has original string . It was her grandpas who died recently and it has never been restrung

Just a thought. If you hung your bent bow upside down on 2 pegs ( equidistant from the hand grip and roughly where the bend begins) and then suspended a weight from each end would it eventually straighten out?

NUSensei lookin like an asain Oliver Queen

Can you weight them backwards and steam treat them back to original set, then dry. Wood is shaped in this way. Just a thought.

I have a question unrelated to keeping a bow strung. I noticed during the video you didn't use a bow stringer to string or unstring a bow. Do you use the step thru method of stringing? I used to do that but stopped when I saw videos saying it deformed the bow. I don't know what rationale supports that premise. I have found that using a stringer makes stringing a bow more difficult. I actually had a stringer fail and ended up in the emergency room with a deep laceration to my cheek bone. Appreciate the feedback.

I've a 104lbs and 92lbs fibreglass.. I leave them unstring. I wanted to see if the limb and siyah are strong enough something I usually do for my new bow before I try it.. It was my first heavy bow.. Leave them for 3 days and the strings got stretch.. Is that something Im not aware yet? Strings are braided.

How to make wooden bows easier to string. It's so convenient!

good review and information.... but... how, how can any archer buy a bow and not shoot it? every bow I've bought or been given has gone out to the field asap! including a compound bow I bought, not my cup of tea but still gave it a shot.

Great video, as always. Trying to get Robin Hood-ish look with the mustache and beard? Haha.