It starts to fray after six months of use also now it dones not hold the twists in the stringI use 8125 for outdoors, nice quality. Whats wrong with your Majesty? Ive had one for 2 years and havent seen any problems
No offense intended but it sounds like it just needs a good waxing and rub down. I've shot D-97 strings for a couple years. Just replaced them when I started making my own out of 8125. Been shooting 4 of my own since summer and they show no fraying or other signs of failure.It starts to fray after six months of use also now it dones not hold the twists in the string
Absolutley true Kae!! 8125 is very easy to work with when compared to angel ASB which is very slippery when trying to tie it off.My personal preference was for Fastflight initially, but since that's no longer made, I discovered 8125 and its fantastic! Easy to work with, settles quickly, and is a nice fast material that lasts well.
Kae.
I do not beleive this for a second, I have been shooting a 452X string for several months now. I shot and stored the bow in highest tempratures of 50 deg C in Egypt for a week. In that time I knoticed no difference in shock or vibration or any of the above mentioned problames. I use 16 strands with a BH of 22mm, not a huge amount of twists.452X is very tough on recurve limbs in certain conditions. Remember, this stuff was developed for compound buss cables, not recurve strings. The problem is that in some conditions the material is highly inelastic.
Three sets of Korean made limbs failed at the Beijing Olympic Games on the first day of official practice- two using 452X and one reportedly using a Brownell equivalent. Another set of Korean made limbs failed in the same manner on qualifying day, but it is not clear what string material was being used. in that case.
It seems that especially in hot conditions, the relatively inelastic Vectran component is not adequately cushioned by the relatively elastic Dyneema (or Spectra in the case of the Brownell equivalent) component, and this tends to put quite a shock load into the limb.
All the shooters I know who have successfully used 452X for a long period on a recurve (which I can count on one hand) have one thing in common- lots of twists (up to 1.1 twists/inch).
This certainly puts some degree of elasticity back into the string.
You are not required to believe it.I do not beleive this for a second, I have been shooting a 452X string for several months now
*IF* the method you speak of involves tieing a knot in the ends of the string and then wrapping those 'ends' outward from the knot, this method is demonstrated by Frank Pearson on BCY's 'Making a Bowstring' DVD. I believe it may be utilized more with compounds than with recurves, at least here in the U.S. - JohnA gentleman on this forum made me up some strings which had a new way of serving the end loops.Had normal centre serving and normal serving up to the end loops,but the end loops themselves were served only with 8125 itself.A little bit noisier but makes the 8125 as fast as traditionaly served D75.So the result is the stability that 8125 offers plus the speed of a D75 string.
Can't see me going back to served end loops,because this new method works really well for me.
I beleive that it happened, I was very worried about my own 452X string when I herd about it but what I dont beleive is that heat really badly effects the string.You are not required to believe it.
It is an observation of something which occured at a high level and high profile event, to people who may possibly shoot more than you do.
You are certainly entitled to ignore this observation.