Another World Record!

[adb]

Well I found it, far easier than I thought.

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15536356yKc73mEf?h1=Ghosts+of+the+Mary+Rose

Skip forward to 16:39 minutes in.  And enjoy the EWBS shooting, drool over Steve's beautiful work of art, and check out the medical scan of Mark Stretton.

Brilliant video!!

[gianluca100]

@adb: thanks for this clarification about the linen strings. I'd be interested in how your strings are made and look, but I perfectly unterstand if you don't have the patience to show and tell your methods.

When I make a linen string I proceed pretty much like the way it's described in the TBB by Tim Baker:
First I break several samples of one strand to determine the strength. Then I calculate the bow weight times 5 and divide the figure by the breaking strenght of one strand. That gives the total amount of strands that I have to use.
Then by dividing the needed number of strands into subplies and by turning them togehter I make a small rope. In the end I splice a loop on each end of the string (I don't like the timber hitch).
It's absolutely clear that I use only the best linen I can find (barbours or so) and I wax the strands very well.

The only way to go thinner wqould be lower the safety factor. Let's say from 5 to 3. So a string for a 120 pounder would have the breaking strenght of 360 pounds only. How strong was your string?

ciao,
gian-luca

[Badger]

  If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.

[toomanyknots]

  If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.

I buy my linen from pyro supplies, you should be able to google it.

[Hrothgar]

Definitely impressive! And the the width of the bow too!

[Badger]

  If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.

I buy my linen from pyro supplies, you should be able to google it.

  I buy mine there also, my last two batches of 7 strand have a breaking strength of 21# average, 7 years ago I was getting 34# from the same twine, go figure??

[toomanyknots]

  If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.

I buy my linen from pyro supplies, you should be able to google it.

  I buy mine there also, my last two batches of 7 strand have a breaking strength of 21# average, 7 years ago I was getting 34# from the same twine, go figure??

Did you buy their "military spec" unbleached linen? I bought only their so called "holy grail of linen" 70# breaking strength stuff so far. I only need 6 strands for a 50lb bow. It's thicker stuff though.

[Marc St Louis]

I have a few rolls of pyro linen, their unbleached and waxed.  The quality is far below the Barbours I picked up on ebay a couple years ago

[toomanyknots]

I have a few rolls of pyro linen, their unbleached and waxed.  The quality is far below the Barbours I picked up on ebay a couple years ago

I'll check some of that barbours stuff out. I've been happy with the stuff from pyro's, but I never bought the waxed stuff, I bought the thickest 70# stuff. I take it Steve wasn't too happy with pyro's either.