Acceptable amount of set

[Badger]

   I have mixed fast flight and linen before for heavy bows. Both are non stretch. You have the safety factor of fast flight and can get a reasonable diameter using the linen added to it.

[DC]

Does it matter that they are both non-stretch? The FF is strong enough to not break, the filler is just there to, ah, fill.

[meanewood]

Hi Will
I did finally get around to making a F/F string with a running loop and I can see the issues you had with getting it unstrung!
It just doesn't release like linen with a thick serving does.
The F/F loop folds over and everything binds tight making the loosening very hard.
I suggest you try linen or hemp and serve it tightly. The small loop will not fold up like the F/F does and as a result, its easy er to loosen!

Hope we haven't gotten of track with this subject!

[WillS]

Hey Stuart!  Yeah I've abandoned it on FF completely for bows over 130lb as they're  I just impossible to unbrace.

Interestingly at a Warbow Wales shoot recently I had a linen string snap at the running loop as well, on just a 110lb bow.  I don't serve mine as I think it makes the strings too heavy, so I am starting to wonder whether it's a historical method or not.  Hemp would break even quicker as it apparently can't handle tight bends at all well.

[mikekeswick]

Make the ends thicker.