Update about hemp strings. Had my first one give out the other day. At the knot on the lower notch, which is most common. This string was not the one I have shot the most, which surprised me. It is on a flatbow with no recurves or reflex so the string angle there might have worn it out more. I have recurves with hemp strings that have outlasted this string easily twice over. This one only lasted a little over 1000 shots.
It broke at brace height during a shooting session but between shots. I felt it give a little during very early draw and sure thing it started popping. It was a very clean incision made into the string by the knot itself. So not a failure of construction or fiber weakness, but localized strain instead.
Anyways, there is not a string-specific thread, so I thought I'd share this here since I was asked about hemp strings on this thread.
