Sorry to correct you Lou, HMPE is an abbreviation for High Molecular Weight Polyethylene aka High Modulus Polyethelene.
John, you are shooting Dyneema. Dynema is a proprietary or brand name of HMPE.
Most string materials are made from HMPE but some new ones are made from UHMPE. It's all pretty much the same material. The fiber companies manipulate the molecules differently to change characteristics slightly. Often those characteristics are elasticity and the Denier (roughly the fineness of the filaments that make up a strand). UHMPE is a definite step up in both cost and potential strength.
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Don nothing to be sorry about. Since we are both right. I just made a freudian slip and wrote down polypropylene 
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high ... lyethylene
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From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high ... lyethylene
Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE, UHMW) is a subset of the thermoplastic polyethylene. Also known as high-modulus polyethylene, (HMPE), or high-performance polyethylene (HPPE), it has extremely long chains, with a molecular mass usually between 2 and 6 million u. The longer chain serves to transfer load more effectively to the polymer backbone by strengthening intermolecular interactions. This results in a very tough material, with the highest impact strength of any thermoplastic presently made.[1]
UHMWPE is odorless, tasteless, and nontoxic.[2] It is highly resistant to corrosive chemicals except oxidizing acids; has extremely low moisture absorption and a very low coefficient of friction; is self-lubricating; and is highly resistant to abrasion, in some forms being 15 times more resistant to abrasion than carbon steel. Its coefficient of friction is significantly lower than that of nylon and acetal, and is comparable to that of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon), but UHMWPE has better abrasion resistance than PTFE.[3][4]
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Tomato, tamoto, whatever! 
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Are you Dan?Twisted Mister wrote:Tomato, tamoto, whatever!
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BTw, thanks for the explanation and detailed info Boo and Comfy. I'm not a stringmaker, I'll leave that to you guys!
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BINGO!!enormous wrote:Are you Dan?Twisted Mister wrote:Tomato, tamoto, whatever!
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What's in a name? Twisted or not it's still the same.enormous wrote:Are you Dan?Twisted Mister wrote:Tomato, tamoto, whatever!
"Toe-mate-to" vs. "Toe-ma-to" .... they taste the same.
However, to think that Dan equals Don would be insane.
The latter twists strings, the former twists things.
The latter a legend in his own time, the former only one in his own mind.
To quote a famous former newscaster: "And that's the way it is."
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To thine own self be true.
Remove thine mask Polonius.
Live thy truth, doth not be false to any man.
Micro Axe 340, Matrix 380, Matrix 355, Matrix 350, Exocet 200
ComfyBear Strings
G5 Montecs 125gr., SlickTrick 125 gr. Magnums
To thine own self be true.
Remove thine mask Polonius.
Live thy truth, doth not be false to any man.
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That is it in a nutshell Well saidComfyBear wrote:What's in a name? Twisted or not it's still the same.enormous wrote:Are you Dan?Twisted Mister wrote:Tomato, tamoto, whatever!
"Toe-mate-to" vs. "Toe-ma-to" .... they taste the same.
However, to think that Dan equals Don would be insane.
The latter twists strings, the former twists things.
The latter a legend in his own time, the former only one in his own mind.
To quote a famous former newscaster: "And that's the way it is."
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