slappers?

[Luke]

Well, I just took delivery today of my Northstar Bighorn ( :twisted: ) that I've recently purchased off of Adam. I call it "Envy" - 'cause it's green ;)

I was wondering what you curvers out there use for quietening the string slap on the limbs?

thanks!

8)

[Clinglish]

2 methods I have had success with once the bow is settup properly.
!st is felt glued into the grooves were the string touches.
The 2nd is to get some wool and build out the stringloops and string down as far as it touches on release this should make a big difference.

[Paul R]

Mate you shouldn't be having much of a problem with noise from the string slapping the limbs with the string Glenn made you due to the padded loops and the thicker section of string on the curve.

I'd be checking the brace height first and experiment with that a bit before doing anything else.

[bear]

after you try the above try some brush buttons they may help :wink:

BEAR

[Mick Smith]

Luke

I've been using 6mm wide strips of rabbit or beaver fur lately and I'm pleased with the way they work. You just open the strands of the string about 6 inches from the loop and wind them around and around and stick the end through the strands of the string when you're finished.

The rabbit fur was off a rabbit I shot, but I bought the beaver fur from the US. The beaver fur would work better in the rain as it's fairly waterproof.

The fur silencers look good too.

I have used natural sheep fleece, straight off the sheep in the past. It works well too, but strands of wool tended to fly off the string with each release. Natural fleece is very waterproof and works very well too. I used to tie it on with dacron line in dense clumps, but you can slip it in between the strands of your string too if you wish.

If you get your bow set up just right, with the best brace height and have your silencers in exactly the best place, your bow should be very quiet. I've never worried about padding the area at the end of my limbs where the string grooves are, so I can't comment on that.

Good luck with it!! :wink:

Mick