Xbow Kennys cusom strings

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:54 am

ecoaster wrote:Great thread! I have something to do tonight, I will just need about 1000ft of dental floss .

Don't forget the candle wax!

ManX · Post by **ManX** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:28 pm

Sure dear sumner4991,
yours are holy words:
In 1 hour I can teach everyone with a discrete manual skills and giving me all his attention the way to make a fff+, but probably all my life will not enough to learn all the secrets of Sir.Don Katsumi.
For me is really easy 'cause it is a lot of year that I make celtic longbow of Taxus baccata with a flemish string made of flax and beeswax like this:

Flemish means a celtic region of old continent and string comes from there : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders
For matherial I have just 2 spools of ff+ and one of BYC Halo serving, bohning string wax, one cartel ( http://www.disport.it:8080/disport/face ... m?id=15666 ) and the walls of my home as jig ( http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... hp?t=25635 ).
I have probably make 15 strings with them and I can do many others...
I think that my strings are enough for me, probably for the future I will try a leggendary Boo string but with shipping costs and €uropean import fees I will pay it 3 times.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:21 pm

hes only been a member for 5 mths..hes probly fishin..

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:19 pm

i wasn't meaning that boo makes big bucks off a string i was meaning that after everything was taken into consideration i felt the prices to be way more than reasonable given the cost of materials and the time it consumes sorry it was misunderstood

Big John · Post by **Big John** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:46 pm

Man did this poor thread get hijacked!!!

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:56 pm

mikej wrote:i wasn't meaning that boo makes big bucks off a string i was meaning that after everything was taken into consideration i felt the prices to be way more than reasonable given the cost of materials and the time it consumes sorry it was misunderstood

Mike, you were quite clear. I don't think anyone thought that you were saying that at all. Don't worry be happy!

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:08 pm

way more than reasonable as in a great deal and not to much to ask. making 10 off a set of custom bolts is not to much either but another great deal. sorry for posting

Big John · Post by **Big John** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:17 pm

Well sure, make me feel bad now eh.

No need to apologize. Misinterpretation only.
Soooo, how about this weather eh?

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:57 pm

sorry about the way it came across john you are a good man i do apreciate your apology but it is not necessary. i re read my post and can now see how it was mis understood. i know what i was trying to say but i was aparently having difficulties wording it.

basically i was saying that given the cost of materials and equipment needed combined with the loss of time with the family and the wear on your body that don mentioned. it is not worth trying to make your own when such a great product is available at a great deal and i am sure your bolts are the same as above. plus i could not make a string or bolts as good as you or don and not with such pride and knowledge. for the extra 22$ for a string or 10$ for bolts i would gladly pay it and have it done right than try it myself and waste my money screwing it up and then still have to buy one from you guys anyways. basically what i am trying to say is money well spent.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:16 pm

I love the way you guys usually work things out so well. Seriously. Makes me proud to be part of this forum.

xbow kenny · Post by **xbow kenny** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:09 pm

Thanks MPSNIPER for your kind words about myself, my strings, and my service. Boy did that stir up a hornet nest!

ComfyBear · Post by **ComfyBear** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:11 am

When it comes to string making, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

For those who haven't made strings, let me say, the price of the materials, is the least of the amount that a stringmaker pays to produce a string. Those who have made "decent strings", know exactly what I'm saying.

When I started making strings, it was as a favour to the forum members. Heck knows, at the prices I was charging, I wasn't doing it for the money. Even so, I started getting complaints of "gouging".

That's right, believe it or not after making all those strings, it was my fingers that complained, that they had enough nicks, cuts and "gouges".

So when Boo, so graciously volunteered to be the martyr, I promptly stopped making strings.

mercyfulfate · Post by **mercyfulfate** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:06 am

I've had a boo string on my max with well over 1500 shots on it, and the only thing I've had to do was replace the serving heh. Very nice work Boo