Making a Flemish Splice Bowstring

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Making a Flemish Splice Bowstring

#1 Post by erron » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:17 pm

Thanks to Dennis La Varenne for this article! :) 8)
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#2 Post by GrahameA » Sat May 17, 2008 10:19 am

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#3 Post by ichiban » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:36 am

there are also some awsome videos on you tube if u learn by seeing it done (like me)
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#4 Post by pdccr » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:35 pm

Great post
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#5 Post by Coach » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:59 pm

To be honest , that is a really bad way to show how a Flemish Splice Bowstring is made IMO . If I had to learn off that ,, I wouldnt be doing it now . Its confusing to say the least . I looked at that when I first started .

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#6 Post by pdccr » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:07 pm

Cheers, Toby

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#7 Post by looseplucker » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:14 pm

I learned from Dennis' article and the geocities site.

Incidentally this Easter is the National Folk Festival - www.folkfestival.asn.au - there are always interesting themes at this event, and one is Natural Fibres.

Anyhow I am a volunteer at the event and took in some of my strings made up from linen. Well next thing I've been asked to be part of the Tradition Bearer's (trad arts/crafts) display and I'll be running a couple of workshops making up some strings.....kiddies of all ages.

And next year I hope to get a budget and see if some of you bowyers out there would be able to come to Canberra and demonstrate bowyery. There is already in-principle agreement from the management for this. So stay tuned.
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#8 Post by Glenn » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:40 am

I think that is a very hard tutorial from Jim Fetrow to understand as well, I doubt if I had never made one I would find it hard to get started using that as a giude. Anybody making a flemish string from modern non-stretch materials would be well advised to make a 2 lay string instead of the 3 lay string as shown for dacron as the 3 lay strings are too small and pack down harder than a 2 lay string made out of fastflight or similar material...Glenn...

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#9 Post by muntries » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:12 pm

This is the one I used and was really easy to follow for a beginner like myself http://poorfolkbows.com/flemish1.htm. But I found the serving instruction at the end of the build along a bit confusing so had a look at several youtube vids to get a better idea.

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#10 Post by Zega » Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:18 pm

Thanks. It is useful for me.
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#11 Post by BillieGates » Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:09 pm

erron wrote:Thanks to Dennis La Varenne for this article! :) 8)
Does anyone have the link to this article? The link is broken. I'm trying to make a bowstring for my compound bow and traditional bow but I'm seriously confused. I was searching all over the internet but I can't find any really goo resources.

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Re: Making a Flemish Splice Bowstring

#12 Post by little arrows » Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:27 pm

the link in the second post of this thread (by GrahameA) is the one that works currently, for the Flemish string for you Trad bow, which is completed different from an endless string, which is used for a compound bow, and some people do them for Trad bow too, however it is not recommended.

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#13 Post by Outbackdad » Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:50 pm

Here is the file.
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#14 Post by clinton miller » Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:59 pm

little arrows wrote:the link in the second post of this thread (by GrahameA) is the one that works currently, for the Flemish string for you Trad bow, which is completed different from an endless string, which is used for a compound bow, and some people do them for Trad bow too, however it is not recommended.

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Why? Endless is all I've ever made and used. Plenty of people use them for trad bows.
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Re: Making a Flemish Splice Bowstring

#15 Post by GrahameA » Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:45 am

Morning.
clinton miller wrote:... Why? Endless is all I've ever made and used.
It is good to know how to make them as they can be made 'in the field' without the need for a jig.
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#16 Post by little arrows » Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:32 pm

well if you're happy with that - fine.
A Flemish string has all strands going up and around the bow tips.

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#17 Post by clinton miller » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:25 pm

True, but that doesn't mean an endless is any weaker.
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#18 Post by GrahameA » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:06 am

Morning All.

Flemish Strings compared to Endless Strings compared to Strings with Spliced Endss compared to ...

Without some hard testing and numbers the comparison of one string type to another is mainly one of opinion. It is worthwhile noting that most Target Archers use endless strings. Many 'Traditional Archers' use a Flemish String.
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#19 Post by clinton miller » Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:06 am

Ah ha, I knew it. They're not recommended because they're not traditional enough. Here I was thinking there might be a valid reason why they're not recommended.
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#20 Post by Kendaric » Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:15 pm

clinton miller wrote:Ah ha, I knew it. They're not recommended because they're not traditional enough. Here I was thinking there might be a valid reason why they're not recommended.
Really really!

It has nothing to do with being traditional enough. As to not being recommended, that is just a personal thing. A flemish loop is just a beautiful way to produce a bowstring for trad bows, that doesn't require additional serving for the loops, or a specialised jig.

Endless or flemish, in reality are both perfectly fine for use.

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#21 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:42 pm

Flemish is way sexier

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